Students who are nominated by a partner university of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna can apply for an exchange place.

Application forms 

Application Form Fine Arts
Application Form Architecture
Application Form Conservation Restoration
Application Form others

Deadline for applications
For winter term: end of April
For summer term: end of October

Applicants will be notified about the decision on their application by June for the winter semester and by December for the summer semester.

Entry and residence
Information on entry and residence regulations for Austria: www.oead.ac.at
If you take up accomodation or change your place of residence in Vienna, you have to register with the municipal authorities (Magistratisches Bezirksamt ) of the City of Vienna with a proof of residence (registration form = Meldezettel) within three days.
EU citizens who stay in Austria for more than three months have to obtain a document authorising their stay from the City of Vienna (www.wien.gv.at; Department 35). This document (Anmeldebescheinigung) costs EUR 15.
Third-country nationals (non-EU citizens) need a visa to enter Austria. The type of visa depends on the duration and purpose of their stay in Austria.

Accident and health insurance
You are obliged to have sufficient accident and health insurance coverage for the total length of your stay in Austria.
medical help – physicians in Vienna

Registration and enrolment
All classes at the Academy start in the first week of the term. It is absolutely necessary to be present at the first class meeting.
The Welcome Meeting for incoming students organised by the International Relations Office takes place in the first week of the term.
Upon arrival you have to pre-register in the Akademie Online System. For this registration go to the Study Department (Studienabteilung, Schillerplatz 3, room M3; opening hours: Mo to Fr, 9 to 12 a.m.) and bring two passport photos.

Students who take part in an exchange programme of a partner university (Erasmus or other cooperation agreement) to study at the Academy are exempt of the study fees, but they have to pay the students' union fee of approx. EUR 16 per term (obligatory membership of the Austrian Students' Union/Österreichische Hochschülerschaft. This fee includes a liability insurance valid in the buildings of the Academy).

Course Catalogue
The course catalogue (Vorlesungsverzeichnis) is available online via the Akademie Online System. Semester classes will be found online (Akademie Online System)  in the month before the semester starts.

Term dates
See www.akbild.ac.at and Studies/Study information/Term dates

Transcript of Records (Datenabschrift)
Your Transcript of Records (Datenabschrift, Sammelzeugnis) will be available at the end of the term, or the end of your exchange period, at the Study Department (Studienabteilung, room M3, Schillerplatz 3; stud@akbild.ac.at). Please check the Akademie Online System to see whether all your classes have been entered and confirmed by the respective professors.

Austrian Students' Union
www.oeh.ac.at
at the Academy: http://pages.akbild.ac.at/oeh/
Information about the study programmes, enrolment, residence in Austria and accommodation:
Arthur: oehauslandsreferat@akbild.ac.at
Laia und Veronika: globaltutoriumprojekt@gmail.com

Psychological help
See Study information/Psychological and social help
Appointment required

German as a foreign language
Courses at the Academy's Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies: Karin Schlosser (k.schlosser@akbild.ac.at)
Beginners' courses only in the winter semester; limited number of places.
Courses at the University of Vienna: www.univie.ac.at

Accommodation
The Academy offers a limited number of places in the following student halls of residence operated by ÖAD (Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research): Molkereistraße, Tigergasse, Obermüllnerstraße, Türkenstraße.

Application deadlines are: 15 July for the winter semester and 15 December for the summer semester; a reservation deposit must be paid. www.housing.oead.ac.at

Other information on accommodation in Vienna:
www.jobwohnen.at
www.odyssee-mwz.at
www.home4students.at
www.cycamp.at
http://at.easyroommate.com
http://wohnen.career.at
http://studentpoint.univie.ac.at

You can also send an ad to the internal e-mail newsletter of the Academy:
akademie-info@lists.akbild.ac.at

Public transport
www.wienerlinien.at
Student ticket for public transport in Vienna: EUR 129 per semester
www.oebb.at (Austrian Railways)

Telephone
International dialling code for Austria: 0043
Dialling code for Vienna: 01 (from abroad: 0043-1)

Important telephone numbers for emergencies
Police 133
Fire emergencies 122
Ambulance 144
Emergency physician 141
European emergency number 112

Taxis  31 300 / 40 100 / 60 160                        
Pandemic Hotline  050 555 555
(Info on swine flu etc. available in English)   
Vienna General Hospital  / AKH Wien   404 00 0
(Underground: U6 / Station Michelbeuern-AKH; Tram: No.5 and 33 / Station Lazarettgasse)

Costs
Accommodation EUR 380
Food EUR 210
Study material, leisure activities, personal items EUR 280