Degree programmes offered at University of Leoben:
Diploma Programmes
Mining and Metallurgical Machinery
Materials Science
Bachelor Programmes
Applied Geosciences
Mineral Resources
Petroleum Engineering
Metallurgy
Polymer Engineering and Science
Industrial Environmental Protection, Waste Disposal Technology and Recycling
Industrial Logistics
Master Programmes
Applied Geosciences
Mining and Tunneling
Mineral Resources
Petroleum Engineering
Metallurgy
Polymer Engineering and Science
Industrial Environmental Protection, Waste Disposal Technology and Recycling
Industrial Logistics
Doctoral programmes in all fields of studies
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The degree programs at Leoben University start in the winter semester.
Students who have not been studying at a university before, should therefore begin their studies at Leoben University in the winter semester. Students who start a master’s program should start in the summer semester.
Students can only be enrolled and matriculated during the matriculation periods. (There are no exceptions to this rule!).
Leoben University is not able to provide any scholarships for international students, only a (partial) refund of the tuition fees if they meet the requirements (see tuition fees).
For scholarships please contact the Austrian embassy in your home country. Your application will be forwarded to the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture or contact the Austrian Exchange Service (OEAD) http://www.grants.at
Also, Leoben University is not able to provide any places in student residence halls. Addresses of residence halls are issued on our website and in the student handbook.
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Admission requirements
1. Evidence of general and successfully passed qualification to study
International students who wish to study at University Leoben as regular degree students (ordentliche Studierende) have to submit the following:
- evidence of qualification to study (secondary school leaving certificate),
- evidence of admission to the course of studies for which admission is sought at Leoben University at a recognised technical university in the country where the secondary school leaving certificate was issued.
- copy of passport or birth certificate (original!)
EU citizens that apply for a place at Leoben University do not have to show evidence of admission at a recognised technical university in the country where the secondary school leaving certificate was issued !!
2. Knowledge of German, further supplementary examinations
International students whose knowledge of German cannot be sufficiently documented, have to pass the university´s exam in German before they can be admitted as regular students.
If the obtained secondary school leaving certificate is not equivalent to an Austrian secondary school leaving diploma (Reifezeugnis), international students have to pass supplementary examinations. Information about the content of and the dates for these exams will be mailed together with the admission notification.
The University Preparatory Course provides preparatory classes for the German exam as well as for the supplementary examinations. While taking these classes, international students are admitted as students with provisional status (ausserordentliche Studierende).
If you apply for being admitted to a master’s program after having completed a bachelor degree at a foreign university or for doctoral studies after having completed a master’s degree at a foreign university and your university diploma is not considered equivalent, then you will have to take supplementary examinations of the bachelor program or master program at Leoben before being admitted to the intended studies.
You will be informed together with the admission notification.
3. Status equivalency of international students
The secondary school leaving certificates of the following persons are treated equal to ones issued in Austria:
- persons who enjoy privileges and diplomatic immunities in Austria and persons who stay abroad on behalf of the Republic of Austria at the time they obtain their school leaving certificates, and at the same time enjoy privileges and diplomatic immunity, as well as their spouses and children,
- accredited journalists from abroad who have their main working interests in Austria, as well as their spouses and children,
- persons who have their main living interests in Austria for at least five continuous years immediately before applying for admission, or who have at least one person legally responsible for the applicants alimony, for whom this applies,
- persons who receive a scholarship for the chosen field of studies, whether through bilateral agreements or from funds of an Austrian territorial authority,
- persons with secondary school leaving certificates of Austrian International Schools,
- conventional refugees
- persons seeking asylum
- citizens of Southern Tyrol, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg
4. Application for admission
The application for admission of international students who wish to begin or to continue their studies at Leoben University have to be submitted by September 1 for the winter semester and by February 1 for the summer semester of each year (date of entry) complete with all necessary documents. The application form („Antrag auf Zulassung zum Studium“) can be obtained from the registrar`s office or can be downloaded from this website.
For applicants from EU member states the application deadlines do not apply.
In addition to the application form, the following documents must be submitted:
- secondary school leaving certificate (Reifeprüfungszeugnis) including subjects taken and grades obtained
- copy of passport or birth certificate (in the original!)
- for international students beginning their studies: evidence of admission to the course of studies at a recognised university in the country where the secondary school leaving certificate was issued for the semester in which admission at Leoben University is sought.
- for international students continuing their studies: evidence of all courses already taken (individual transcripts, diploma- or state examinations), and a confirmation of the continuing admission to studies at a recognised university in the country where the secondary school leaving certificate was issued for the semester in which admission at Leoben University
The application for admission must be sent to the following address:
Zentrale Verwaltung
Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Franz Josef-Straße 18
8700 Leoben
AUSTRIA
5. Authentication of documents
All documents must be submitted in the original, first authenticated by the responsible institution in the country where they were issued (Ministry for Foreign Affairs) and finally authenticated by the Austrian representative authority in the country of issue (Austrian Embassy).
Authentication – Africa, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Iraq:
Documents can only be authenticated after verification of the documents by a lawyer authorized by the Austrian embassy responsible for the home country. The owner of the documents has to come in person to the embassy. Therefore an appointment has to be made.
In case of an intended future application for a visa, residence permit etc, it is recommended to supply all the necessary documents for that purpose (see http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/HELP-FC.html) and to have them checked altogether in order to save expenses for future procedures. For identification it is important to provide school documents, baptism- and hospital-birth documents.
The questionnaire has to be filled in completely and correctly and has to be originally signed and submitted in original.
All relevant documents have to be submitted in original and copy.
The lawyer fee for verification has to be paid directly and in cash at the embassy.
The procedure of verification can take several weeks. To facilitate a quick processing, a completely and correctly filled questionnaire and submission of all relevant documents is absolutely necessary. Wrong or missing statements or documents will result in considerable delay of the procedure.
It is also possible to have documents authenticated in Austria, first by the representative authority of the country of issue in Austria (embassy) and then by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (legalising office).
Documents written in foreign languages have to be translated into German. These translations also have to be authenticated by the institution in the country of issue and the Austrian representative authority.
Original documents issued in one of the following countries do not need authentication:
Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. (List is subject to changes, ask the Austrian Embassy).
Documents issued in one of the following countries merely need authentication by form of an apostille from the respective national authority:
Argentina, Australia, Armenia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Russia, South Africa, San Marino, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela. (List is subject to changes, ask the Austrian Embassy).
Austrian embassies (link)
www.bmeia.gv.at/en/foreign-ministry.html
(choose country and then topic = Austrian representation)
Application for admission forms
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Application for graduate admission
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