Language skills and certificates

Demonstrating proficient language skills is essential for actively engaging in your chosen degree program. Depending on the degree you opt for, you will need to demonstrate your language proficiency by either undergoing a language test or submitting an official language certificate as listed below.

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English certificates

We understand that your school and/or university courses might have been fully taught in English, however FH Upper Austria has a language policy where all applicants (with the exception of nationalities of USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) are required to produce an official language certificate. 
Please note: confirmations from schools, universities or ministries stating English as medium of instruction will not be accepted! We do not accept Duolingo, Babbel, ...
Language certificates may not be older than two years when applying (except scool-leaving certificates).

We accept the following certificates:

English B2

→ Higher Secondary school-leaving certificate from the Austria, the European Union or Switzerland
→ TOEFL iBT 78
→ IELTS (academic) 6.0
→ Cambridge English: First (FCE-B2), CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English), BEC Higher (Business English Certificate Higher)
→ PTE Academic 62
→ IB diploma with subject English at SL/HL

English C1

→ Higher Secondary school-leaving certificate from Austria, the European Union or Switzerland
→ TOEFL iBT 95
→ IELTS (academic) 7.0
→ Cambridge English: First (FCE-C1), CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English), BEC Higher (Business English Certificate Higher)
→ PTE Academic 80
→ IB diploma with subject English at SL/HL

German certificates

We understand that your school and/or university courses might have been fully taught in German, however FH Upper Austria has a language policy where all applicants (with the exception of nationalities of Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Switzerland) are required to produce an official language certificate. 
Language certificates may not be older than two years when applying (except school-leaving certificates).

We accept the following certificates:

German A2

→ ÖSD Certificate A2 (ZA2) 
→ ÖSD Integration Examination A2 (IP A2) 
→ ÖIF Test A2
→ ÖIF Integration Examination A2 
→ German Test for Austria (DTÖ) A2/B1 
→ Goethe Certificate A2 
→ Goethe Certificate A2: Fit in Deutsch 
→ telc German A2 
→ telc German A2 + Profession 
→ telc German A2 School 
→ telc German Test for Immigrants A2/B1 
→ telc German Test for Immigrants A2/B1 Young Adult Integration Course 
→ German Language Examination for Admission to Universities DSH1 
→ German Language Diploma by the Kultusministerkonferenz DSD I 
→ Test German as a Foreign Language (Test DaF)

German B2

→ Higher Secondary school-leaving certificate from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, South Tyrol or Liechtenstein
→ IB diploma with subject German at SL/HL (except ab initio)
→ Austrian Language Diploma - ÖSD Certificate B2 
→ Austrian Integration Fonds - B2-ÖIF-Test
→ Goethe Institute – Goethe Certificate B2 
→ telc Deutsch B2 oder telc Deutsch B2 + Profession
→ German language examination DSH1 
→ German Language Diploma DSD II
→ Test "Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Test DaF)", TDN 3 level in all sections 
→ Certificate of successfully passing the supplementary B2 level German examination at an Austrian university
→ Proof of a minimum of two years of studying in German at an university or comparable post-secondary educational institution 

German C1

→ Higher Secondary school-leaving certificate from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, South Tyrol or Liechtenstein
→ IB diploma with subject English at SL/HL (except ab initio)
→ Austrian Language Diploma - ÖSD Certificate C1 
→ Austrian Integration Fonds - C1-ÖIF-Test
→ Goethe Institute – Goethe Certificate C1 
→ telc Deutsch C1 
→ German language examination DSH2
→ German Language Diploma DSD II-C1
→ Test "Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Test DaF)", TDN 5 level in all sections 
→ Certificate of successfully passing the supplementary C1 level German examination at an Austrian university
→ Proof of a minimum of two years of studying in German at an university or comparable post-secondary educational institution 

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