Tuition Fees and the Austrian Student Union Fee

Austrian Student Union fee (ÖH fee) per semester

• currently 24.70 Euro

Tuition fees per semester

• 363.36 Euro
• 726.72 Euro for non-EU foreign nationals

Registrar's Office
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz
Map
studienbeitragnoSpam@tugraz.at
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 pm
(only with an appointment)

• § 91 and 92 Universities Act, in German: Universitätsgesetz
• Regulations for tuition fees, in German: Studienbeitragsverordnung
• Austrian Student Union Act, in German: Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz

The following students are exempt from paying tuition fees if they do not exceed the standard duration of the degree programme including two additional semesters (non-contributory period):

• Austrian citizens;
• EU and EEA citizens;
• Swiss citizens;
• refugees under the Refugee Convention;
• non-EU foreign nationals with a permanent residence permit for Austria;
• non-EU foreign nationals who receive a study grant in Austria;
• students to whom the Austrian Regulation on Eligible Groups of Persons (in German: Personengruppenverordnung) applies, and
• students with a different residence permit from the Student Residence Permit in Austria.

British students who have been enrolled and registered for studies at TU Graz up to and including the winter semester 2020/21 and who do not interrupt their admission come under the tuition fee regulations for students with EU or EEA citizenship until further notice. They are exempt from paying tuition fees as long as they do not exceed the standard duration of the degree programme including two additional semesters (non-contributory period).

As soon as you interrupt your studies for one or more semesters (interrupt means that you deregister or are deregistered from the university), you will fall under the tuition fee regulations for non-EU foreign nationals from the time of readmission.

British students who are enrolled and registered for studies at TU Graz for the first time in the summer semester 2021 or who resume their studies also come under the tuition fee regulations for non-EU foreign nationals.

Non-EU nationals of the following countries are exempt from paying tuition fees for the entire duration of their studies: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.

If it can be proven that you were prevented from studying for more than two months within a semester that is subject to tuition fees due to pregnancy or illness, you will receive a tuition fee waiver for the relevant semester.

You require:

• the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages), and
• a confirmation from a doctor (in German: Bestätigung einer Fachärztin oder eines Facharztes).

In the event that the student is the primary caregiver of, for example, a close family member, the tuition fees can be waived for as long as this responsibility continues.

To apply for remission of the tuition fees you need to submit:

• the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages)
• Evidence: suitable evidence of the responsibility as primary caregiver, such as the certification of the care recipient’s need for care (with the care level), disabled person’s ID of the care recipient, doctors’ letters, extracts from the register of residents (Meldezettel) of the care giver and the care recipient, and an affidavit confirming that the caregiver is providing care to the care recipient.

If it has been ascertained that you have a disability of 50% or more pursuant to federal regulations, you will receive a tuition fee waiver.

You require:

• the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages), and
• your disabled person’s pass from the Federal Social Welfare Office.

If you can prove that you have completed at least two weeks of study periods or traineeships during your non-contributory period within the framework of transnational EU, state or university mobility programmes (carried out by TU Graz or, in the case of NAWI Graz programme, by the University of Graz), you can apply for an extension of the non-contributory period.

Periods of study within the framework of mobility programmes in bachelor programmes can also be claimed within the framework of consecutive master programmes.

You require:

• the application form (in German: Antrag auf Verlängerung der studienbeitragsfreien Zeit).

If you received a study grant in the previous semester or are receiving a study grant in Austria in the current semester, you will receive a tuition fee waiver.

You require:

• the application form (in German: Antrag auf Erlass des Studienbeitrages), and
• the study grant notice.

Students of doctoral programmes at TU Graz can apply for a tuition fee waiver if the following requirements laid down by the Rectorate are met:

• tuition fee to be paid due to doctoral programme
• employment relationship with TU Graz
• as of winter semester 2018/19 a continuous enrolment until the final doctoral examination (German: Rigorosum) is considered necessary

Application form for a tuition fee waiver for the winter semester 2024/25 (in German)

If you have already paid your tuition fee, please submit an Application for reimbursement of tuition fees (to be filled in electronically) in addition to the Application for a tuition fee waiver to the Registrar's Office. You can send your application to the Registrar's Office by post, in person (with appointment only) or by e-mail with an electronic signature (Mobile Phone Signature (Handy-Signatur) or Austrian Citizen Card (Bürgerkarte)).

1. The tuition fee has been paid, but a waiver circumstance (see above - points 1 - 10) has been fulfilled resp. the tuition fee has been waived due to this.
2. Too much has been paid, the overpayment will be refunded.
3. Incomplete or late payment, insofar as this resulted in no registration for the continuation in the semester in question.
4. The student is exclusively required to pay tuition fees at TU Graz, has paid the required tuition fees, but loses the status of a student required to pay tuition fees before the end of the continuation period of the semester in question (31 October for the winter semester or 31 March for the summer semester) due to:
   
   4.1. a degree which, due to the continued effect of the continuation notification of the previous semester, would have been possible even without payment of fees for the current semester.
   
   4.2. a discontinuation of studies, provided the student was registered for continuation in the immediately preceding semester.
   
   4.3. a drop-out, provided that the student has not yet taken any examinations in the semester in question and has not submitted any academic work for assessment.

You can submit the application for reimbursement* by e-mail with electronic signature (Handysignatur or Austrian citizen card), by post or by handing it in personally at the Registrar's Office of TU Graz (appointment required).

* The application must be completed electronically and has to be submitted by 30 September of the same year for the summer semester or by 28 or 29 February of the following year for the winter semester.

E-mail: studienbeitragnoSpam@tugraz.at
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