Guides and articles
Everything about the VWU preparatory course and its exams, from application to enrolment.
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Exam articles
in the order you sit them
onSET, the German placement test
The placement test before your course: it decides your stage and place at the VWU
Read the article →The EPD German exam
How the exam is structured, and when you can skip the written part
Read the article →The EPM maths exam
Which topics show up in almost every paper, and how to prepare using past exams
Read the article →The EPE English exam
The score you need to pass, and the tasks that show up on the paper
Read the article →The EPP physics exam
It's oral, you keep the formula sheet, and the course can cover some topics early
Read the article →Informatics in Vienna: the entrance test
How the test works at TU Wien and the University of Vienna, and how many places there really are
Read the article →Hörverstehen in the EPD in Vienna: how the listening section works and how to prepare
Since June 2026 the written EPD has a listening section: 35 minutes, 15 of 75 points and its own minimum of 5 points, without which you fail the written part. How one listening text runs, which task types come up and how to prepare for them.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Mathematik in Graz (VGUH): the written exam, calculators and a worked problem
The Graz maths exam is written only: 180 minutes, a grade from 1 to 5 and four allowed TI 30 calculator models. Which topics appear in each of the eight past papers, a worked problem and the registration dates.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Biologie at the VWU in Vienna: the oral exam, the question catalogue and how to prepare
The VWU biology exam is oral only: you draw one question from each of the three parts of the catalogue and answer in front of a commission. What the 82-question catalogue asks, how to build an answer around a sketch and when to register.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Chemie at the VWU in Vienna: three questions, how to prepare and a worked problem
The VWU chemistry exam is oral: 20 minutes to prepare, 10 to answer and three questions, each of which must be answered to at least 50%. What you are given in the exam, a worked buffer problem and a preparation plan.
Read the article →MedAT and the Vorstudienlehrgang in Vienna: getting into medicine with a foreign school certificate
In Austria you get into medicine through MedAT, and with a foreign school certificate the university may also assign you VWU exams. In which order to take them so you make enrolment, how the test works and when MedAT 2027 registration opens.
Read the article →WU entrance exam: WISO and WiRe, the stages, places and preparation
WISO and WiRe at the Vienna University of Economics and Business admit students through a written exam. The three stages of the procedure, what the WISO and WiRe exams cover, how many places and candidates per place there were in 2026/27, and how to prepare.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Deutsch (EPD) in Vienna: exam sessions, registration and results
When the EPD sessions take place, how to register through the VWU portal, what to bring and when your result arrives. A fee of €66 per attempt, four retakes for each part, and the session dates come straight from our exam calendar.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Deutsch (EPD) in Vienna: a sample exam with tasks and solutions
One task from each part of the written EPD, solved step by step: a gap-fill text, listening, finishing sentences and an argumentative text of 230–250 words. Every task comes from our practice exam built on the VWU model.
Read the article →Ergänzungsprüfung Deutsch (EPD) in Vienna: the oral exam, its topics and a plan for your talk
How the oral EPD works: two tasks to choose from, at least 15 minutes to prepare, then a talk and a conversation of about five minutes each in front of a three-person commission. The ten exam topics, a talk plan built on the Leitfragen and what the commission wants to hear.
Read the article →MedAT 2027: registration, test sections and preparation for the Austrian medical admission test
Registration and payment provisionally from 1 to 31 March 2027, test day on 9 July 2027. How the four sections of the MedAT-H are weighted, how the 1,950 places are allocated and how to prepare with the official materials.
Read the article →WU admission test for WISO: stages, exam content and preparation
WU publishes the 2027/28 dates in mid-November. How the procedure ran in the last cycle, what the two-hour exam covers, how partial points work and how many people competed for 2,703 places.
Read the article →TU Wien informatics admission test: the Reihungstest, its parts and registration
One procedure for Informatics, Computer Engineering and Business Informatics, with 670 places. How registration and the self-assessment work, how the three test parts are weighted and how to solve a logic task from the info sheet.
Read the article →Calculate and find
The preparatory course
German courses at the VWU
Which level you start at and how many semesters German will take
Read →VWU or a language school
Can you choose where to learn German, and why a partner costs three times more
Read →Graz or Vienna
Which one is cheaper for your prep year, and what you give up if you pick Graz
Read →Failed your VWU exam
How many attempts you have left and what happens to your residence permit
Read →Moving and money
University documents
Which certification your certificate needs and where to get it translated
Read →What a year in Vienna costs
What you'll spend monthly in a dorm, and which sums you need upfront
Read →Money for your residence permit
Work out the amount with your rent, and see what counts instead of money in the account
Read →Moving to Vienna to study
You're admitted: what to do next, and in what order
Read →Housing in Vienna
Why you should apply for a dorm early, and where to live if you don't get one
Read →Extending your residence permit
When to apply for renewal and how much you need to pass each year to get it
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