Recognition of a foreign professional qualification from EU / EWR
FAQs - Recognition of a foreign degree from an EU/EEA state
The recognition of a foreign degree from an EU/EEA state can, on the basis of the European guideline for the recognition of professional qualifications (2005/36/EG), be applied for at the Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Pflege (Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Care)
The Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) are not responsible for the recognition process!
The responsible departments can be found at: berufsanerkennung.at/en.
Only after you have received the recognition notice from the Federal Ministry can you go to the respective UAS to take the compensatory measures prescribed therein in order to complete the aptitude tests or the adaptation courses.
For this purpose, please send the notice of the Ministry by e-mail to the contact person responsible for the corresponding study program.
An application for the recognition of a foreign degree from an EU/EEA state, must be accompanied by the following documtents:
- Proof of citizenship or passport
- Recognition notice from the Federal Ministry
- Proof of sufficient knowledge of German at level B2 (or C2 in the case of speech therapy) according to the European reference framework, as a prerequisite for admission to an associate degree program.
Recognized proof of German language skills:
In particular, the following certificates are recognized as proof of sufficient knowledge of the German language for admission to the study program:
- German as an examination subject of the school-leaving examination (level B2)
- Supplementary German examination at a pre-study course
- Certificate B2 of the Austrian Language Diploma German www.osd.at (for speech therapy: C2)
- „TestDaF (Test German as a foreign language, www.testdaf.de) with at least level TDN 4 in all exams (for speech therapy: at least level TDN 5)
- Certificate B2 of the Language Center of the University of Vienna sprachenzentrum.univie.ac.at (for speech therapy: C2)
- Goethe-Certificate B2 from the Goethe-Institute www.goethe.de/de/index.html (for speech therapy: C2)
- “Second level" of the German Language Diploma of the Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the states in the Federal Republic of Germany https://www.kmk.org/kultusministerkonferenz/uebergreifende-themen/das-deutsche-sprachdiplom-der-kultusministerkonferenz.html
- ECL Exam B2 in German, issued after December 2020 by the European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages eclexam.eu (language level C2 for speech therapy currently not available)
If other proof of knowledge of the German language is provided, the respective proof can be recognized in individual cases (if necessary, after obtaining expert opinions).
Note: All documents must be submitted as originals and as individual documents (one scan per document). Copies will be made on site. Certified German translations of foreign language documents (with the exception of English documents) must be submitted.
The general certification regulations for foreign public documents apply. www.oesterreich.gv.at/lexicon/B/Seite.990098.html