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Universität Linz

Public university · Linz · jku.at

Degree programmes

81

With a selection or test

15

19% of programmes

Students, WS 2025/26

26,917

Fees

  • €363.36 or €726.72 a semester where tuition applies, plus the €26.20 student union fee
  • Not stated

At public universities, students from the EU/EEA pay no tuition within the standard length of their programme plus a tolerance; beyond it they pay €363.36 a semester. Students from outside the EU/EEA generally pay €726.72 a semester. Everyone pays the student union (ÖH) fee.

Bachelor's (24)

ProgrammeLengthAdmission
Artificial IntelligenceLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Biological ChemistryLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Business & EconomicsWirtschaftswissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Business AdministrationBetriebswirtschaftslehre · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Business InformaticsWirtschaftsinformatik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Business LawWirtschaftsrecht · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Chemistry and Chemical TechnologyLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Computer SciencesInformatik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Cultural StudiesKulturwissenschaften · Linz · joint programme: Universität Linz, Kunstuniversität Linz, Anton-Bruckner-Privatuniversität, Katholische Privat-Universität Linz6 sem.180 ECTSEntrance or aptitude test
Electronics and Information TechnologyElektronik und Informationstechnik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Fundamentals of Natural Sciences for Technology (NaSciTech)Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Technik (NAWi-Tec) · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
International Business AdministrationLinz6 sem.180 ECTSSelection procedure
LawRechtswissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Mechanical EngineeringMaschinenbau · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
MechatronicsMechatronik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Medical EngineeringLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
MedicineHumanmedizin · Linz—Entrance or aptitude test
Molecular BiosciencesMolekulare Biowissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Social EconomicsSozialwirtschaft · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
SociologySoziologie · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Statistics and Data ScienceStatistik und Data Science · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Sustainable Polymer Engineering & Circular EconomyKunststofftechnik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Technical MathematicsTechnische Mathematik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Technical PhysicsTechnische Physik · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test

Master's (40)

ProgrammeLengthAdmission
Artificial IntelligenceLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
BiophysicsBiophysik · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Business InformaticsWirtschaftsinformatik · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Chemistry and Chemical TechnologyLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Civic StudiesPolitische Bildung · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Computer MathematicsLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Computer ScienceLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Digital Energy SolutionsHagenberg, Linz, Wels · joint programme: Universität Linz, FH OÖ Studienbetriebs GmbH4 sem.120 ECTSConditions applyJa, an der FH Oberösterreich
DIgital SocietyDigital Society · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Economic and Business AnalyticsLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Economics (Economic Policy Analysis)Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Electronics and Information TechnologyElektronik und Informationstechnik · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Finance and AccountingLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
General Management Austria/FranceLinz4 sem.120 ECTSConditions applyNachweis der Französischkenntnisse auf dem Abschlussniveau B1 erforderlich
General Management Austria/TaiwanLinz4 sem.120 ECTSConditions applyNachweis von Englischkenntnissen ist erforderlich.
Industrial MathematicsLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
JMDP in Comparative Social Policy and WelfareJMDP Comparative Social Policy and Welfare · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
JMP in Biological ChemistryJMP Biological Chemistry · Linz5 sem.150 ECTSNo entrance test
JMP in Digital Business ManagementJMP Digital Business Management · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSConditions applyZulassung erfolgt auf der FH Oberösterreich
JMP in Global Business Canada/PeruJMP Global Business Canada/Peru · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
JMP in Global Business Canada/TaiwanJMP Global Business Canada/Taiwan · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
JMP in Global Business Russia/ItalyJMP Global Business Russia/Italy · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
Law and Business for EngineersRecht und Wirtschaft für Techniker/innen · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Leadership and Innovation in OrganizationsLinz2 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
ManagementLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Management in Chemical Technologies (MCT)Management in Chemical Technologies · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
MechatronicsMechatronik · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Medical EngineeringLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
MedicineHumanmedizin · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSSelection procedure
Molecular BiologyLinz, Salzburg · joint programme: Universität Salzburg, Universität Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Personalisierte Technische Medizin (PTM)Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
Polymer Engineering and ScienceLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Psychology (with specialization in Technology and Economics)Psychologie (Schwerpunkt Technologie und Wirtschaft) · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
PsychotherapyPsychotherapie · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSSelection procedure
Social EconomicsSozialwirtschaft · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
SociologySoziologie · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Statistics and Data ScienceLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Sustainability and Plastics ManagementLinz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Tax Law & Tax ManagementSteuerrecht und Steuermanagement · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test
Technical PhysicsTechnische Physik · Linz4 sem.120 ECTSNo entrance test

Diploma programme (2)

ProgrammeLengthAdmission
Business EducationWirtschaftspädagogik · Linz9 sem.270 ECTSNo entrance test
LawRechtswissenschaften · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSNo entrance test

Teacher training, bachelor's (5)

ProgrammeLengthAdmission
Biology and Environmental ProtectionBiologie und Umweltkunde · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSSelection procedure
ChemistryChemie · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSSelection procedure
Informatics und Informatics ManagementInformatik und Informatikmanagement · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSNo entrance test
MathematicsMathematik · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSSelection procedure
PhysicsPhysik · Linz8 sem.240 ECTSSelection procedure

Doctorate / PhD (10)

ProgrammeLengthAdmission
Economics and StatisticsLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
EducationLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Engineering SciencesTechnische Wissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Humanities and Cultural SciencesGeistes- und Kulturwissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
LawRechtswissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Medical SciencesLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Medical SciencesLinz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Natural SciencesNaturwissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Social and Economic SciencesSozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften · Linz6 sem.180 ECTSNo entrance test
Transformation Studies. Art x ScienceLinz6 sem.180 ECTSnot stated

Students by winter semester

People enrolled, from Statistik Austria — the same count as the citizenship table below.

2016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
20,54421,27421,19922,19923,60624,25324,27424,56925,58126,917

Students by citizenship, WS 2025/26

People enrolled on 28 February 2026, the ministry's count date for the semester.

Austria

20,509

76.2% of 26,917 students

Other EU countries

2,976

11.1% of 26,917 students

Non-EU countries

3,432

12.8% of 26,917 students

25,503 are on a degree programme and 1,414 on university courses, preparatory courses or single lectures. 4,843 were admitted by this university for the first time this semester.

By citizenship, in the ministry's three groups: Austria, other EU countries, and all other countries. The source does not say where citizens of Switzerland and the non-EU EEA countries are counted. This is not a count of international or exchange students: citizenship says nothing about where someone lived or went to school. Nor is it the fee split, which follows its own rules.

Winter semesterAustriaOther EU countriesNon-EU countriesNon-Austrian citizens
2014/1517,0661,0741,14711.5%
2015/1616,9471,1351,32412.7%
2016/1717,7341,3861,42413.7%
2017/1818,2861,5071,48114.0%
2018/1918,0841,5901,52514.7%
2019/2019,0451,7491,40514.2%
2020/2120,2791,9731,35414.1%
2021/2220,5312,2181,50415.3%
2022/2320,2102,3391,72516.7%
2023/2419,9732,5432,05318.7%
2024/2520,2142,8012,56621.0%
2025/2620,5092,9763,43223.8%

Degree studies, WS 2025/26

22,443 degree studies, 4,804 of them begun this semester — a different count from the 26,917 students above.

A study is one enrolment in one degree programme, not a person. Someone enrolled in two programmes counts twice, while a programme run jointly with another institution — including teacher-training subjects shared with teacher-education colleges — is divided between the partners by an agreed key. So a university can have more studies than students or fewer, and the two counts should not be compared or added. Only degree studies (bachelor's, diploma, master's, doctorate) are counted; continuing-education university courses are not. “Begun” means studies in their first semester — a student who switches programme or adds a second one begins a study without being new to the university.

Degree typeStudiesShareBegun
Bachelor's9,99444.5%2,658
Diploma5,81525.9%760
Master's5,45024.3%1,243
Doctorate1,1835.3%144

Studies by the student's citizenship: Austria 16,928 · Other EU countries 2,589 · Non-EU countries 2,926. Figures are rounded, so parts may differ from the total by one or two.

Largest fields (8 of 26)

Fields are the international ISCED-F 2013 classification the ministry assigns to each programme, not the university's own programme names.

FieldStudiesShareBegun
Law6,32928.2%891
Management and administration3,23214.4%861
Information and communication technologies, not elsewhere classified2,77312.4%729
Medicine1,5907.1%406
Interdisciplinary programmes: information and communication technologies1,3416.0%259
Interdisciplinary programmes: engineering, manufacturing and construction9814.4%292
Database and network design and administration8653.9%172
Teacher training with subject specialisation8403.7%168
Winter semester2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Degree studies21,29421,27920,78220,49119,16319,47820,54620,99020,89220,73621,56622,443
Begun3,5753,6413,5123,5163,3743,8394,2953,7313,7084,0414,5544,804

Degrees completed, 2024/25

2,439 degree studies were completed in the 2024/25 study year: Bachelor's 1,136 · Diploma 388 · Master's 735 · Doctorate 180. By the graduate's citizenship: Austria 2,054 · Other EU countries 244 · Non-EU countries 141.

Completed degree studies in the study year, final figures. These are degrees finished, not people, and a jointly run programme is divided between the partner institutions in the same way as enrolments.

2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
1,7181,8331,7431,6611,6561,8291,9261,8552,2002,2602,439

Visas, living costs and how to apply in Austria are in our Austria study guide. The register doesn't record the language of instruction — check the programme's own page.

Sources: Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research — the higher-education programme register (Hochschulen, Studiengänge) on data.gv.at, CC BY 4.0; student numbers from Statistik Austria, “Studierende an öffentlichen Universitäten nach Uni”, CC BY 4.0.

Citizenship, degree-type, field and graduation figures: Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) — “Studierende öffentliche Universitäten”, “ordentliche Studien und begonnene Studien öffentliche Universitäten” and “ordentliche Studienabschlüsse öffentliche Universitäten”, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), datasource: data.gv.at. Changes: summed across sex and field, rounded to whole numbers, shares calculated and field names given in English by CollegeMatcher.