Admission Procedure: Master's Degree Programme Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering

The deadline for the admission procedure for the academic year 2025/26 has expired.

This information on the admission procedure applies to the academic year 2026/27.

In order to begin the master’s degree programme Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering, you have to complete the admission procedure.

The admission procedure regulations do not apply to:

Students who have completed a degree programme at TU Graz – or in the case of a NAWI Graz degree programme, at the University of Graz – that entitles them to be admitted to the master’s programme in Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering.
Students who have already been admitted to one of the following master’s programme at TU Graz:
- Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering / Bauingenieurwissenschaften – Geotechnik und Wasserbau
- Bauingenieurwissenschaften – Umwelt und Verkehr / Bauingenieurwissenschaften – Infrastruktur
- Bauingenieurwissenschaften – Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau
- Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen – Bauingenieurwissenschaften / Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen – Bauwesen

All other applicants for the degree programme must complete the admission procedure.

Dates and Deadlines

ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/27

Registration and upload of the application documents: 15 October to 15 December 2025
Result of the ranking by the selection commission: until 1 March 2026

Information and Advice

INFORMATION ON THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE
studynoSpam@tugraz.at
SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS
Registrar's Office
Rechbauerstraße 12/I
8010 Graz
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Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 to 12 am

Study Places

Available study places: 30

1. Online Admission Procedure

Registration period for the academic year 2026/27:
15 October to 15 December 2025

Before starting the admission procedure make sure that you have saved the necessary documents as pdf- files ready for the upload:

Proof of completion of studies
If you have not yet completed your studies while you are going through the admissions procedure, proof of academic achievements must be submitted in the form of a Transcript of Records and the associated curriculum in German or English language.
Letter of motivation
Curriculum vitae
Copy of passport or identity card

You can find detailed information on the application documents in the Regulations for the admission procedure (in German).

Step 1: Create a basic-account

Go to the webpage online.tugraz.at and click login. Under the item Basic account you have to choose the underitem create an account. After successful fulfilment of the form you will receive an E-Mail for activating the system. If you don´t receive an E-Mail please contact it-supportnoSpam@tugraz.at immediately.
With clicking on the activation link a confirmation page will open in your browser. Then please click on Weiter (Further).
Now you can select ONE of the suggested 5 randomly generated user names. Please memorize your password!

Step 2: Submit an application

Having an account now you can submit an application. Therefor click Applications, then Enter new application.
Select the correct academic year!
Select the desired master degree programme! This is crucial, you cannot change the master degree programme later on during the admission procedure.

Step 3: Upload your application files (pdf)

Please don't send any document by post!

Must be submitted:

Recent passport photo
Curriculum vitae
Letter of motivation
Filled out PDF (Completed courses)
Transcript of Records
Curriculum (study plan)
Passport or ID card

Can be submitted:

Bachelor's degree certificate (if already available)

The documents must be uploaded in German or English. If your documents were issued in another language, you must have them officially translated into German or English before uploading them.

Step 4: Review your data

Review your data and send the application.
No documents are to be sent by post until the decision on the application has been made.

Step 5: Further information

You will receive further information to your given e-mail address.
If you have questions regarding the admission procedure contact studynoSpam@tugraz.at.

2. Ranking of Applications by the Selection Commission

A selection commission decides which applicants will be given place in the degree programme. The selection commission awards a maximum of 25 points: a maximum of 5 points for the letter of motivation and a maximum of 20 points for the subject-specific competences.

Exclusion Criteria

The following exclusion criteria are reasons for refusing application:

Qualifications from a course of study that is not in a relevant subject
A total of less than 14 points

Notification of Results

The applicants will be notified by 1 March at the latest,

how many points they were awarded and
whether they have been allocated a place in the degree programme.

3. Submit Documents

If you have been allocated a place in the degree programme, then you must upload the following documents.

Please do not send any document per post!

Documents

Certificate of the completed undergraduate degree
Proof of English language competence
required certifications depending on the country of issue

Admission Procedure: Master's Degree Programme Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering

Dates and Deadlines

Information and Advice

Study Places

1. Online Admission Procedure

Step 1: Create a basic-account

Step 2: Submit an application

Step 3: Upload your application files (pdf)

Step 4: Review your data

Step 5: Further information

2. Ranking of Applications by the Selection Commission

Exclusion Criteria

Notification of Results

3. Submit Documents

Documents

Further Information

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