Validation
Recognition of professional or non-professional qualifications:
Other professional or extra-professional qualifications can be recognized up to a maximum of 60 ECTS after carrying out a validation of learning outcomes.
- Standards have been set in the statutes.
- The procedure has been laid down in the Regulation of the President of Studies on the Implementation of Recognition Procedures and Validations (in German).
- Procedural steps are: identification, documentation, and assessment of learning outcomes and competences.
- Requests for validation can be submitted from October 1, 2022.
The form to be submitted can be found at the bottom of the page.
Study law section of the Statutes of the University of Vienna
§ 13h. (1) The following standards are the criteria used in the process of validating learning outcomes of qualifications according to section 78, para. 3 of the 2002 Universities Act:
1. the current state of research and its teaching;
2. the objectives of the relevant modules and/or courses as specified in the relevant curriculum.
(2) The applicant has to provide evidence of the qualifications pursuant to section 78, para. 3 of the 2002 Universities Act by presenting suitable documentation (section 78, para. 4, sub-para. 3 of the 2002 Universities Act). If the learning outcomes and competences applied for cannot be determined based on the documents provided, the Studienpräses may arrange for an assessment (e.g. validation talk, random sampling test, work samples) by competent employees of the academic university staff.
Process of a validation procedure:
Form
To have professional and non-professional qualifications validated, please send the SSC the form "Validation of professional and non-professional qualifications".
To make it easier for you to fill in the form, the Büro Studienpräses has prepared a guide (in German).