Procedure for Application and Enrolment

Admission Requirements

In order to apply for the MSc in Strategy, Innovation, and Management Control you have to fulfill the minimum requirements for application and proof your aptitude for the program. In case one or more of the required proofs are missing, your application has to be rejected.

Minimum requirements for application

1. Relevant Bachelor's program

Completion of or enrollment in a relevant degree program at a recognized Austrian or foreign post-secondary institution. Prerequisites for the Master’s Program include:

• The program must comprise at least 180 ECTS credits (corresponding to three academic years).

• 45 ECTS credits have to be earned by passing exams in the field of business administration/economics.

The Bachelor Program in Business and Economics (BBE) at Vienna University of Economics and Business fulfills the prerequisites.

Please note: It is not necessary to have completed this program at the time of application, proof of completion of your first-degree program is not required until actual enrollment. Nevertheless the minimum requirements listed above have to be documented within the uploaded documents.

2. Sufficient proficiency in English

• English as first language

• A full English-taught bachelor’s program (at least 3 years) or master’s program (at least 2 years); a confirmation from the university is required to prove that the completed program was taught in English. Please note that only an exchange semester or year in an English speaking country or with courses taught in English is not sufficient.
  To be considered official the document has to be stamped and signed by your university.

• Full master´s program done in English (at least two years, university confirmation required)

• One of the following valid certificates (official or unofficial test report): TOEFL iBT 100 or higher, TOEFL IBT Home Edition 100 or higher, IELTS 7.0 or higher (academic version), Cambridge English: CAE (Certificate of Advanced English), CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) or BEC Higher (Business English Certificate Higher), UNIcert III

• Oxford Test of English (at least 150 points-C1): This exam is offered p.e. by WU Business Language Center

• A certificate from a university language department confirming the applicant has achieved level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The certificate has to prove that you took one or more tests to assess your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. These skills should correspond to level C1 or higher according to the CEFR. Course transcripts or confirmations about your overall language skills or certain language courses will NOT be accepted as proof of your language skills. If you are not sure whether your language certificate fulfils these criteria, please submit one of the standardized tests mentioned above.

• Graduates of WU’s Bachelor´s program in Business and Economics; Bachelor´s program in Business Law and Bachelor´s program in Business, Economics and Social Sciences already fulfill this requirement.

3. Proof of aptitude (Selection criteria)

In addition to the admission requirements, you also have to prove your aptitude for the master’s program.

• Proof of achievement potential: Valid GMAT (Online) Exam result of at least 600 points / valid GMAT Focus Edition Exam result of at least 565 points. Please allow enough time for test registration and evaluation. The official confirmation of your result, which you must upload, takes up to twenty days.

• Communication skills, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, international orientation (these skills will be tested during the video interview)

Please note, that any kind of recommendation letters can't be taken into the consideration.

* The GMAT result is obligatory for all applicants except graduates of WU’s Bachelor´s programs. Graduates of WU can submit the weighted grade point average (GPA) of all exams completed as part of the relevant study program instead of the GMAT. They can download the GPA confirmation as a PDF (see Tools & Services). But the GMAT is also highly recommended for graduates of WU! Please note that only applicants who fulfill the minimum requirements will be further considered in the application process.