Design of the final examination

The final examination differs according to the study programme. Further information (in German) on the design of the final examination you find here (in German).

Requirements for the admission to the final examination

Requirements for the admission to the final examination are:

• the successful passing of all the mandatory exams in the curriculum
• a positively assessed diploma thesis or master thesis, the expert opinion must have arrived at the SSC.

⇒ All admission requirements must be fulfilled at the latest by the registration deadline, three weeks before the scheduled examination.

In case of the Master's programme Advanced Theological Studies and the Master's programme in Religious Studies, a record of examinations, approved by the Directorate of Studies, has to be presented. For all other diploma programmes and master programmes no record of examinations has to be filled in and submitted.

In the case of the Master's degree programme in Catholic Religion, all courses in the first subject, second subject and the General Expertise in Education (ABG) must be completed in full. To register the completion of the second subject, please contact the responsible SSC/SSSt. To register the completion of the General Expertise in Education (ABG), please contact the SSC Teacher Education.

Appointments for the final examinations

• Appointments (in theological diploma or master's degree programmes) for the final examinations are offered four times every semester. If you want to take the examination at a certain appointment, please observe the application closing date and the closing date for the submission of your diploma thesis or master thesis. The SSC puts together an examination committee once you apply to take the examination at one of the offered appoinments of the Directorate of Studies. At the latest, two weeks before the examination appointment, you will receive the exact date, time and room of your final examination via e-mail.
• In case you intend to take an individual examination date, you have to organise the examination date, time and the entire examination senate yourself. Two weeks before the planned final examination at the latest, you announce this in the SSC, we then officially announce the date.                                                                                                                                     ⇒ For information: An examination senate consists of at least three persons: 1st examiner (your supervisor), 2nd examiner and a chairperson. The chair is usually assumed by the SPL or the head of the degree programme delegates the chair to a third member of the examination senate to be appointed by him/her.
• For the Master's programme in Religious Studies, there are no fixed examination days. They are offered as required. Contact the Department of Religious Studies to make an appointment. 2 weeks before the scheduled final examination, please send the registration form with all relevant data (examiners; chairperson; date; time; room of the examination) to ssc.ktf@univie.ac.at.