Course recognition (Anerkennung von Prüfungsleistungen)
Once you have received your transcript of records from your host university, you can apply for the recognition of your grades. Since recognition is a highly formal procedure, processing takes several weeks. Eventually you will receive a document (Anerkennungsbescheid) and your results will be visible in U:Space.
You can submit your recognition directly at SSS Anglistik (sss.anglistik@univie.ac.at) or send it to the department's mobility coordinator team at erasmus.anglistik@univie.ac.at (the same team that advised you on course selection and checked your learning agreement or Non-EU-exchange Vorausbescheid earlier on).
The Anerkennungsbescheid will be issued and sent to you by our Studienservicestelle, and you can then upload it in Mobility Online. If you need recognitions from more than one SPL, use separate forms and contact each SPL in charge.
The following documents are needed:
1. Transcript of records of host university (original or pdf).
2. Application for recognition (Ansuchen um Anerkennung) - scroll down to the Download section at the end of the website and then use the form designed for your particular study programme. Alternatively, Erasmus+ participants may also use the form provided directly in Mobility Online.
Students receiving (Auslands-)Studienbeihilfe can either hand in a separate SB confirmation form (SB/A2) (in addition to the application for recognition) or forward the Anerkennungsbescheid to the Studienbeihilfenbehörde.
NOTE ALSO:
The International Office's two-month-period for carrying out the recognition can be extended if necessary (it usually is necessary!). Just send a short email to erasmus.outgoing@univie.ac.at.
Once a recognition has been completed, it cannot be changed later (principle of legal certainty / Prinzip der Rechtssicherheit). Please consider this in time, e.g. for courses for which the curriculum would allow various options, such as module a or b.
February registration phase following a semester spent abroad
After a winter semester spent abroad, your grades will not arrive in time to be entered for SoSe module registration. You need to do the following:
a) Send in your recognition application plus transcript as soon as you have received your grades to prove you have passed the prerequisite modules abroad and
b) contact the mobility coordinators team (erasmus.anglistik@univie.ac.at) while the February registration period is on. Select your courses in U:Space until you reach either "vorgemerkt" (all is okay) or "angelegt Voraussetzungsprüfung". In this case, send us an email and we will switch you from "angelegt" to "vorgemerkt" and you will be included in the allocation. Unfortunately, we cannot influence the study progress percentage of the automatic system, which is now the basis for the allocation algorithm.
After a spring semester stay abroad, it is your responsibility to ensure that courses are recognised in good time, i.e. before registration starts in September.