How to apply

Application Procedure for Exchange Students

Students who wish to study as exchange students at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences within the framework of an exchange program are requested to contact first the international office at their home university to make sure that they will be nominated by their home institution.

If there is no bilateral agreement between your home university and Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences please check if your home university will accept your planned semester abroad.

After getting permission from your home institution please submit your application electronically as well as on paper. (Please note that it is absolutely necessary that you also send us the application forms by regular mail!)

Application Deadlines

To study at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences during the whole academic year or during the winter semester, the application deadline is May 31.

To study at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences during the summer semester, the application deadline is November 15.

Compulsory Payment

From winter semester 2008 on all incoming students are required to pay a fee of 16,86 Euro for the Austrian Student Union “ÖH” (Österreichische HochschülerInnenschaft). This is regulated by Austrian law and the payment is compulsory at all higher education institutions. We will collect the payment on the first day of the Orientation Program.

Required Steps in the Application Process

Step 1

Give in the personal data. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to proceed with the online registration.

Step 2

Complete the personal data and press "Submit". After submitting, it will be checked by us in order to go further with the process.

Step 3

After the formal approval, you will receive an email which you must use as a checklist. Please fill in the required data carefully.

Step 4 - Learning Agreement

After you have read the checklist, select the topic "Complete Learning Agreement" in order to register the courses that you would like to follow during your exchange semester.

Business and Computer Science Students:
Please note that you are only allowed to choose two "Elective Courses". As the definitive enrollment for the Elective Courses is only possible by e-mail later you should select in your Learning-Agreement Elective Course 1 and Elective Course 2 as a replacement. After you have been accepted as an exchange student to the Fachhochschule, you will receive an e-mail where you can choose the "real" Elective Courses.

All Degree Programs:
The same occurs with the "Transdisciplinary Course". The definitive enrollment for the Transdisciplinary Courses is only possible by e-mail later, which is why you should select in your Learning-Agreement Transdisciplinary Course as a replacement. As the Transdisciplinary Course offer can change every semester, you will receive an e-mail for the permanent enrollment together with the course descriptions after you have been accepted as an exchange student to the Fachhochschule Vorarlberg.

Step 5

All the documents including the mentioned attachments (Transcripts, passport copy, photos and the Application for Accommodation) have to be printed, signed and sent to us by the deadline so that the application process can go on.

Address:
Fachhochschule Vorarlberg
International Office
Hochschulstrasse 1
6850 Dornbirn
Austria

Step 6

Only after we have received all the documents and the Head of the Degree Program has reviewed the application documents and the prerequisites, we will inform you about the acceptance and send you more detailed information concerning your exchange semester.

Please do not use any special symbols or characters!

You will find the online application under: Registration

When filling in the electronic application, please make sure that you choose the right exchange program.

Erasmus SM	Students from European Partner Institutions, including Turkey
Magellan Exchange	Students from a US-Institution applying via Magellan Network
Non-European Partner	Students from Non-European Partner Institutions
Individual Mover	Students from Institutions without an Agreement with the FHV