Semester Dates

The University of Vienna may have different semester and holiday dates compared to your home university. Please look up our dates before you book any journeys.

Semester dates at the University of Vienna

The final exams for the summer semester usually take place during the semester or the last week of June. In exceptional cases, there might be exams in the first few days of July, but this depends on the lecturer.

Courses and course selection

• At the University of Vienna, courses are divided in two groups:
  • Courses with continuous assessment: UE, SE, UK ...
  • Courses with non-continuous assessment: VO
• Further specific terms which are used at the University of Vienna are explained in the ABC of terminology
• All courses offered by our faculty have a course code beginning with 04-

We do not offer classes specifically for exchange students. As nominated exchange students you may register for any bachelor's and master's courses offered by following study programmes at our faculty (please find specific restriction below):

• Business Administration
• International Business Administration
• Economics
• Applied Economics
• Statistics

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU CHOOSE YOUR COURSES:

• Compiling their individual timetables is the students' responsibility, you have to make sure beforehand that no overlaps occur (all times are available on u:find before the registration).

  If an overlap only happens once, you can arrange your absence from one of courses (tell the lecturer!) during one session - depending on the lecturer you are allowed to miss the equivalent of two or three regular 90-minute sessions of a course. If the overlaps are more frequent, it is advisable to look for different classes.
  Please note, there is no compulsory attendance for lectures (VOs), so, while we strongly recommend you attend all sessions, it's not a problem if you miss time there.
• Restrictions regarding course choices:
  
  • It is not permitted to attend classes from the master's programmes Banking & Finance, Business Analytics and the Research Master Economics and Finance.
  • The Master's Seminar Strategic Management (040166, 040279) must not be taken by exchange students.

  • Department of Finance:

     Undergraduate students must not take Master's classes! Especially the classes "Special Topics in Banking and Finance" are advanced courses. Therefore, students should only enrol if they already have good prior knowledge in finance.
    More basic finance courses are ABWL Basic Finance I + II.
    One group of ABWL Basic Finance II is taught in English.

  • It is not permitted to attend business communication classes in your mother tongue.

  • We do not recommend attending any classes which are part of the introductory module (StEOp) in the Bachelor's programme.

PLEASE NOTE: You have to check very carefully if you have the required knowledge to attend a class. This applies especially to bachelor's students who wish to take classes at master's level! If in doubt, please contact the respective lecturer about this.

Should it become apparent in the course of the semester that you do not have sufficient knowledge to follow a class properly, the lecturer has the right to expel you from their class!

Online course catalogue (u:find)

Courses offered by our faculty can be found in the online course catalogue on U:FIND  in the section 'Directorate of Studies 4 - Business, Economics and Statistics'. The courses are organised according to study programme (BA, MA, PhD, electives).

The language of the course catalogue can changed to English by clicking on the button in the upper-right corner and chosing 'EN' instead of 'DE'.
Each course's language of instruction can be checked in the course description.

Please note, the course number may change each semester even if the content does not.

Course descriptions can be found under 'Information' for the respective course or on the homepage of the respective departments or divisions.

Please note:

• The course catalogue for the upcoming winter semester are usually published in mid/end July.
• The course catalogue for the upcoming summer semester are usually published in mid/end January.

Please use the course catalogues fromprevious semester for orientation. Usually, only minor changes are made to the course offer.

Course Registration

Exchange students are NOT prioritised regarding course registration at our faculty! You have to register during the course registration period like our regular students.

There is therefore NO GUARANTEE that you will be accepted in all your desired courses!
Especially in highly sought-after specialisations such as Finance, Management or Marketing, there are often long waiting lists.

Registration for courses has to be done online via U:SPACE.

The exact dates of the registration period will be announced on the website of the faculty's StudyServiceCenter (SSC) for each semester.

The registration system and the course organisers automatically and exclusively use your u:account e-mail address for e-mail notifications and correspondence. So please check it regularly!

Our registration system is either progress-based (all Bachelor's programmes and Magister Statistics) where your study progress is taken into consideration or preference-based (all Master's programmes) where you are required to allocate points to your chosen courses.  -> More information on the registration system

• Please note: Exchange students are NOT prioritised regarding course registration at our faculty! We hence highly recommend registering for more credits than you actually need, since it is possible that you may not get into all of your desired courses.

If you end up on the waiting list and still would like to attend, you can either contact the course organiser or go to the first session of the course. State that you are an exchange student and politely ask if you mitght be accepted into the course. Please note that course organisers are NOT obliged to accept you to a course because of you being an exchange student.

Detailed information on how to register for courses can be found via the link above.

Courses outside your nominated field of study

Students nominated for a different field of study are welcome to attend courses at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics. Please inform yourself thoroughly regarding anypossible prerequisites as well as the registration process!

Incoming students who are nominated for our faculty who wish to take classes at another department need to contact the respective exchange coordinator for approval. Please find further information on this matter here.

We recommend listing courses from other fields of study on a separate Learning Agreement for each field of study.  Please come to the consultation hours or send us the Learning Agreement via e-mail in order to have courses taken at our faculty approved.

Participation in courses related to Austria can usually also be confirmed by us, since these courses are offered for all exchange students regardless of their nominated field of study. Please bring along a copy of the course list above when getting the signature.

The participation in language courses at the Language Center of the University of Vienna can also be confirmed by us, if you bring a registration confirmation or a certificate of a completed course.

Further information on taking courses outside your nominated field of study can be found on the website of the International Office

Extension of stay

• Please note: The exchange stay can only be extended from winter to summer semester!
  If you are nominated for the summer semester, an extension to the following winter semester is not possible.

Please follow the necessary steps for your extension.

Transcript of Records

The University of Vienna does not send transcripts of records anymore, neither via post nor via e-mail. Students can download and print out the transcript of records with an electronic signature via the u:space service.
Detailed information can be found on the website of the International Office.

If your home university insists on a signed and stamped copy of the transcript, please contact the International Support.