Acceptance without entrance test

  • with positive completion of the fourth grade (8th grade) of an Austrian Gymnasium
  • with positive completion of the fourth grade (8th school year) of an Austrian middle school with advanced levels in Mathematics, German and English

Acceptance with entrance test

  • in the case of a positive completion of the fourth grade (8th grade) of an Austrian secondary school with the grades "satisfactory" or "sufficient" in the subjects mathematics, German and English taught on a basic level.
  • in the case of a positive completion of an Austrian Volksschule with advanced level (8th school year) in the subjects mathematics, German and English
  • in the case of a positive completion of a German Hauptschule (9th grade) in Mathematics, German and English

Inclusion with classification test

  • Students from Switzerland or Germany who have attended a secondary school may have to carry out a placement test in some subjects. When entering the 6th grade (10th school year) of the gymnasium, these placement tests are mostly unavoidable.


All foreign pupils are initially accepted as extraordinary pupils with a one-semester probationary period.

Students who are not native speakers of German must, if necessary, pass an examination of the B2 level to demonstrate that they can follow the instruction.