Austria (28/08/2017)

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	Requires assessment by NZQA
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
PhD	PhD	10	70

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

**Specialities will be stated on award certificates.

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 qualifications awarded after 2016

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, BS and PhD: 2009 MA and MS: 2008 D: 1993
Kunst universität linz / Universität für Künstlerische und Industrielle Gestaltung Linz	BA and PhD: 2009 MA and MS: 2008
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
Montauniversität Leoben	BS: 2008 D: 1990 PhD: 2009
Technische Universität Graz	BS: 2009 MS: 2008 D: 1990
Technische Universität Wien	BS: 2009 D: 1990
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien	BA and D: 2009 MA: 2008
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien	BS and PhD: 2009 MS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz	BA: 2009 MA: 2008 D: 1998
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien	BA and PhD: 2009
Universität Graz / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz	BA and BS: 2009 MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Innsbruck / Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Linz / Johannes Kepler Universität Linz	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 MA, MS and MSS: 2008 D: 1990
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg	D and PhD: 2009
Universität Salzburg	BA, BS and PhD: 2009
Universität Wien	BA, BS and PhD: 2009 MA and MS: 2008 D: 1990
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien / University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna	BS and MS: 2008 PhD: 2009
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien / Vienna University of Economics and Business	BS: 2009 MS: 2008 D: 2009–2015 PhD: 2015

Effective 28/08/2017

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