Courses and Instruction

• German as a foreign language
• English
• Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography (language of instruction is German)

The topics presented in the courses and the skills to be acquired are defined in module descriptions (texts in German):

*) The course level AN (German for students with no previous knowledge) is only available for students with an “old” admission letter ("Zulassungsbescheid"). Students must currently have German language skills at A2 level to be admitted to a University Preparation Programme.

More information (available in German only) on content, courses and examinations in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography and history is available at www.vwu-info.at.

For German courses there are 5 course levels - see course system. After a placement test the students are placed in the course corresponding to their level of German language proficiency. There are multinational classes of approx. 20 students.

Lecturers

Academically qualified lecturers teach according to

• corporate didactic principles (text in German)
• modern teaching methods.

Semester basis

Like at universities each course lasts one semester (320-350 lessons/24 lessons per week in the German courses at the VWU, 320 lessons at the cooperation partners):

• Winter semester: end of September to end of January
• Summer semester: end of February to end of June

Status

All students are enrolled as non degree-programme students (außerordentliche Studierende) at their universities while they study at the VWU. They have the status of university students and have a student identity card of their university.