Step 1: Preliminary Review of Your Examination Records

Before using the online tool, please check whether your completed exams meet the criteria of the recognition regulation for higher vocational schools.

This regulation is based on a detailed review of vocational school curricula and an comparison with WU courses and exams by WU experts.

If your examination records meet the criteria of the regulation, continue with the next steps:
 

Step 2: Submit the Online Application
Only submit your application if all required documents are complete. Applications must be submitted only via our online tool.

Step 4: Upload Your Documents
Upload all required documents. These are necessary for the academic review of your recognition application.

Important Information:

Applications are only accepted on working days. If you submit your application on a weekend or public holiday, it will count as submitted on the next working day. The decision period starts from that day.

A recognition decision becomes legally effective if it is not appealed. Once effective, it is final, irrevocable, and enforceable. Recognition, once granted, cannot be reversed or annulled.

If you have any questions, please contact: anerkennung@wu.ac.at

You can use SB Anerkennung (“Self-Service Recognition”) to transfer exams between the Bachelor in Business and Social Sciences (BaWiso) and the Bachelor in Business Law (BaWire) – all by yourself. You can access the SB-Anerkennung tool here.

Important: SB Anerkennung (“Self-Service Recognition”) 
You must be eligible to register for the exam you want to transfer. Make sure the required course sequence is completed — according the curriculum’s sequencing.

How to Submit Your Recognition Request →

Step 1: Fill Out the Forms
Complete the F35 form and only the supplementary sheets relevant to your study program.

Step 2: Prepare Your Documents

• Exam certificates: Transcript of record(s).

• Course description: In German or English, printed from a public website with a direct link — not required for exams taken at WU.

• Original certificate: If the exam was already recognized, submit the original certificate — not the one showing the recognition.

• Study record: Required if the exam was taken outside WU.

• Marriage certificate: Only if your last name has changed and differs from the name on the certificate.

Step 3: Submit the Online Application
Submit your recognition request via online form only when all documents are complete.

Step 4: Upload Your Documents
Upload all required documents. These are necessary for the academic review of your request.

Important Information:

Applications are only accepted on working days. If you submit your application on a weekend or public holiday, it will count as submitted on the next working day. The decision period starts from that day.

A recognition decision becomes legally effective if it is not appealed. Once effective, it is final, irrevocable, and enforceable. Recognition, once granted, cannot be reversed or annulled.

If you have any questions, please contact: anerkennung@wu.ac.at

How to Submit Your Recognition Request →

Step 1: Complete the Supplementary Forms
Fill out  the supplementary forms that are relevant to your study program.

Please use only the supplementary forms intendetd for your specific program.

Step 2: Prepare Your Documents

• Certificates: If your certificates are from educational institutions that are not partner universities of WU and were issued abroad, have them authenticated according to the applicable regulations. You can find more information about authentication and translations here.

• Proof of Completed Credits / ECTS Points: Submit one of the following documents clearly listing the ECTS credits earned:

  • a transcript or records

  • a certificate with ECTS points,

  • an official confirmation from your educational institution with stamp and signature, or

  • a printout from a publicly accessible website showing the ECTS points, including a direct link to the source.

• Course Description: Submit the course description in German or English – including a publicly accessible link.

Important: Submitted documents must be official. Self-created or copied content descriptions will not be accepted.
 

Step 3: Submit the Online Application
Only proceed with this step once all documents are complete. Submit your recognition application via online form here.

Step 4: Upload Your Documents
Upload all required documents. These are necessary for the academic review of your request.

Important Information:

Applications are only accepted on working days. If you submit your application on a weekend or public holiday, it will count as submitted on the next working day. The decision period starts from that day.

A recognition decision becomes legally effective if it is not appealed. Once effective, it is final, irrevocable, and enforceable. Recognition, once granted, cannot be reversed or annulled.

If you have any questions, please contact: anerkennung@wu.ac.at

If you completed one or more exams as part of a WU-organized exchange program — such as Erasmus+ or the WU Mobility Grant — you can find detailed information here.

• To apply for credit transfer, please submit your application using the online tool.

• If you have any questions, just send an email to course.abroad@wu.ac.at.

Important Information:

Applications are only accepted on working days. If you submit your application on a weekend or public holiday, it will count as submitted on the next working day. The decision period starts from that day.

A recognition decision becomes legally effective if it is not appealed. Once effective, it is final, irrevocable, and enforceable. Recognition, once granted, cannot be reversed or annulled.

If you have any questions, please contact: anerkennung@wu.ac.at

Examinations at another Austrian university may be taken only if one of the following conditions applies:

• The examination replaces an free elective course at WU, or

• The examination was approved in advance because it cannot be taken at WU (e.g. due to the phase-out of a curriculum).

If you have questions or wish to submit an application, please contact anerkennung@wu.ac.at.

Courses completed with a passing grade at a recognized university may be submitted for credit recognition.

Up to 13 ECTS credits can be counted toward electives.

We recommend submitting your request after a study abroad program, as ECTS credits remain valid indefinitely.

Note: Universities of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschulen, FHs) are not considered universities under this policy.

Admission procedure completed – not yet admitted to WU

• Recognition applications can only be reviewed once admission and enrollment at WU are complete. Before that, we do not provide any information about recognition.
   

Not yet a WU student or currently in the admission process?

• Applications can be submitted only after successful completion of the admission and enrollment at WU. Before that, we do not provide any information about recognition.