Austria

A qualification is exempt from assessment and qualifies for the indicated points if:

the qualification is listed in the Academic Qualifications Table; and
the awarding institution is listed in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification abbreviation is listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification was awarded from or within the year range listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification is not excluded by the notes listed under the Academic Qualifications Table.

Academic Qualifications Table


Qualification**	Abbreviation*	Level in NZQF terms	Points under SMC
Bachelor of Arts	BA	7	50
Bachelor of Science	BS	7	50
Diplom-Ingenieur / Diplom-Ingenieurin	DI	9	70
Magister / Magistra	Requires assessment by NZQA
Master of Arts	MA	9	70
Master of Science	MS	9	70
Master of Social Sciences	MSS	9	70
Doktor / Doktorin	D	10	70
Doctor of Philosophy / PhD***	PhD	10	70

*Abbreviations used are for the purpose of this list only.

**Specialities will be stated on award certificates.

***May also be awarded as Doktor der Philosophie.

If an applicant believes their qualification may be higher than the level stated they should apply to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment.

Note:
Award certificates must be provided in their original language for all qualifications. Translations should not be used to determine the name of the awarded degree.

The following must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment:
- All honorary degrees
- All listed qualifications where study was completed at any institution outside of the country, including any overseas campuses of any listed awarding institution
- All listed qualifications that contain cross-credited courses or papers
- All initial teacher training degrees
- All qualifications awarded after 2018

Awarding Institutions Table

Institution Previous names and dates of change indicated in brackets.	Qualification awarded from or between dates
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien	MA: 2008 D and PhD: 2009
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (Universität Klagenfurt 1993–2004)	BA and BS: 2009 DI, MA and MS: 2008 D: 1993
Medizinische Universität Graz	MS: 2008 D: 2004–2009 PhD: 2009
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck	BS and PhD: 2009 MS: 2008
Medizinische Universität Wien	MS: 2008 D: 2004 PhD: 2009
Die Montauniversität Leoben	BS: 2009 DI: 2008 D: 1990 PhD: 2009
Die Technische Universität Graz	BS: 2009 DI and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Technische Universität Wien	BS: 2009 DI: 2008 D: 1990
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien	BA and D: 2009 MA: 2008
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien	BS and PhD: 2009 DI and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Die Universität für Künstlerische und Industrielle Gestaltung Linz / Kunstuniversität Linz	BA and PhD: 2009 DI and MA: 2008
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz / Kunstuniversität Graz	BA: 2009 DI and MA: 2008 D: 2002 PhD: 2013
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien	BA, MA and PhD: 2009
Universität Graz / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz	BA and BS: 2009 DI, MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990 PhD: 2017
Universität Innsbruck / Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 DI, MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Linz / Johannes Kepler Universität Linz	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 DI, MA, MS and MSS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg	BA, MA, D and PhD: 2009
Universität Salzburg	BA and BS: 2009 DI, MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Wien	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien / University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna	BS and PhD: 2009 MS: 2008
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien / Vienna University of Economics and Business	BS: 2009 MS: 2008 D: 2009–2015 PhD: 2015