Application

Applicants have to complete the Application Form. Please fill out the form completely and upload your documents. The following documents are mandatory: 

  • 1 CV
  • Letter of Motivation
  • 2 Letters of Recommendation – typed on the recommender’s or law professor‘s official letterhead stationary. These should be handed to you in sealed envelopes. The backflap of these sealed envelopes containing the recommendation letters must be signed by your recommender across the seal/stamp, once they are closed.
  • Transcripts of your law degree and final report with the final grades (all transcripts or translations thereof must be either in German, English, or French). The academic transcripts and their translations (if necessary) have to be issued by the University, and given to the students in sealed envelopes with the seal stamped across the backflap.
  • Please pay attention to the country of study, as your law degree may need an official legalisation. For this, please follow the link and search your country in the list: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/legalisation/ 
  • Please add a photocopy of your secondary school/college leaving certificate indicating the exact date, name of school, and city.
  • Official proof of English, if you are not a graduate from an English speaking university.

Language Proficiency

All classes will be taught in English. Applicants whose first law degree program was not taught in English must take the TOEFL or IELTS (no older than two years). Applicants taking the online TOEFL must achieve a minimum total score of at least 100 and minimum scores of 25 on each of the subsections. The institution code of the University of Vienna is 0275.
Applicants who wish to send IELTS results, have to produce a test score of 6.5 or more (with a minimum writing score of 6,5).

For more information about the TOEFL please contact:

Test of English as a Foreign Language
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6151

Application Deadline

Application deadline: beginning of November 2024  for applicants not in need of Schengenvisa
If you obtained your law degree from a university outside Europe, you may need to have the official degree copy confirmed by apostille or even authentications from ministries before you upload the degree form in this application procedure. 
For this please check: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/legalisation/

Tuition Fee: € 14,000, optional full, before the beginning of the program, or per semester, before the start of each semester.
Deposit: 10% deposit of the 14,000 Euro within 14 days after notification of acceptance by the program director.