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Application & Admission
To enroll in the Digital Economy Master's program, candidates must have completed a bachelor or equivalent first-degree program in a relevant subject at a recognized post-secondary educational institution in Austria or abroad. We are looking for ambitous international and national students with outstanding qualifications and excellent social skills.
Admission Requirements
In order to apply for the MSc in Digital Economy you have to fulfill the minimum requirements for application and to proof your aptitude for the program. In case one or more of the required proofs are missing, your application has to be rejected.
Minimum requirements for application
1. Relevant Bachelor's program:
please find additional information at our Admissions Office Website: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/programs/application-and-admission
2. Sufficient proficiency in English:
please find additional information at our Admissions Office Website
3. Achievement potential:
Valid GMAT Exam / valid GMAT Online Exam Exam (Please allow enough time for test registration and evaluation. The official confirmation of your result, which you must upload, takes up to twenty days.) OR
Valid Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) OR
At least two letters of recommendation written by a course teacher, an advisor or supervisor of an academic thesis, or the educational institution at which the course or courses were attended or the academic thesis was written, detailing your achievement potential
4. Additional proof of aptitude
Letter of Motivation in English
the letter should be 400-500 words long and must be entirely your own original work, except where clearly indicated. It should detail your motivation for graduate study at the department. You may wish to consider a number of issues such as:Motivation for studying DIGITAL ECONOMY: Why did you choose to apply for DIGITAL ECONOMY instead of other programs? What makes DIGITAL ECONOMY so special for you?
Relevant academic experience. How does your academic background and practical (e.g., professional or voluntary internships) experience qualify you for studying DIGITAL ECONOMY. For instance, by detailing the level of your IT skills and other relevant skills, and/or program-related extra-curricular activities?
Future career plans: What do you want to do after completing DIGITAL ECONOMY? How will DIGITAL ECONOMY help you achieve these goals?
If you mention achievements and skills that qualify you specifically for the program, make sure to also mention those in your CV and, if available, attach/reference certificates that confirm these mentioned skills and achievements.
Curriculum vitae in English
Please provide a GPA in your CV if available
Procedure for application and enrolment
| ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (third-country nationals) |
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| (third-country nationals)We strongly advise third-country nationals to use the 1st priority deadline which ends at the beginning of October. Austrian visa procedures are complex and demanding. The visa process should be started as early as possible. |
The application period always opens on September 1st in the year prior to study start.
priority deadline 1: October 8, (11:59 pm CET)
priority deadline 2: January 8, (11:59 pm CET)
priority deadline 3: March 8, (11:59 pm CET)
WU Applicants
We ask applicants who are studying at WU Vienna to submit the WU GPA certificate as a PDF to their application (Achievement Potential Area).
This proof can be downloaded by each WU student on the following page: https://bach.wu.ac.at/z/stud/oss/
Fast Track Offer
Top applicants might have the chance to receive an offer prior to the current priority deadline (on condition that the prerequisites are also met).