Entrance exam procedure

Test details: Test literature and sample exercises

What do I need to study for the test? How is the test structured? On this page you'll find the info about the test literature, sample exercises and explanations how the results are ranked to allocated to study places. This will help you get ready for the written test!

Please note: 

  • The tests for some degree programmes take place at the same time.
  • The test literature is only valid for the academic year 2026/27.

Here you'll find an overview of all test dates.

Universität Wien

Business Administration, International Business Administration and Economics

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Basic economic knowledge and competencies (50 % weighting)
    • competencies in mathematics: the tasks in mathematics are based on the mathematics curricula of the Austrian general higher education schools (AHS) and vocational higher educations schools (BHS).
    • knowledge of the assigned test literature
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (25 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (25 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Deutsche Bundesbank (2024): Geld und Geldpolitik. Schülerbuch für die Sekundarstufe II. Chapter 1, 3 und 6–6.3 (so chapter 6 without sub-chapter 6.4) Available at: https://www.bundesbank.de/de/publikationen/schule-und-bildung/geld-und-geldpolitik-606038 (only available in German)

  • Mathematics: https://www.matura.gv.at/srdp/mathematik
  • Applied Mathematics (especially part A): https://www.matura.gv.at/srdp/angewandte-mathematik
  • As further literature to prepare for the exam, the following book can be used (recommended complimentary literature): Sydsaeter, Knut & Hammond, Peter (2018): Mathematik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler – Basiswissen mit Praxisbezug. (aktuelle Auflage; derzeit 5. Auflage), Hallbergmoos: Pearson Studium. ISBN 978-3-86894-306-1, Kapitel 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10.

You're interested in Business Administration and/or International Business Administration as well as in Economics? Apply for each programme separately. Changing from Business Administration or International Business Administration to Economics or vice versa is not possible. 

Education

The written test examines competencies in the following areas: 

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (65 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German (35 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking. 

Biology

The written test examines competencies in the following areas: 

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (45 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German (15 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (40 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Chemistry

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned literature (50 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension German (20 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (30 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Grundlagen der Chemie: Vorbereitungsliteratur für das Aufnahmeverfahren (only available in German)

  • chapter 1 “Allgemeine Chemie”
  • chapter 2 “Organische Chemie”

English and American Studies

The written test examines competencies in the following areas: 

  • Part A: Knowledge of the asssigned test literature (35 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension English (35 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (30 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

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Nutritional Sciences and Pharmacy

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (45 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension German and English (25 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (30 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position of the ranking.

You are interested in Nutritional Sciences as well as in Pharmacy? Apply for both programmes. Changing between those two programmes is not possible. 

Computer Science and Business Informatics

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (35 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (15 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills, especially the ability to think formally/analytically and reason logically (50 % weighting)

The scored points are weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking. 

Gallenbacher, Jens, "Abenteuer Informatik – IT zum Anfassen für alle von 9 bis 99 – vom Navi bis Social Media" (4. Auflage), Auszug der Kapitel 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 (only availale in German)

Only the following chapters are relevant for the written test:

  • Chapter 2 – Ordnung muss sein!
  • Chapter 3 – Ich packe meinen Koffer und …
  • Chapter 9 – Paketpost
  • Chapter 11 – Ordnung im Chaos
  • Chapter 12 – Mit Sicherheit
  • Chapter 14 – InformaGik
  • Chapter 15 – Allmächtiger Computer!?

Think about whether you would like to study at the University of Vienna or TU Wien before you apply. The written test takes place at the same time. You cannot change universities.

International Legal Studies

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (33,33 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (33,33 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (33,33 % weighting)

The scored points are weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking. 

Korean Studies

The written test examines competencies in the following areas: 

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (40 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (40 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (20 % weighting)

the scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Cultural and Social Anthropology, Political Science and Sociology

The written test examines competencies in the following areas: 

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (45 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (25 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (30 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

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Teacher Education

Der schriftliche Aufnahmetest prüft Kompetenzen aus den folgenden Bereichen:

  • Part A: Profession-related knowledge of the assigned test literature (50 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German (20 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (30 % weighting)

The points scored are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the admission criteria.

Criteria for admission:
You have to achieve at least 40 % of the maximum possible overall score to receive a study place for the bachelor programme in Teacher Education. To complete the admission procedure you also have to fulfil all requirements for admission to a bachelor programme at the University of Vienna. 

Mathematical Foundations of Data Science

Admission criteria:
The admission to the degree programme is possible, if you achieve at least 50 % of the maximum possible overall score in the aptitude test. You also have to fulfil all requirements for admission to a bachelor programme instructed in English at the University of Vienna. 

The written aptitude test examines the contents of the mathematics curricula of the Austrian general higher education schools (grades 9 to 12) as well as elementary combinatorics (addition and multiplication rules, permutations) and the comprehension of simple pseudocode. 

Psychology

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Ability to acquire subject-related knowledge from literature for first-year students (50 % weighting)
  • Part B: Ability to think methodically, formally and analytically (25 % weighting)
  • Part C: Ability to understand simple texts on the subject matter in English and German (25 % weighting)

he results are ranked according to the sum of the weighted scores per part. The highest score corresponds to ranking position number 1, the lowest to ranking position number n (n = number of test participants). Participants ranking between position 1 and 485 receive a study place. To complete the admission procedure you also have to fulfil all requirements for admission to a bachelor programme at the University of Vienna. 

Sample exercises for the bachelor's programme in Psychology (will be available shortly)

Mass Media and Communication Science

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A:  Knowledge of the assigned test literature (50 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (30 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (20 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Law

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Knowledge of the assigned test literature (25 % weighting)
  • Part B: Text comprehension in German and English (50 % weighting)
  • Part C: Cognitive skills (25 % weighting)

The scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the individual test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score which determines the final position in the ranking.

Transcultural Communication

The written test examines competencies in the following areas:

  • Part A: Fachwissen aus der Testliteratur (50 % weighting)
  • Part B: Textverständnis Deutsch (30 % weighting)
  • Part C: kognitive Fähigkeiten (20 % weighting)

he scored points are normalised and weighted, i.e. scaled so that the test parts are comparable and correspond to the specified weighting. The values of the test parts are added up to produce the overall score, which determines the final position in the ranking.

The ranking is determined as follows: 

  • 400 of the places go to the test participants with the highest overall scores who have registered with German as their A-language
  • 262 of the places go to the test participants with the highest overall scores who have registered with a different language as their A-language

After these, participants with descending overall scores follow alternately (according to the zipper merge method) on the ranking list:

  • one test participant who registered with a language other than German as A-language,
  • and one test participant who registered with German as A-language.

To complete the admission procedure you also have to fulfil the requirements for admission to a bachelor programme at the University of Vienna. 

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