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Tuition Fees and the Austrian Student Union Fee

The Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee) must be paid by all students at TU Graz.

Tuition fees must be paid by degree students at TU Graz who have exceeded the standard duration of the degree programme including two additional semesters and by non-EU foreign nationals.

Amount of Fees

Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee) per semester

  • currently 22.70 Euro

Tuition fees per semester

  • 363.36 Euro
  • 726.72 Euro for non-EU foreign nationals

Fees for Non-Degree Students

Non-degree students who attend individual courses must pay tuition fees and the Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee) from their first semester, irrespective of their nationality. Non-degree students who participate exclusively in a university certificate programme for further education or a University Preparation Programme are exempt from paying tuition fees, and only pay the programme fee and the ÖH fee.

You pay the fees every semester as registration to continue your degree programme, university certificate programme, etc. at TU Graz, see Registration for the continuation of studies.


Non-degree students who are taking individual courses and who are employees of TU Graz can apply for exemption from tuition fees. The exemption does not apply to the students’ union (ÖH) fee, which has to be paid each semester.
Application for exemption from tution fees (in German)

Information and Advice

Registrar's Office
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz
Map
studienbeitragnoSpam@tugraz.at
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm
(only with an appointment)

Legal Basis

Austrian Student Union Fee

Degree students must pay the Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee) of 22.70 Euro per semester to the Austrian Student Union (ÖH). This allows degree students to be members of the Austrian Student Union (ÖH) and to use the ÖH services, and provides them with personal accident and liability insurance via the ÖH.

Tuition Fees

Most students at TU Graz do not currently pay any tuition fees, as they are exempt from paying these because of

  • a general tuition fee waiver or
  • a tuition fee waiver within the non-contributory period.

Please submit the relevant proof within the admission period/continuation period to the TU Graz Registrar's Office to be exempted from paying tuition fees within the non-contributory period.

Students who have a residence permit other than the Student Residence Permit in Austria, for example, EU Permanent Residence Permit, Family Member Permit, Red-White-Red Card, and so on can be exempt from paying tuition fees because they are treated as Austrian/EU citizens for the period that this residence permit is valid. This means that only the ÖH fee (Austrian Student Union Fee) needs to be paid within the non-contributory period. If the non-contributory period is exceeded, these students will be charged the tuition fee of € 363.36 plus the ÖH fee.
To apply for this exemption, please submit the relevant proof within the admission period/continuation period of the semester in question to the TU Graz Registrar’s Office.

If you are participating in several degree programmes at TU Graz, the non-contributory period is calculated for each degree programme. If tuition fees are mandatory, they apply for the degree programme in which the non-contributory period ends at the earliest date. For this purpose, it is irrelevant which degree programme is your main degree programme.

If you are participating in several degree programmes at several universities, each university calculates the non-contributory period independently from the others.

Tuition Fee Waiver Within the Non-Contributory Period

The following students are exempt from paying tuition fees if they do not exceed the standard duration of the degree programme including two additional semesters (non-contributory period):

  • Austrian citizens;
  • EU and EEA citizens;
  • Swiss citizens;
  • refugees under the Refugee Convention;
  • non-EU foreign nationals with a permanent residence permit for Austria;
  • non-EU foreign nationals who receive a study grant in Austria;
  • students to whom the Austrian Regulation on Eligible Groups of Persons (in German: Personengruppenverordnung) applies, and
  • students with a different residence permit from the Student Residence Permit in Austria.

British students

British students who have been enrolled and registered for studies at TU Graz up to and including the winter semester 2020/21 and who do not interrupt their admission come under the tuition fee regulations for students with EU or EEA citizenship until further notice. They are exempt from paying tuition fees as long as they do not exceed the standard duration of the degree programme including two additional semesters (non-contributory period).

As soon as you interrupt your studies for one or more semesters (interrupt means that you deregister or are deregistered from the university), you will fall under the tuition fee regulations for non-EU foreign nationals from the time of readmission.

British students who are enrolled and registered for studies at TU Graz for the first time in the summer semester 2021 or who resume their studies also come under the tuition fee regulations for non-EU foreign nationals.

General Tuition Fee Waiver

Non-EU nationals of the following countries are exempt from paying tuition fees for the entire duration of their studies: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.

Paying Tuition Fees

If students have exceeded the non-contributory period, they pay tuition fees of 363,36 Euro per semester.

Non-EU foreign nationals who are not exempt from paying tuition fees pay 726,72 Euro per semester.

Before each semester begins, the TU Graz Registrar's Office will inform you of the mandatory tuition fees for you to pay. The information can be found  within the application tile Tuition Fees in TUGRAZonline.

Reimbursement of Tuition Fees

Students from South-East Europe have the possibility of applying for reimbursement of tuition fees if they fulfil certain criteria. This applies to students from:

  • Albania;
  • Belarus;
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • Kosovo;
  • Northern Macedonia;
  • Moldova;
  • Montenegro;
  • Serbia;
  • Turkey, and
  • Ukraine.


Submission period:

  • Winter semester: 15 December to 31 March
  • Summer semester: 15 May to 30 September

The application must be filled out electronically and submitted to the Registrar's Office within the submission deadlines. The application can be submitted in person, by post or by e-mail with an electronic signature (mobile phone signature or citizen card) to rabuzinnoSpam@tugraz.at.

You can find more information on the criteria and submission on the application form for reimbursement of tuition fees.

Tuition Fee Waiver

If you have to pay tuition fees because you have exceeded the non-contributory period, you can apply for a tuition fee waiver for certain reasons. You can find the reasons and the relevant forms and proof for a tuition fee waiver here.

Please note: The valid grounds for a tuition-fee waiver (items 1 to 5) only apply to students who are exempt from paying tuition fees within the non-contributory period.

Application procedure for a tuition fee waiver

An application for a tuition fee waiver must be made by 28 or 29 February for the summer semester or by 30 September for the winter semester.

If you are unable to make an application for a tuition fee waiver on time or are unable to make a complete application by 28 or 29 February for the summer semester or by 30 September for the winter semester, you must first pay tuition fees. You can, however, submit a complete application for a tuition fee waiver by 30 September of the same year for the summer semester or by 28 or 29 February of the following year for the winter semester or you can apply for a repayment.

Procedure

  • Fill out the relevant application form completely and obtain the required proof. Proof from abroad must be issued by authorities that are comparable to the relevant Austrian authorities. Any proof that is not in German or English must be translated by a court certified translator. For this purpose, please submit the copy of the original document and the translation.
  • Please submit the full set of documents to the TU Graz Registrar's Office:
    • by email (with electronic signature only: Mobile Phone Signature (Handy-Signatur) or Austrian Citizen Card (Bürgerkarte)) to studienbeitragnoSpam@tugraz.at or
      (after sending the email you will receive an entry confirmation; if you don't receive the confirmation email, please call +43 316 873 6126 immediately)
    • by post to the TU Graz Registrar's Office or
    • in person during the opening hours of the TU Graz Registrar's Office (only with an appointment).

If you have already paid the tuition fees and you submit the complete application for a tuition fee waiver with the application for reimbursement of tuition fees (to be filled in electronically and can only be accepted electronically filled in), this can only be sent by email with an electronic signature: Mobile Phone Signature (Handy-Signatur) or Austrian Citizen Card (Bürgerkarte), by post or submitted in person (only with an appointment) during the opening hours to the Registrar's Office.

  • Please retain the confirmation you receive when you send the documents by email.
  • The Registrar's Office will inform you by email as to whether you will receive a tuition fee waiver.
  • If you receive a tuition fee waiver, you only have to pay the Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee).
  • If you do not receive a tuition fee waiver because you have not submitted the required proof, you must pay tuition fees and the ÖH fee.

1. Pregnancy and Illness

If it can be proven that you were prevented from studying for more than two months within a semester that is subject to tuition fees due to pregnancy or illness, you will receive a tuition fee waiver for the relevant semester.

You require:

2. Childcare

If you are primarily responsible for caring for your children until they reach the age of seven or up to school age if later, you will receive a tuition fee waiver for the duration of this childcare period.

You require:

  • the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages)
  • your child’s birth certificate;
  • your residence registration form *, and
  • your child’s residence registration form *.

* whereas the child's address must be the same as the student's address.

Duration of the waiver:
For two consecutive semesters at the most (new application possible)

3. Caregiving

In the event that the student is the primary caregiver of, for example, a close family member, the tuition fees can be waived for as long as this responsibility continues.

To apply for remission of the tuition fees you need to submit:

  • the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages)
  • Evidence: suitable evidence of the responsibility as primary caregiver, such as the certification of the care recipient’s need for care (with the care level), disabled person’s ID of the care recipient, doctors’ letters, extracts from the register of residents (Meldezettel) of the care giver and the care recipient, and an affidavit confirming that the caregiver is providing care to the care recipient.

4. Disability

If it has been ascertained that you have a disability of 50% or more pursuant to federal regulations, you will receive a tuition fee waiver.

You require:

5. Extension of the Non-Contributory Period through Mobility Programmes

If you can prove that you have completed at least two weeks of study periods or traineeships during your non-contributory period within the framework of transnational EU, state or university mobility programmes (carried out by TU Graz or, in the case of NAWI Graz programme, by the University of Graz), you can apply for an extension of the non-contributory period.

Periods of study within the framework of mobility programmes in bachelor programmes can also be claimed within the framework of consecutive master programmes.

You require:

6. Study Grants

If you received a study grant in the previous semester or are receiving a study grant in Austria in the current semester, you will receive a tuition fee waiver.

You require:

7. Periods as a Student Representative

If you were a student representative during your bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral programme at TU Graz, you will receive a tuition fee waiver for a maximum of four semesters for the entire duration of your studies.

You require:

8. Students of doctoral programmes at TU Graz who have an employment relationship with TU Graz

As of the winter semester 2018/19, students of doctoral programmes at TU Graz can apply for a tuition fee waiver if the following requirements laid down by the Rectorate are met:

  • tuition fee to be paid due to doctoral programme
  • employment relationship with TU Graz
  • as of winter semester 2018/19 a continuous enrolment until the final doctoral examination (German: Rigorosum) is considered necessary

Application form for a tuition fee waiver for the summer semester 2024 (in German)

If you have already paid your tuition fee, please submit an Application for reimbursement of tuition fees (to be filled in electronically) in addition to the Application for a tuition fee waiver to the Registrar's Office. You can send your application to the Registrar's Office by post, in person (with appointment only) or by e-mail with an electronic signature (Mobile Phone Signature (Handy-Signatur) or Austrian Citizen Card (Bürgerkarte)).

9. Asylum Seekers

Asylum seekers who are entitled to stay in Austria on grounds of asylum-related regulations and wish to register as a degree or non-degree student can apply for a tuition fee waiver.

You require:

10. Leadership Role in a Student Team

Students can apply for an exemption from tuition fees if they can prove that they have played a leading role in a student team for at least two semesters during the last two years of their bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral studies at TU Graz.

Students can apply for the waiver for a maximum of four semesters during the entire duration of their studies at TU Graz, whereby they must prove on each application that they have spent two additional semesters in a leading role in a student team.

Directive of the Rectorate on the support of student teams (in German)

You require:

Reimbursement of the tuition fees

Reasons for Reimbursement

  1. The tuition fee has been paid, but a waiver circumstance (see above - points 1 - 10) has been fulfilled resp. the tuition fee has been waived due to this.
  2. Too much has been paid, the overpayment will be refunded.
  3. Incomplete or late payment, insofar as this resulted in no registration for the continuation in the semester in question.
  4. The student is exclusively required to pay tuition fees at TU Graz, has paid the required tuition fees, but loses the status of a student required to pay tuition fees before the end of the continuation period of the semester in question (31 October for the winter semester or 31 March for the summer semester) due to:

    4.1. a degree which, due to the continued effect of the continuation notification of the previous semester, would have been possible even without payment of fees for the current semester.

    4.2. a discontinuation of studies, provided the student was registered for continuation in the immediately preceding semester.

    4.3. a drop-out, provided that the student has not yet taken any examinations in the semester in question and has not submitted any academic work for assessment.

Application for Reimbursement

You can submit the application for reimbursement* by e-mail with electronic signature (Handysignatur or Austrian citizen card), by post or by handing it in personally at the Registrar's Office of TU Graz (appointment required).

* The application must be completed electronically and has to be submitted by 30 September of the same year for the summer semester or by 28 or 29 February of the following year for the winter semester.

E-mail: studienbeitragnoSpam@tugraz.at
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