University operations as of 16 March

In coordination with the responsible authority, the Rectorate has decided to suspend teaching also at the University of Vienna to help prevent the further spread of SARS CoV-2 infections. In practical terms, this means that from Friday, 11 March 2020 until and including Saturday, 18 April 2020, no courses/exams with student attendance will take place at the University of Vienna. This applies to courses and exams in all degree programmes. Teaching will instead take place in the form of remote learning (particularly via e-learning).

The same regulations regarding remote learning that apply to all other students apply to Erasmus students as well. Erasmus students should also be granted the opportunity to obtain ECTS credits via remote learning.

• Incoming students who have returned to their home universities should still be able to complete their courses at the University of Vienna. Even when face-to-face teaching is resumed and the students are no longer present at the University of Vienna, it could be possible for them to complete partial achievements (write papers, record presentations on video, etc.). The aim is to find creative solutions while maintaining a high quality standard and fairness. Please contact your teachers directly.
  
  
• Outgoing students, on the other hand, should also be granted the opportunity to attend courses at the University of Vienna if they had to return early from a partner university. It is possible to register for courses after the registration period has ended. Of course, students who have already been registered will keep their place in the course. Please contact the responsible SSC.

The University of Vienna recommends not to travel abroad at the moment!
Please find current information for Incoming Students, Outgoing Students, Staff Mobility and Erasmus + projects here.

You will receive further information regarding your courses/exams shortly. Please be patient. The University of Vienna aims at ensuring that you do not suffer any disadvantages in the continuation of your studies due to the special circumstances. Therefore, please continue to check your student e-mail account regularly. For further information, please visit our website at www.univie.ac.at/en/.

If you have already paid for the ceremony, this amount paid serves as a credit voucher for your graduation ceremony taking place at a later date. Your certificate has already been printed. You can collect it at a later date or it is awarded to you during a graduation ceremony at a later date.

Since the current coronavirus measures may affect the completion of the diploma programme in Teacher Education, which was intended to be phased out on 30 April 2020, the Rectorate has decided to extend the deadline for the completion of the programme to 30 November 2020, subject to the approval of the Senate of the University of Vienna. To address this issue, the University of Vienna has informed the Rectorates of the universities of art about its intention to extend the deadline. However, please note that the extension of the deadline for the completion of the degree programme from 30 April 2020 to 30 November 2020 is only valid if the relevant university of art also decides to extend the deadline. Your university of art will inform you about the relevant further steps. You will continuously receive information (also about the re-enrolment required for the summer semester). Therefore, we urge you to continue to check your student e-mail account regularly.

Students who have to serve in military service or alternative civilian service, or who volunteer and serve in crisis response, are exempt from paying tuition fees for the summer semester of 2020. Tuition fees that have already been paid will be refunded. 

The same applies to persons working in the health care sector as doctors, nurses, paramedics, caregivers or medical laboratory assistants, in pharmacies as well as in mobile and in-patient nursing care, and who are therefore experiencing an increased workload. 

The remission/reimbursement of the tuition fees means that the amount of the reimbursement will be "credited" toward the tuition fees for the next winter semester. 

General tuition fee regulations are negotiated between the universities and the Ministry.

At the moment, the u:card validation is not possible. You can use your personal ID card in combination with your student record sheet/confirmation of enrolment. These documents are available in u:space in the section “Personal matters > My documents”.

Please contact the Admission Office via contact form on studying.univie.ac.at/contact. Your request will be individually processed. The Admission Office tries its best to find a solution for all requests.

Contact the Admission Office via contact form on studyingunivie.ac.at/contact. Your request will be individually processed. The Admission Office tries its best to find a solution for all requests.

No. The change of teaching to remote learning serves to ensure that students will be able to successfully complete the semester despite of the current exceptional situation. Regulations on tuitions fees are negotiated by the universities with the ministry.

Contact the Admission Office via contact form on slw.univie.ac.at/en/contact-form/. For now, you will receive a scan of the stamped documents via e-mail.

If an unforeseen and inevitable reason for leave of absence pursuant to section 67, para. 1 of the 2002 Universities Act exists, it is possible to submit an application for a leave of absence for the summer semester 2020. This applies for the following incidents: pregnancy, care for one’s own children, military service or alternative civilian service, voluntary year of social or ecological service, care obligations or care for relatives, disease, injury, disability, that makes you unable to pursue your studies for at least four weeks.

Please note that if you take a leave of absence you can neither participate in remote learning activities or courses in the summer semester nor complete examinations until 30 September 2020.

For more information, visit the website https://slw.univie.ac.at/en/studying/admission-procedure/leave-of-absence.

For courses of the winter semester of 2019/2020, students have to disclose which materials, etc. they had at their disposal and under what conditions they prepared their thesis or paper. Teachers will then examine whether a positive assessment is possible. If the thesis or paper does not correspond to the intended learning outcomes, amendments must be made through remote learning (taking into account the study materials that are accessible at the moment). The extended deadline for written partial achievements (30 April 2020) remains unaffected.

• It is planned to extend the deadline for the deregistration by students without any negative consequences, if the period has not ended yet, to 30 April 2020. Later deadlines remain unaffected.
• The deadline for the submission of partial achievements for all courses with continuous assessment in the summer semester of 2020 is 30 September 2020.

 

Please let the relevant SSC know what you require.

For the time being, the registration deadline for entrance exam procedures remains the same. If there are any changes, all registered prospective students will, of course, be informed by e-mail in a timely manner. You might want to use the extra time now to fill in the Online Self Assessment (OSA). You can find detailed information about the entrance exam procedures at the University of Vienna here: slw.univie.ac.at/en/studying/degree-programmes-with-entrance-exam-procedure/

In u:shop, students can purchase affordable licenses from Mathematica, SPSS, etc.: zid.univie.ac.at/en/usoft/. On the user guides page, you can access all available user guides:  zid.univie.ac.at/en/usoft/user-guides/ (in German).

Teachers were asked to refrain from requiring students to present doctors’ sick notes when “deregistering students for important reasons” from their course. If you experience any problems, please contact the SSC by e-mail.

It is possible to extend the period of entitlement to the federal aid for students if you can demonstrate that courses and exams have been cancelled due to measures against COVID-19. In duly justified cases, you may be eligible for financial support from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Additionally, the period of receipt of family allowance may be extended. Further information is available on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

Yes. Only persons who have to be present at the University for the continued operation of essential services for emergency operation may access university buildings. This should be coordinated directly with the superior. It is recommended taking turns at work to avoid that too many people are present at the workplace at the same time. All other persons should work from home.

All locations of the Vienna University Library (Main Library and special libraries) are closed as of 11 March 2020. You cannot request, reserve or borrow any physical media during this time. As a member of the University of Vienna you can access electronic media from anywhere via u:access. This way, you can research literature and access numerous e-resources.

• Loans from the Vienna University Library are automatically renewed for the duration of the temporary closure.
• No reminder fees and overdue charges apply for the period of the temporary closure and/or will be cancelled for the duration of the closure.
• Reservations of books that are currently borrowed will be maintained. Items ready to collect are available for collection until one week after teaching has been resumed.
• Requesting books online is not possible for the duration of the temporary closure.
• The validity period of your library card will be extended (first day of library reopening + 7 days) if you currently have media of the Vienna University Library on loan and your library card expires during the period of the temporary closure.
• Please do not return media by postal delivery. 
• Currently, students and staff do not get a special permission to enter the Library.
• Guided tours and training courses are cancelled.
• Detailed information about specific possibilities for researching literature are available on the websites of the special libraries.

Check the website of the Vienna University Library as well as your library account on u:search regularly. If you have any problems, please contact the ZID helpdesk.

If you have already paid for the ceremony, this amount paid serves as a credit voucher for your graduation ceremony taking place at a later date. Your certificate has already been printed. You can collect it at a later date or it is awarded to you during a graduation ceremony at a later date.

Information about language courses is available on the website of the Language Centre, the Uniport services can be found on the Uniport website (in German) and information regarding sports courses on the USI website (in German).

Common signs of infection with the new coronavirus include high temperature, a cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. However, there are also mild forms (symptoms of a common cold) and infections without any symptoms.

The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd. has issued the following recommendations:

• Wash your hands with soap and water or with alcohol hand sanitiser several times a day.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a disposable tissue (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing.
• Try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell.
• Do not travel to affected areas. Please note the current travel warnings issued by the Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs (in German), which may change at short notice.  

Various websites provide information about this viral disease and about how you can protect yourself:

• Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (in German)
• City of Vienna
• Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
• Austrian Medical Chamber (in German)
• World Health Organization 

Obtain information about the current situation two or three times a day – but not continuously – from reliable media. Avoid misinformation and reduce your Facebook (and other social media) use. The information overload ranging from factual to fake information causes unnecessary stress.

COVID-19 has changed our lives. It is important to be aware of the fact that the virus will pass. The best way to get along during the period of restrictions on leaving home: Continue to engage in your daily activities, as far as possible. Daily routines, e.g. healthy meals, physical exercise and enough sleep, have a positive effect on thoughts and emotions. Do things that you enjoy. Stay in contact with family members and/or friends. This makes you feel safe and gives stability.

If you feel affected by the stress caused by the coronavirus outbreak, seek help. Talking to other people (by phone) can give you a feeling of relief and help cope with anxieties. 

Contact the Occupational Health and Safety team at the University of Vienna or the crisis hotline of the City of Vienna:

• Michael Hamberger, +43-660-212 45 91 michael.hamberger@univie.ac.at
• Natascha Klinser, +43-699-113 49 405 natascha.klinser@univie.ac.at

Social psychiatric emergency services, +43-1-31330 

Please be assured that the virus outbreak will pass.