Please note that different study areas and the respective, designated president in charge of academic credit transfer handle academic credit transfer in the AI curriculum (please refer to the course catalog).

1. Before submitting an application to transfer academic credit (in accordance with § 78 of the Austrian Universities Act), contact the responsible person authorized to approve academic credit transfer. In regard to Artificial Intelligence, please complete the pre-check list below and send the form along with the certificates and course description to: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at.
2. Submit your application after consulting with the responsible persons authorized to approve academic credit transfer using the credit transfer tool AUWEA NG, opens an external URL in a new window

See the FAQs, opens in new window section to learn more.

Our guideline is a compilation of important information. If you would like to submit any comments/ideas/corrections to us to keep the guideline helpful and up-to-date, please send them to us at: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at.

To help you get off to a good start, we have put together a recommended schedule for the Winter Semester and the Summer Semester. The schedule is for reference only and can be adjusted to suit your personal schedule. The livestreams to Vienna/Bregenz are in the upper left corner (marked in violet).

An info session about our Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in AI will take place in Linz, Vienna, and Bregenz. Study Artificial Intelligence in Linz, Vienna, and Bregenz! Learn more during an online info session on April 9, 2025, starting at 6:00 PM.

The presentation will be held live on Zoom. Click here to learn more and to sign up to attend.

Due to a curriculum change in the AI Bachelor's program, the course Responsible AI is moving from the 1st to the 4th semester. Therefore, the next regular offering of Responsible AI will take place in Summer Semester 2027 (= 4th semester of the new cohort starting in Winter Semester 2025).

Students who plan to finish their AI Bachelor's degree before SS27 and have not yet successfully completed KV Responsible AI — and who cannot register for one of the upcoming retry exams from WS24 — will be offered individual solutions.

If this applies to you, please send an email as soon as possible to the Responsible AI teaching team at robopsychology@jku.at with the subject line: "Responsible AI – Course Completion Request".

Types of Courses

The program contains the following types of courses:

Each year in September, before the start of the Winter Semester, newly enrolled AI students can take preparation courses in Python Programming (ASTAIBAPPPV20, opens an external URL in a new window) as well as in Mathematics (531.059, opens an external URL in a new window) at the JKU. These courses are entirely optional and students can sign up via KUSSS.

In order to successfully complete the AI program, students will be required to come to Linz in person at least once in order to officially enroll in the degree program on site. Some courses will require on-site and in-person attendance, either in Linz, Bregenz, or Vienna. Students are required to be physically present to take examinations either in Linz, Bregenz, or in Vienna. Examinations may take place during the entire semester. The curriculum has been designed for students residing in close proximity to Linz, Bregenz, or Vienna. 

Many of the courses in the AI program are offered at the JKU's satellite campus in Vienna and Bregenz, as either as a livestream or as a video conference (please check schedule).

Courses are usually offered only once a year. While you can enroll during the Summer Semester to begin studying AI, starting the program at this time means you may be subject to adjusting your schedule differently as compared to the suggested schedule of courses. We highly recommend starting the program in October.

Students can choose their Area of Specialization courses freely from a list available in the course catalog. The section headlines “Computer and Data Science”, “Mathematics”, “Mechatronics”, “Live Sciences”, “Special Topics”, and “Miscellaneous” as listed in the course catalog are for clarity purposes only.

The “Seminar in AI” (3 ECTS credits, 4th semester, Summer Semester) and the “Practical Work in AI” (7.5 ECTS credits, 5th semester, Winter Semester) have been designed to help students prepare to write the required Bachelor’s thesis (6th semester, Summer Semester). Students can, however, switch their subject area again, if they wish to. Faculty members will offer these courses when supervising undegraduate students. Different institutes will offer the courses which students will see in KUSSS as different “group options”.
The Bachelor's thesis itself will be formally supervised as part of the “Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar in AI” (9 ECTS credits, 6th semester, Summer Semester). This course is, however, offered each semester, allowing students to complete their Bachelor’s degree during the Winter Semester as well.

At the beginning of October - during the first class titled "KV Lecture Series Artificial Intelligence", we will create tutored groups of newly enrolled (first semester) students. The tutors are higher-semester AI students who will be available to show first-year students around the university, help them choose the right courses, and provide first-hand information about classes, exercises, and tutorials. The social aspect is also important and you will quickly meet others during the first few weeks to form study groups, etc. Many of these friendships will last throughout your studies and beyond.

A mentor from among the AI professors will be assigned to each tutorial group. The tutored groups will meet with their mentor together and the mentor will supervise the students individually during the first semester. If you have any questions or concerns about the program, you can discuss these issues during these meetings. Our goal is to address any issues that arise quickly and solve them unbureaucratically.

Click here, opens an external URL in a new window for a summary compiled by the Austrian Student Union (ÖH) that provided additional answers to student questions.

FAQs, opens an external URL in a new window for international students compiled by the Austrian Student Union (ÖH).

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the AI program that have not been addressed above or below, please feel free to contact us by sending an e-mail to:
 

The AI office in Linz: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at

The AI office in Vienna: ai-wien(at)jku.at

The AI office in Bregenz: ai-bregenz(at)jku.at

The Austrian Student Union for Computer Science and AI: ai(at)oeh.jku.at

In addition, see the Student Union, opens an external URL in a new window homepage and their Study Guide for Artificial Intelligence, opens an external URL in a new window

Looking to find a job in Austria? Or perhaps you would like to create your own start-up company, opens an external URL in a new window?

The Austrian Ministry of Economy's Austrian Business Agency, opens an external URL in a new window (ABA) can help! As a government agency, ABA offers free support and information for international students and graduates from Austrian universities. Click here, opens an external URL in a new window to learn more!