During the account registration procedure, opens an external URL in a new window, you will register at the JKU for the first time and as an applicant to the university, you will receive a guest account. This account will allow you to continue the registration procedure.

Please note:

• You will only need this account as a prospective applicant to register to enroll in a degree program until you have been successfully admitted to the university.
• The applicant account does not permit you to log into JKU IT services (i.e. KUSSS). You may only log in to JKU IT services once you have been successfully admitted to the university and your degree program.

If you already have an applicant account, proceed directly to Step 2 "How Do I Choose a Degree Program?”

If you have forgotten your user name, please contact the JKU Admission Office.

If you have forgotten your password, click here, opens an external URL in a new window to reset your password.

Log in to the JKU under MyAdmission, opens an external URL in a new window using your applicant account information and select the degree program you wish to enroll in.

The following documents are required for this step:

• Information and verification of your past educational background (PDF)
• A recent portrait-size photo (JPEG) for your JKU Card (student ID card)

Please note:

• You will be taking part in a statistical survey in accordance with § 18 Sec. 6 of the Education Documentation Act.
• Submit the recent photo as a JPEG file, not in a read-only mode, and as a portrait size. Please select a passport photo in which you are clearly identifiable, preferably with a monochrome background.

Please ensure that all of your documents are in a PDF file format, complete (all pages), and legible.

• Valid passport or ID card (including picture, signature and gender)
• Proof of general university entrance qualifications (i.e. Matura diploma, German Abitur), all pages
• Confirmation of any name change, providing all documents do not contain the same name (i.e. a marriage certificate).
• If you are coming from a different university and would like to study the same subjet area at the JKU, please submit any leaving certification and academic transcripts

Admissions Deadline to Start Studies for Winter Semester

Admissions Deadline to Start Studies for Summer Semester

Please note: Once the above-mentioned deadlines have passed, applicants will not be admitted to a degree program for that respective semester. 

* Please contact the JKU Admissions Office for additional information.

If you hold an Austrian or German school-leaving certificate or if you have an IB diploma or an EB diploma or if you hold a school-leaving examination from South Tyrol or Liechtenstein, you do NOT need to show up in person in order to enroll. You will be enrolled online and you will receive a message with further information.

Once you have successfully enrolled, you will receive your JKU Card by postal mail.

Contact the Office of Examinations and Recognition Services to learn more about earning academic credit for school courses that will count toward your studies.

If you were enrolled at another university or teacher education college, please bring the following:

• If transferring from another university to continue the same degree program at the JKU, please bring your certificate of disenrollment from the other university
• If you were previously admitted to another Austrian university or university of teacher education (i.e. studies record sheet), please show proof of your matriculation number
• Proof of having already successfully completed an academic degree program (diploma, conferral certificate, etc.)

If you do not yet have your Matura diploma, you can still enroll as a non-degree seeking student, opens in new window in advance via JKU MyAdmission, opens an external URL in a new window.

When enrolling to pursue an academic degree, you must pay the Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees. Only then will you be officially enrolled.

Please note: The Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees, must be paid every semester.

During the account registration procedure, opens an external URL in a new window, you will register at the JKU for the first time and as an applicant to the university, you will receive a guest account. This account will allow you to continue the registration procedure.

Please note:

• You will only need this account as a prospective applicant to register to enroll in a degree program until you have been successfully admitted to the university.
• The applicant account does not permit you to log into JKU IT services (i.e. KUSSS). You may only log in to JKU IT services once you have been successfully admitted to the university and your degree program.

If you already have an applicant account, proceed directly to Step 2 "How Do I Choose a Degree Program?”

If you have forgotten your user name, please contact the JKU Admission Office.

If you have forgotten your password, click here, opens an external URL in a new window to reset your password.

Log in to your applicant account at JKU MyAdmission, opens an external URL in a new window and select the program you wish to enroll in.

For this step, we ask that you submit the following:

• Information and verification of your past educational background (PDF)
• A recent portrait-size photo (JPEG) for your JKU Card (student ID card)

Please note:

• You will be taking part in a statistical survey in accordance with § 18 Sec. 6 of the Education Documentation Act.
• Submit the recent photo as a JPEG file, not in a read-only mode, and as a portrait size. Please select a passport photo in which you are clearly identifiable, preferably with a monochrome background.
• There is no fee to submit an application for admission. Applications submitted by an agency or placement organization are unlawful and will not be processed.

As processing your application for admission will take some time, we recommend submitting your application in good time – within the following deadlines - before you wish to start your studies:

Application deadline for EU/EEA citizens

To begin Studies in Winter Semester

To begin Studies in Summer Semester

*Please contact the JKU Admissions Office for additional information.

**Applications can be submitted one month prior to the regular start of the application period

Application deadlines for non-EU/EEA citizens and NON-equivalent third country nationals

If you belong to the following groups of people, you must meet the application deadline, meaning you must submit your application six months before the date you wish to start of your studies.

• NON EU/EEA citizens
• foreign nationals who do not fall under (PersGV 2018, opens an external URL in a new window)
• Stateless

Please note: If you submit your application for admission at a later date, you can't start in this semester.

Our tip: Regardless of which group of people you belong to, submit the application for admission at the beginning of the respective application period so that you can make sure you can begin the program on time.

1) Passport
Only official identification documents containing the holder's photograph and signature and gender will be accepted.

2) Certificate of general university entrance qualifications (i.e. secondary school certificates listing all subjects and grades)
The exact course titles in your transcripts may vary, however the document must confirm having successfully completed your secondary education. The document must also include grades for examination subjects.

3) Proof of having successfully passed the University Enrollment Eligibility Examination
Depending on the country that issued the secondary school certificate, you may be required to provide documentation proving you passed a university entrance examination and/or corresponding preliminary studies.

4) Proof of having completed preliminary studies (university education)
Transcripts from individual semesters and/or the awarded diploma from having completed an academic degree program are acceptable.

5) Proof of Language Proficiency

• German: If you choose to enroll in a German-language degree program and German is not your first language you will have to provide proof of proficiency in German.
• English: If you choose to enroll in an English-language degree program, you will have to provide proof of proficiency in English.
• See Language Certificates, opens in new window for information regarding levels of language proficiency.

Proof of Language Proficiency when Applying - German
When submitting the application, you must include language certificates demonstrating an A2 level of language proficiency in accordance with the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). These diplomas/certificates are recognized as proof of an A2 level of language proficiency.

Please note:

• When submitting the application, the language certificates may not be older than 2 years.
• The JKU offers German language courses starting at level B1 as part of a pre-study program to prepare students for their studies. An overview of courses is available in KUSSS.
• Students applying to enroll in an academic degree program offered entirely in English are not subject to providing proof of language proficiency in German before beginning studies.

JKU MyAdmission, opens an external URL in a new window allows you to upload your documents without any notarization. Once you have received a notification from the Admissions Office, you will have to submit required documents in the original or as certified copies.

Please note: Depending on the country issuing the respective certification, the documents must also be certified as to their authenticity.

Documents without verification for authenticity
Verification procedures do not apply to documents issued from the following countries (however, all documents must be submitted in the original or as a verified "true" copy of the original):

Verification with an Apostille

Documents issued by contracting states of the so-called “Hague Convention Abolishing The Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents” must be verified with an APOSTILLE. If you need a legalisation by Apostille, contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country that issued your documents. In several countries instead the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Education is responsible for an Apostille. The Apostille needs to confirm the signature on the original document not the signature of the notary.

Member states of the “Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents” include:

Verification and Authenticity
If there is no agreement regarding authentication - i.e. for all of the countries not mentioned above - the documents' authenticity must be verified by the foreign ministry of the country in which the documents were issued and also verified by the Austrian consulate or embassy in that country.

Please note: The legalization of documents of certain states can be suspended by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if a reliable verification of the authenticity or substantive accuracy of these documents cannot be guaranteed. In these cases, the Austrian embassies may not state the authenticity of such documents. If your transcripts were issued by one of those countries the legalizations of your documents are not possible at the Austrian embassies. The admission process at Johannes Kepler University Linz cannot be done at this time.
For additional information, please see: Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, opens an external URL in a new window

All for the application process necessary documents have to be translated (after the legalisation), if they are not issued in German or English. This translation has to be done by a court sworn translator after the documents were legalised, as the legalisation has to be translated as well.

You will receive a letter of notification containing the results of your application review.

Please note:

• The application review process can take some time.
• Original documents will be sent back to you at the latest after the admission process has been completed.

The JKU issues acceptance letters or rejection letters in regards to admission. There are several types of acceptance letters:

• Letter of admission requiring a supplementary examination to prove language proficiency in German
• Letter of admission requiring supplementary examination(s) (german and subject area examinations)
• Letter of admission requiring subject area examinations

Please note:

It is possible that your letter of admission contains conditions. You can only be admitted if you fulfill these. 

Normally, after receiving the notification of admission, you must also appear in person at the JKU's admission service within the admission period (see below). You will be informed in writing whether you have to come in person or not.

If you have to complete the admission in person, the following deadlines apply:

Please contact the JKU Admissions Office for additional information.

Please bring the following documents to the JKU Admissions Office in the original in order to enroll:

• Valid passport
• Letter of Admission

• If you still have to submit further documents, these are listed in your letter of admission.

Contact the Office of Examinations and Recognition Services to learn more about earning academic credit for school courses that will count toward your studies.

If you were enrolled at another university or teacher education college, please bring the following:

• If transferring from another university to continue the same degree program at the JKU, please bring your certificate of disenrollment from the other university
• If you were previously admitted to another Austrian university or university of teacher education (i.e. studies record sheet), please show proof of your matriculation number
• Proof of having already successfully completed an academic degree program (diploma, conferral certificate, etc.)

When registering to enroll, you must pay your Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees. Once you have paid your fees, you will be enrolled in your degree program.

Please note: The Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees must be paid every semester.