Welcome!

If you are interested in an study exchange at our university, you have first to contact your exchange coordinator at your home institution to express your interest in studying at the Kunstuniversität Linz.

If your home institution has an exange agreement with our institution, you are welcome to participate in the exchange program.

The University of Arts Linz welcomes students with special needs. Incoming students with physical, mental or health disabilities have access to the same support services and facilities that are offered to all other students. If there is information about special needs known to the sending institution, it should be provided to our International Office. This is meant to make all the relevant preparation before students' arrival, and assist the students during the exchange period.

Incoming students are advised that additional financial Erasmus+ funding or any inclusion funding must be applied for at their home university.

• Contact point for students with special needs - international.office@kunstuni-linz.at
• inclusive mobility information link
• Critical situation link
• Austrian National Union of Students / ACCESSIBILITY office link
• Inclusion and Diversity link (in German only)

Ombuds Office:  Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research: link

You can find more information on the different exchange programs here:

Nomination process:

Students have to be nominated by our partner universities through our digital inhouse plattform CALLS. A link will be sent before the nomination period starts.

Nomination period:

March 1st  to March 31st for the winter semester
September 1st to September 30th for the summer semester

Application process:

After nomination students will receive a link for the digital application process.

Application period:

May 1st to May 31st for the winter semester
October 1st to October 31st for the summer semester

Academic calendar: link

Decision process:

Students and their coordinators will receive the decision by email within 5 weeks after deadline.
Letters of acceptance follow by postmailing if desired.

Please note:

Our Department Industrial Design scionic® (Bachelors and Masters degree-programme) accepts incoming exchange-students only for the summer semester (beginning of March to the end June).

Fashion & Technology (Bachelor Programme)  FAT
The artistic Bachelor thesis is developed in the 6th semester. Not all courses are accessible then. It is possible to accept incoming students in the 6th semester who would also like to work on their final Bachelor thesis, but supervision must be provided at the home university.

Further information:

A sufficient level of German language is strongly recommended as lectures are usually held in German. Some classes are held in English and is it also possible to meet teachers for individual meetings in English. We offer German classes during the semester (free of charge). At least we expect a profound knowledge of English language from the students.

We invite our exchange students to an orientation day at the beginning of each semester. The students will receive an inviation by email in time.

Prepare your travel:

“IT’S NOT ABOUT THE DESTINATION, IT’S ABOUT THE JOURNEY”
Once you have been finally accepted you can prepare your travel. The way you plan your journey can definitely be an added value to the overall experience. Your exchange already starts from the moment you travel to Linz.  So why not make the best out of it? Check this out and get inspired how you can make the trip a fundamental part of your mobility experience! 

update June, 2023