Universität Salzburg

Public university · Salzburg · plus.ac.at

Degree programmes

141

With a selection or test

19% of programmes

Students, WS 2025/26

17,691

Fees

€363.36 or €726.72 a semester where tuition applies, plus the €26.20 student union fee

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 (34)

Programme	Length	Admission
Artificial IntelligenceSalzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
BiologyBiologie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Catholic Religious EducationKatholische Religionspädagogik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Conditions applyZusatzprüfung aus Latein vor Ablegung der Bachelorprüfung
Christian Culture, Change & CommunicationChristliche Kultur, Transformation & Kommunikation · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Classical StudiesAltertumswissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Communication ScienceKommunikationswissenschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Digitisation – Innovation – SocietyDigitalisierung - Innovation - Gesellschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
EducationPädagogik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
English and American StudiesAnglistik und Amerikanistik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
GeographyGeographie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
GeologyAngewandte Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
German StudiesGermanistik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
HistoryGeschichte · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
History of ArtKunstgeschichte · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
InformaticsInformatik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
JDS EngineeringJDS Ingenieurwissenschaften · Salzburg	7 sem.210 ECTS	No entrance test
Language – Economics – CultureSprache - Wirtschaft - Kultur · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Conditions applyEinstufungstest für Schwerpunktsprachen Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch
Law and EconomicsRecht und Wirtschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
LinguisticsLinguistik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Materials and SustainabilityMaterialien und Nachhaltigkeit · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
MathematicsMathematik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Medical BiologyMedizinische Biologie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Molecular BiosciencesMolekulare Biowissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Musicology and Dance StudiesMusik- und Tanzwissenschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Nutrition – Exercise – HealthErnährung-Bewegung-Gesundheit · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
PhilosophyPhilosophie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Philosophy (at the Faculty of Catholic Theology)Philosophie (an der Kath.-Theol. Fakultät) · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Philosophy, Politics and EconomicsPhilosophie, Politik und Ökonomie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Political SciencePolitikwissenschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
PsychologyPsychologie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Selection procedure
Romance StudiesRomanistik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Slavonic StudiesSlawistik · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
SociologySoziologie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Sports and Exercise ScienceSport- und Bewegungswissenschaft · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test

Master's (44)

Programme	Length	Admission
Ancient History and Classical StudiesAntike Kulturen und Archäologien · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Applied GeoinformaticsSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Applied Image and Signal ProcessingSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test
Business & EconomicsWirtschaftswissenschaften · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Catholic Religious EducationKatholische Religionspädagogik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Chemistry and Physics of MaterialsSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Communication, Culture & ParticipationKommunikation, Kultur & Partizipation · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Copernicus Master in Digital EarthSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Selection procedure
Data ScienceSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Selection procedure
Ecology and EvolutionSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Educational SciencesErziehungswissenschaft · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
European Union StudiesSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Food-Movement-HealthErnährung-Bewegung-Gesundheit · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
GeographySalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
GeologyGeologie · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
German StudiesGermanistik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
HistoryGeschichte · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
History of ArtKunstgeschichte · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Human-Computer InteractionSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
InformaticsInformatik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
JDM Science and Technology of MaterialsSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
JDP Digital Communication LeadershipSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Jewish Cultural HistoryJüdische Kulturgeschichte · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
JPM in Political Science – Integration and GovernanceJPM in Political Science - Integration and Governance · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Language – Business – CultureSprache – Wirtschaft – Kultur · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Law and EconomicsRecht und Wirtschaft · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
LinguisticsSprachwissenschaft / Language Sciences · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Literature and Cultural StudiesLiteratur- und Kulturwissenschaft · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
MathematicsMathematik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Medical BiologySalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Molecular BiologySalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Molecular BiologyLinz, Salzburg · joint programme: Universität Salzburg, Universität Linz	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Performative and Intermedial Musicology and Dance StudiesPerformative und intermediale Musik- und Tanzwissenschaft · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
PhilosophySalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Philosophy (at the Faculty of Catholic Theology)Philosophie (an der Kath.-Theol. Fakultät) · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Political ScienceSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Psycho- & NeurolinguisticsPsycho- & Neurolinguistik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
PsychologyPsychologie · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test
PsychotherapyPsychotherapie · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Selection procedure
Religious StudiesSalzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
SociologySoziologie: Gesellschaft, Raum & Transformation · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Sports – Management – MediaSport-Management-Medien · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Sports and Exercise Science: Therapy – Health – PerformanceSport- und Bewegungswissenschaft: Therapie- Gesundheit- Leistung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	No entrance test
Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment and Energy (TRACEE)Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Conditions applyVisit the course page on the Stockholm University website to apply.

Diploma programme (2)

Programme	Length	Admission
Catholic TheologyKatholische Fachtheologie · Salzburg	10 sem.300 ECTS	Conditions applyZusatzprüfung aus Latein während des ersten Studienabschnitts
LawRechtswissenschaften · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test

Teacher training, bachelor's (25)

Programme	Length	Admission
Art EducationBildnerische Erziehung · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Biology and Environmental ProtectionBiologie und Umweltkunde · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
Catholic ReligionKatholische Religion · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
ChemistryChemie · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Design: Technical. TextileGestaltung: Technik.Textil · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test
EnglishEnglisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
EthicsEthik · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Exercise and SportsBewegung und Sport · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	not stated
FrenchFranzösisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Geography and EconomicsGeographie und Wirtschaft · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
GermanDeutsch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
GreekGriechisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
History, Social Studies and Political EducationGeschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
Inclusive Education (Focus on Disability) – SpecialisationInklusive Pädagogik (Fokus Behinderung) - Spezialisierung · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Informatics and Informatics ManagementInformatik und Informatikmanagement · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
ItalianItalienisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
LatinLatein · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
MathematicsMathematik · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
Music EducationMusikerziehung · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	not stated
Music Education – InstrumentsInstrumentalmusikerziehung · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
Nutrition and Household EconomicsErnährung und Haushalt · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	Selection procedure
PhysicsPhysik · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
Psychology and PhilosophyPsychologie und Philosophie · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
RussianRussisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	No entrance test
SpanishSpanisch · Salzburg	8 sem.240 ECTS	not stated

Teacher training, master's (25)

Programme	Length	Admission
Art EducationBildnerische Erziehung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Biology and Environmental ProtectionBiologie und Umweltkunde · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Catholic Religious EducationKatholische Religion · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
ChemistryChemie · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Selection procedure
Design: Technical. TextileGestaltung: Technik.Textil · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
EnglishEnglisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
EthicsEthik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Exercise and SportsBewegung und Sport · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
FrenchFranzösisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Geography and EconomicsGeographie und Wirtschaft · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
GermanDeutsch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	Selection procedure
GreekGriechisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
History, Social Studies and Political EducationGeschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Inclusive Education (Focus on Disability) – SpecialisationInklusive Pädagogik (Fokus Behinderung) - Spezialisierung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Informatics and Informatics ManagementInformatik und Informatikmanagement · Salzburg	—	not stated
ItalianItalienisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
LatinLatein · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
MathematicsMathematik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Music EducationMusikerziehung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Music Education – InstrumentsInstrumentalmusikerziehung · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Nutrition and Household EconomicsErnährung und Haushalt · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
PhysicsPhysik · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
Psychology and PhilosophyPsychologie und Philosophie · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
RussianRussisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated
SpanishSpanisch · Salzburg	4 sem.120 ECTS	not stated

Doctorate / PhD (11)

Programme	Length	Admission
Business and EconomicsWirtschaftswissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Catholic TheologyKatholische Theologie · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Cultural SciencesKulturwissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test
Digital and Analytical SciencesDigitale und Analytische Wissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Doctoral programme in Science and ArtDoktoratsstudium Wissenschaft und Kunst · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Selection procedure
LawRechtswissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Natural and Life SciencesNatur- und Lebenswissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	Entrance or aptitude test
Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic TheologyPhilosophie an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	not stated
Religious StudiesSalzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Social SciencesGesellschaftswissenschaften · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test
Teacher TrainingPädagogInnenbildung · Salzburg	6 sem.180 ECTS	No entrance test

Students by winter semester

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

2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
17,969	18,119	17,761	17,705	17,947	17,848	17,770	17,609	17,374	17,691

Students by citizenship, WS 2025/26

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

Austria

11,566

65.4% of 17,691 students

Other EU countries

4,071

23.0% of 17,691 students

Non-EU countries

2,054

11.6% of 17,691 students

15,390 are on a degree programme and 2,301 on university courses, preparatory courses or single lectures. 3,331 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 semester	Austria	Other EU countries	Non-EU countries	Non-Austrian citizens
2014/15	11,057	4,402	1,540	35.0%
2015/16	11,151	4,494	2,100	37.2%
2016/17	11,467	4,429	2,073	36.2%
2017/18	11,773	4,393	1,953	35.0%
2018/19	11,644	4,266	1,851	34.4%
2019/20	11,778	4,244	1,683	33.5%
2020/21	12,106	4,379	1,462	32.5%
2021/22	11,885	4,456	1,507	33.4%
2022/23	11,626	4,488	1,656	34.6%
2023/24	11,563	4,332	1,714	34.3%
2024/25	11,442	4,185	1,747	34.1%
2025/26	11,566	4,071	2,054	34.6%

Degree studies, WS 2025/26

14,004 degree studies, 3,542 of them begun this semester — a different count from the 17,691 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 type	Studies	Share	Begun
Bachelor's	7,897	56.4%	2,226
Diploma	1,509	10.8%	260
Master's	3,688	26.3%	938
Doctorate	910	6.5%	118

Studies by the student's citizenship: Austria 8,805 · Other EU countries 3,662 · Non-EU countries 1,537. Figures are rounded, so parts may differ from the total by one or two.

Largest fields (8 of 30)

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

Field	Studies	Share	Begun
Teacher training with subject specialisation	2,095	15.0%	443
Law	1,541	11.0%	257
Biology	1,464	10.5%	443
Psychology	1,141	8.1%	338
Interdisciplinary programmes: business, administration and law	947	6.8%	203
Sports	762	5.4%	285
Journalism and reporting	697	5.0%	207
Education science	532	3.8%	127

Winter semester	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
Degree studies	16,802	16,761	16,363	16,034	15,195	14,703	15,034	14,730	14,453	14,084	13,709	14,004
Begun	3,875	3,924	3,665	3,625	3,498	3,485	3,734	3,348	3,365	3,059	3,095	3,542

Degrees completed, 2024/25

2,032 degree studies were completed in the 2024/25 study year: Bachelor's 1,174 · Diploma 131 · Master's 643 · Doctorate 85. By the graduate's citizenship: Austria 1,219 · Other EU countries 685 · Non-EU countries 128.

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.

2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
1,891	1,974	2,025	1,967	2,019	1,797	1,856	1,824	1,912	2,001	2,032

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.