Information and Advice
Registrar's Office
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz
Map
studienservice@tugraz.at
Contact persons
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Entrance to the Registrar’s Office only with an booked appointment.
Admission to Bachelor's Degree Programmes
General University Entrance Qualification
You can provide proof of the general university entrance qualification with one of the following certificates:
- an Austrian school leaving certificate, e.g. a Matura certificate from a general education secondary school (AHS), Higher Technical Institute (HTL), Academy for Commercial Studies (HAK), federal secondary school (Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium, or BORG) or a TVE diploma examination certificate;
or - a university entrance qualification certificate, see university entrance qualification exam;
or - a foreign school leaving certificate recognised in Austria, in German: nostrifiziertes ausländisches Reifezeugnis;
or - a notice of admission from the Rector of TU Graz (for admission of international students);
or - a certificate for the completion of a degree programme lasting at least three years at a recognised Austrian or foreign post-secondary educational institution
Special University Entrance Qualification
Knowledge of the German Language
Go to Proving your knowledge of German.
Knowledge of the English Language
For admission to the following Bachelor's degree programmes, you must also provide proof of English language proficiency at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering and Management
- Information and Computer Engineering
- Chemical and Process Engineering
Along with a school-leaving examination in English at a school in an EU/EEA member state, these certificates are accepted.
Admission to Master's Degree Programmes
Admission to Doctoral Programmes
For admission to a doctoral programme at TU Graz, you must fulfil the requirements according to the Curriculum for the Doctoral Programme in Technical Sciences or the Curriculum for the Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences.
The Rectorate of TU Graz will decide whether the degree programme you have completed will be recognised for admission to the doctoral programme or whether you must fulfil supplementary curricular requirements, after you have applied for admission to a degree programme at the TU Graz Registrar's Office.
Requirements for Doctoral Programmes
For admission to a doctoral programme at TU Graz, you must fulfil one of the following requirements according to the Curriculum:
- completion of a subject-related diploma or master’s programme in engineering sciences or natural sciences at a university or
- completion of another degree programme at a recognised Austrian or foreign post-secondary educational institution that is equivalent to the aforementioned degree programmes or
- completion of a degree programme at a recognised Austrian or foreign post-secondary educational institution in combination with supplementary curricular requirements or
- only in exceptional cases under very restrictive conditions: completion of a subject-related bachelor’s programme.
You can find more information in the Regulations of the Rectorate, in German: Richtlinie des Rektorates für die Zulassung zu einem Doktoratsstudium durch den Abschluss eines Bachelorstudiums.
