Admission Requirements

All study programs at the Anton Bruckner Private University usually require an audition or entrance examination.

This includes bachelors, masters and doctoral programmes, the Academy for the Support of Gifted Children (ABF), the university course "Musikvermittlung - Music in Context", extracurricular degree programmes (AO), Certificate Programmes and the Secondary School Teacher Education Programme.

A high school diploma is not required for a bachelor programme, with the exception of the teacher education programme.

A master programme requires a successfully completed bachelor programme or equivalent education.

Information on the entrance exam

German language certificate

Foreign-language applicants must prove that they have a sufficient knowledge of the German language.

  • Language diploma for artistic bachelor's degrees (KBA) and artistic master's degrees (KMA): B1 (CEFR) - to be submitted in the second semester at the latest
  • Language diploma for pedagogical bachelor's degrees (PBA): B1 (CEFR) - to be submitted at initial registration
  • Language diploma for Master's degree programs in education (PMA): B2 (GER) - to be presented at initial enrollment

As of January 1, 2024: The following are accepted as proof of German:

  • Austrian Language Diploma German (ÖSD)
  • Language certificate of the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF)
  • Goethe certificate
  • German language test for university admission (DSH)
  • German language diploma of the Conference of Ministers of Education (DSD)
  • telc language certificate
  • Positive completion of a language course at an Austrian university at the required level
  • Completion of 8 years of schooling at a German-speaking school
  • 4 years of German lessons at secondary level II and matriculation examination in German
  • Completion of the matriculation examination in German

Note: The documents required under 1-7 must not be older than two years at the time of submission. The documents required under 8-10 are valid for an unlimited period.

The original document must be submitted. The examination result must be clearly stated on the document. Language course certificates without a final exam will not be accepted under any circumstances.

Important notice

It is not possible to simultaneously pursue a second degree with the same study objective at a different university of music, college of music or comparable domestic or foreign post-secondary or tertiary educational institution (e.g. two BA degrees in Cello Performance).