Technische Universität Wien

General information

• Location: Vienna, Austria. The main sites are around Karlsplatz, Getreidemarkt, Freihaus and Gußhaus.
• Founded: 1815
• Language of instruction: bachelor's programmes are mostly taught in German. English is far more common at master's level.
• Main programmes: Informatik, Technische Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Maschinenbau, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Elektrotechnik, Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur, Raumplanung, Technische Mathematik, Technische Physik, Technische Chemie, Geodäsie and other engineering and technical programmes
• Size: around 27,000 active students in the 2025/26 winter semester
• Length of a bachelor's degree: usually 3 years, 6 semesters, 180 ECTS, ending with a Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Fee for EU/EEA students: Bulgarian citizens pay no tuition fee (Studiengebühr) within the standard length of study plus 2 tolerance semesters. They only pay the ÖH-Beitrag of 26.20 euros a semester. If the bachelor's degree runs past the 8th semester, the fee is 363.36 euros plus 26.20 euros ÖH, or 389.56 euros a semester.

Deadlines

Summer semester 2027

• by 5 February 2027 – Studien-VoR-Phase
• by 12 February 2027 – enrolment

Winter semester 2027/28

TU Wien has not yet published the exact dates for 2027/28. The usual pattern:

• from spring to 5 September – the compulsory Studien-VoR-Phase has to be completed (for 2026/27 it ran from 1 April to 5 September 2026)
• from early July to 12 September – general enrolment period for bachelor's programmes (for 2026/27: 6 July – 12 September 2026)

Programmes with an admission procedure

Informatik, Technische Informatik and Wirtschaftsinformatik, Architektur and Raumplanung have a separate admission procedure (Aufnahmeverfahren). Registration opens in spring and the tests take place once a year, in July. The 2027/28 dates have not been published yet – for 2026/27, registration ran from 1 April to 4 May 2026, and the tests were on 10 July (Architektur, Raumplanung) and 13 July 2026 (Informatik).

Academic year 2026/27

• Winter semester: 1 October 2026 – 28 February 2027
• Summer semester: 1 March 2027 – 30 September 2027

Requirements when applying from Bulgaria

• a Bulgarian secondary school diploma that gives access to university studies
• proof of the required level of German
• submitting your documents and having them checked by TU Wien
• if your diploma is not recognised as fully equivalent, the university may set additional exams through the Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten (VWU)
• for Informatik, Technische Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Architektur and Raumplanung, passing the relevant admission procedure as well

Programmes – bachelor's

Informatik

• Duration: 3 years, 6 semesters, 180 ECTS
• Location: TU Wien, Vienna
• Language: German – the programme is not offered entirely in English
• Degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Start: in the winter or summer semester, but the admission procedure runs only once a year
• Fee for EU/EEA students: within the standard length of study and the tolerance semesters you usually pay only the ÖH-Beitrag

Admission: through an admission procedure (Aufnahmeverfahren) shared with Technische Informatik and Wirtschaftsinformatik. Prior programming knowledge is not tested. The ranking test has three parts: a subject part based on set reading (chapters of the book „Abenteuer Informatik“, multiple choice), reading comprehension in German and English, and cognitive abilities. The 2026 admission test (Reihungstest) took place on 13 July, in person in Vienna. If you want to start in October 2027, you register for the admission procedure in spring 2027 (in 2026 the window was 1 April – 4 May), and the test is around July 2027; TU Wien has not yet published the exact 2027 dates.

Main areas: programming, algorithms, software engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, databases, theoretical computer science, visual computing and human-centred computing.

Maschinenbau

• Duration: 3 years, 6 semesters, 180 ECTS
• Location: TU Wien, Vienna
• Language: German – there is no English-taught version of the bachelor's programme
• Degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Start: in the winter or summer semester
• Fee for EU/EEA students: usually only the ÖH-Beitrag within the standard length of study and the tolerance semesters

Admission: no entrance exam. Before you enrol, you have to complete the compulsory Studien-VoR-Phase.

Main areas: mathematics, mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials science, design and construction, manufacturing, mechatronics and engineering fundamentals.

Prior knowledge: a good grounding in mathematics and the sciences helps. Prior programming or technical drawing skills are not required.