Tuition fees

Status: September 2022

 All the information can be found at  https://www.unileoben.ac.at/en/studying/current-students/tuition-fees

Tuition Fees-Details:

Tuition fees are in principle mandatory, but most students are exempted as the result of exception regulations.

Tuition fees are:

EUR 363.36 per semester for Austrian and EU citizens

EUR 726.72 per semester for non-EU citizens.

During the extension period, tuition fees rise by 10% from EUR 363.36 to EUR 399.70. The tuition fee sum of EUR 726.72 does NOT rise during the extension period!

You will also need to pay the students' union membership fee (ÖH-Beitrag) of EUR 22.70, including insurance. This does not increase if paid during the extension period.

LIMITED EXEMPTION FROM TUITION FEES (REGULAR STUDENTS)

for the following regular students:

1. Austrian citizens
2. EU citizens
3. EEA citizens (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)
4. Nationals of the Swiss Confederation
5. Convention refugees
6. Privileged non-EU citizens who have one of the following residence permits:
   • EU permanent residence, issued by the relevant Austrian authorities
   • EU permanent residence, issued by authorities in another Member State
   • Permanent residence card, issued by the relevant Austrian authorities
     If a student who is a non-EU citizen also receives a student grant, he/she is considered to be a non-EU citizen with permanent residence rights and proof of the positive student grant decision can then be used as proof of his/her legal position as a permanent resident. In such cases, the decision by the student grant authorities replaces the need for one of the aforementioned permits. Proof must be shown to the Registrar's Office.
7. Students to whom the ordinance governing admission of certain groups of potential students [Personengruppen-Verordnung] applies
8. Students with a residence permit other than "Residence Permit – Student"

If you exceed the fee exemption period, you will be charged tuition fees of EUR 363.36 and students' union membership fee of EUR 22.70 per semester. If you can provide grounds for exemption (see Statutory exemption regulations – Grounds for exemption), you will only have to pay the students' union membership fee.

Who is generally exempt from tuition?

Ordinary students from countries who belong to the DAC-List. They only have to pay the ÖH fee.

Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Yemen, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Kiribati, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Laos (Democratic Republic), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Zambia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic), Timor-Leste, Togo, Chad, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Central African Republic

Extraordinary students

External students must pay tuition fees of EUR 363.36 and the students' union membership fee of EUR 22.70 from the first semester onwards, irrespective of their nationality. The students' union membership fee does NOT rise during the extension period.

External students who are only participating in one university year or the preparatory year are exempt from tuition fees and the students' union membership fee.

Multiple Study Programmes

If you are studying multiple programmes at Montanuniversität Leoben, the tuition fee exemption period will be calculated for each study programme. Any tuition fees charged will be based on the programme in which the tuition fee exemption period ends earliest.

It does not matter which study programme is considered to be the "main programme".

If you are studying multiple programmes at multiple universities, each university will calculate the tuition fees exemption period separately from one another.

This means that students may be exempt from tuition fees at one university, but have already used up their exemption period at another and therefore be asked to pay tuition fees there.

Statutory exemption regulations

Statutory exemption regulations – grounds for exemption exist for:

1. Austrian citizens
2. EU citizens
3. EEA citizens (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)
4. Nationals of the Swiss Confederation 
5. Convention refugees
6. Privileged non-EU citizens

Please note that most forms are only available in German!

These grounds for exemption are: Pregnancy and illness (applies to regular students in accordance with Sections 1 to 6)
If, as the result of pregnancy or illness, you are unable to study for at least two months within a semester for which tuition fees are due, you will be exempt from paying tuition fees for that semester. This must be a continuous period of at least two months.
Proof: Application form and conformation from a consultant

Childcare (applies to regular students in accordance with Sections 1 to 6)
If you are the primary carer for children up to the age of 7 or later school entry, you will be exempt from tuition fees for the duration of your primary care.
Proof: Application form and a sworn statement from the student, confirming that he/she is the primary carer for the child, the child's birth certificate, the student's proof of residency, the child's proof of residency (the address given for the child must match that of the student).

Military or civilian service (applies to regular students in accordance with Sections 1 to 6)
If you have to carry out military or civilian service during your studies, you will be exempt from tuition fees if this takes up more than two months of the semester.
Proof: Application form and confirmation from military command or the civil service agency.

Disability
Students are exempt from tuition fees for the duration of their studies without any exemption period restrictions if their level of disability is at least 50% according to statutory regulations.
Proof: Application form and disability pass from the Federal Social Welfare Office

Student grants
Students who received a student grant in the last semester in accordance with the Student Support Act [Studienförderungsgesetz] 1992, Federal Law Gazette No. 305/1992, or will receive one for the current semester.
Proof: Application form and student grant decision

^{Quelle: https://www.unileoben.ac.at/en/studying/current-students/tuition-fees}