International documents must be submitted in the original or be verified (or notarized) as a true copy of the original. Regardless of where the school-leaving (=Reifeprüfungszeugnis) certificate was issued, all documents must additionally be certified as a “true copy of the original”:

1. Due to a bilateral agreement, verification procedures do not apply to documents issued from the following countries (however, all documents must be submitted in the original or as a verified "true" copy of the original) :

2. Documents issued by contracting states of the so-called “Hague Convention Abolishing The Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents“ must be verified with an APOSTILLE*. The verification, in the form of apostille, is to be issued by the foreign ministry or Foreign Office of the issuing country in regards to the documents involved or issued by the proper authorities from the foreign ministry. The Apostille must be submitted in the original.

Member states of the Hague Convention Abolishing The Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents“ include:

3. Documents issued by countries not listed above must be submitted with complete diplomatic verification. For this purpose, the documents' authenticity must be verified by the foreign ministry of the country in which the documents were issued and also verified by the Austrian consulate or embassy in that country

PLEASE NOTE:
The legalization of documents of certain states can be suspended by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if a reliable verification of the authenticity or substantive accuracy of these documents cannot be guaranteed. In these cases, the Austrian embassies may not state the authenticity of such documents. If your transcripts were issued by one of those countries the legalizations of your documents are not possible at the Austrian embassies. The admission process at Johannes Kepler University Linz cannot be done at this time.
For additional information, please see: Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

Prospective applicants applying to enroll in an academic degree program held entirely or partially in German are required to provide proof of proficiency in German.

Proof of successfully passing the B2+ level is considered sufficient (B2+ lies between levels B2 and C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). If the applicant is unable to prove sufficient knowledge of German, he/she is required to take and pass a supplementary examination in German before being admitted as a degree-seeking student.

The following German examinations will be accepted as proof of proficiency to enroll as a degree-seeking student:

• Supplementary examination in German at the Johannes Kepler University (level B2+)
• Goethe Institute, level B2 (with the grade of "Gut" or "Sehr Gut")
• ÖSD Certificate B2 ("Gut" or "Sehr Gut")

The language certificate(s) may be no older than 2 years at the time of application.

Before attempting to take the supplementary examination in German, you can attend German language courses at the Johannes Kepler University. An overview of courses is available in KUSSS. Applicants who are not native speakers of German - or whose language of education was not in German - are strongly advised to acquire the necessary German language skills prior to entering Austria.

Prospective applicants wishing to pursue an academic degree program held entirely in English are not required to show proof of language proficiency in German.

Foreign language documents must be submitted with a German translation (unless the responsible authorities have issued the documents in English) prepared by an official translator/interpreter certified in Austria. If the documents have already been translated outside of Austria by an official translator/interpreter, applicants must submit the translations with the same procedure as other documents.

The application period for apply for admission to a Bachelor's/Diploma degree program for Winter Semester is May 1 to Mid-July and December 1 to Mid-January for the Summer Semester.