Step 1 - VWU online pre-registration and selection of a registration and placement day
Choose a day here from 07.01.2025 for your personal registration and placement test at the Sprachenzentrum.
Upload the following documents and save both in one document.
- admission letter of the university
- copy of your passport
Within two business days, we will inform you by e-mail if we have received all necessary documents. Only then can you register/pay in person at our office and have a place reserved for the placement test on the day of registration.
Step 2 - Registration, payment of the course and placement test
You have to do the registration and payment in person at the Sprachenzentrum in Vienna (€ 1,565; we accept cash, Visa, Mastercard). When you have paid for the course in full, we will send you the registration confirmation and the confirmation for the health insurance ÖGK by e-mail in the afternoon. You will need the confirmation of registration for admission to the university.
The placement test will take place on the same day in the afternoon in person at the Sprachenzentrum. You only have a secure place for the placement test if you have received an email from us that you have submitted your documents correctly.
Schedule:
- Personal registration: 10:00 hrs - 12:00 hrs
You will receive the location and time of the placement test after registration/payment. - Break
- Placement test: approx. 12:00 hrs - 19:00 hrs
Step 3 - Register at your university
Now you have to complete your enrollment at the university.
You have to enroll online or in person at your university. Please contact your university for more detailed information.
- University of Vienna
- TU Wien
- All other universities: Please contact your university's academic department for completing your admission.
Step 4 - Pay the Students' Union Fee (ÖH-Beitrag)
The student union fee is EUR 24.70.
Please pay the amount before the course starts! Without payment you will NOT be registered at your university for the next semester and you will not receive your student record sheet or other official documents (i.e. insurance confirmations or MA 35 documents).
Step 5 - We will e-mail you your course details
On 21.02.2025 we will send you an e-mail with the following course details:
- Course time
- Course location
- Teacher
- Course books
The course books are available at facultas am Campus or on the publisher's websites worldwide.
Step 6 - We wish you a pleasant and successful course!
Your course starts on 25.02.2025.
Terms of cancellation
Deregistering from the VWU German course at the language center and reimbursement of the course fee is only possible if you provide us within the cancellation period with a confirmation from the university (e.g. student record sheet, confirmation of study periods, confirmation of withdrawal or similar) which shows that you are not enrolled in the University preparation programme (VWU) in the current semester.
The cancellation period for the summer semester 2025 ends on 11.02.2025.
