Finance & Scholarships

Overview

Information on Erasmus scholarships, joint study agreements, scholarships within the framework of cultural agreements: International Relations

Semester fees

All students must pay the ÖH fee and, if applicable, the tuition fee every semester. The ÖH fee for the academic year 2025/26 is € 25.20. You can find the payment information for the ÖH fee in MOZonline under Tuition Fee Status.

ATTENTION: Be sure to enter the correct payment reference when making your payment! The payment reference is different every semester. You will find your payment reference for this semester in MOZonline under Tuition Fee Status.
New students will get the exact payment information at the enrolment. There is no possibility to pay earlier.

Regular students with citizenship from the EU/EEA/CH and students of equal status must pay the tuition fee of € 363.36 (+ ÖH contribution) per semester after the end of the non-contributory period (intended duration of studies + two tolerance semesters).

Regular students from third countries, who do not fall under the regulation on groups of persons and who have a residence permit "Student" according to § 64 NAG, have to pay a tuition fee of € 726,72 (+ ÖH-fee) from the first semester on.

Regular students from third countries who have a permanent residence title can apply for equal treatment in terms of tuition fees and will thus be treated equally to EU/EEA/CH citizens for the duration of the residence title.

Regular students from the least developed countries can apply for a waiver of tuition fees.These include: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Yemen, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, East Timor, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Zambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Chad, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Central African Republic.

Extraordinary students have to pay the ÖH-fee and the tuition fee of € 363,36 every semester.

The payment information for the ÖH- and tuition fee can be found in MOZonline under tuition fee status.

For a course at the University Mozarteum Salzburg, the ÖH fee and the course fee must be paid. The payment information for the ÖH fee can be found in MOZonline under Tuition Fee Status.

Bank details for the payment of the course fee:

University Mozarteum Salzburg
BIC: BKAUATWW (Bank Austria)
IBAN: AT38 1100 0099 5325 8200

Please state your name, matriculation number and the course in question in the reference field!

Course fees

Postgrad. Course Composition:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course Music Theory:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course Choral / Orchestral Conducting:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course Keyboard Instruments:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course String instruments:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course Wind and Percussion Instruments:
€ 1,000 / semester
Postgrad. Course Piano duo:
€ 750 / semester
Postgrad. Course Lied duo:
€ 750 / semester
Postgrad. Course Opera & Music Theatre:
€ 1,400 / semester
Postgrad. Course Voice:
€ 1,200 / semester
Postgrad. Course Baroque Vocal:
€ 1,200 / semester
Postgrad. Course Lied:
€ 1,200 / semester
Postgrad. Course Historical Performance Practice
€ 1,000 / semester

University course Wind Band Conducting:
€ 500 / semester
University Course Children's and Youth Choir Conducting:
€ 580 / semester
University course Advanced Studies in Music and Dance Education 'Orff Schulwerk':
€ 6,600 / semester
University course Advanced studies in music and dance education - Orff Approach MA (CE):
€ 4,900 / semester
University course Elementary music and movement education:
€ 1.800 once
University course Music and Dance in Social Work and Integrative Pedagogy:
€ 2.200 once
University course Music Theatre Mediation:
€ 1.100 / semester
University course New Media in Music Education:
€ 600 / semester
University course String Quartet (former Hagen Quartet):
€ 1,000 / semester

Course Pre-College:
€ 700 / semester

Please note: There is NO course fee for regular Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. This only applies to university courses.

Waiver & Refund of Tuition or Course Fee

Regular students from third countries who have a permanent residence title can apply for equal treatment in terms of tuition fees and will thus be treated equally to EU/EEA/CH citizens for the validity period of their residency permit.

An application for waiver of the tuition fee can be submitted by regular students who hold citizenship of an EU or EEA country and foreign students with the same status if one of the following reasons applies:

You are prevented from studying for at least two months due to pregnancy.
You are prevented from studying for at least two months due to illness.
You are prevented from studying due to the care of young children (until their 7th birthday or until they start school, if this is later).
You are prevented from studying due to other care obligations.
You have been diagnosed with a disability of at least 50%.
You have received a study grant (Studienbeihilfe) in the last semester or are receiving one this semester.

Regular students from the least developed countries can also apply for a waiver of the tuition fee.
These include: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Comoros, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Yemen, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, East Timor, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Central African Republic, Zambia.

The application for waiver of tuition fees must be submitted by 30^th September at the latest for the winter semester or 28^th/29^th February for the summer semester.

You can apply for a refund of tuition fees if one of the following applies to you:

You have deregistered from or terminated your studies before the end of the re-registration period (31^st October in the winter semester and 31^st March in the summer semester).
You are not liable to pay fees for any further studies at an Austrian university.
You have deregistered from your studies within your first semester and without having passed an examination before the end of the deadline for further registration (31^st October in the winter semester and 31^st March in the summer semester).
You are not liable to pay fees in any further studies at an Austrian university.
You will complete studies or practical periods abroad as part of a mobility programmes.
You are prevented from studying for at least two months due to pregnancy.
You are prevented from studying for at least two months due to illness.
You are prevented from studying due to the care of young children (up to their 7th birthday or until they start school, if this is later).
You are prevented from studying due to other care obligations.
You have been diagnosed with a disability of at least 50%.
You have received a study grant in the last semester or are receiving one in this semester.

The application for reimbursement must be submitted by 28^th/29^th February for the winter semester just past and by 30^th September for the recently completed summer semester.

A request for refund of the course fee may be made if you drop the course before the end of the re-registration period (31^st October in the winter semester and 31^st March in the summer semester).

The request for a refund must be made at the time of dropping the course.

Important links

You can find a list of links for the most important social questions here. If you require advice or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the Social Department of the ÖH Mozarteum without delay:

Scholarship Opportunities

Ordinary Bursary from the Mozarteum University:

for foreign degree students
Bursary amount:
- Semester-/annual scholarship max. € 300,- per month
- One academic year (9 months)
- Applicants can receive this bursary a maximum of twice
Requirements:
- Compliance with the entitlement period (§ 18 StudFG) taking into account any important reasons (§ 19 StudFG)
- At least 4 semesters of study at Mozarteum University (application in the 4^th semester)
  Exception: application is already possible in the 2^nd semester at Mozarteum University, with equivalent preliminary studies at another Austrian or foreign recognised college or university
- Foreign degree students
- Very good grades in the principle study/main subject of study in the last semester
- Grade average across the other compulsory subjects in the last semester no worse than 2.0 (credits that have been transferred from other degree courses will not be taken into account)
- Two excellent letters of recommendation
- Social need
- Possible artistic or other commitment at Mozarteum University (participation in projects, work as a tutor, …)
- No completed master’s or diploma studies at Mozarteum University
Application period: 1^st March 2025 to 30^th April 2025 (for the academic year 2025/26), to be submitted to the Department of Studies & Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

One-time bursary from the Mozarteum University bursary fund:

For foreign degree students
Bursary amount:
- One-time, max. € 400,- per semester
Requirements:
- Compliance with the entitlement period (§ 18 StudFG) taking into account any important reasons (§ 19 StudFG)
- At least 2 semesters of study at Mozarteum University
- Regular students from third countries who are NOT treated equally to Austrian students in terms of tuition fees
- Very good grades in the principal study/main subject of study in the last semester
- Grade average across the other compulsory subjects in the last semester no worse than 2.0 (credits that have been transferred from other degree courses will not be taken into account)
- Social need
- Possible artistic or other commitment at Mozarteum University (participation in projects, work as a tutor, …)
Application period: 1^st September 2024 to 31^st October 2024 (for the winter semester 2024/25) or 1^st March 2025 to 30^th April 2025 (for the summer semester 2025), to be submitted to the Department of Studies & Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

One-time bursary for Pre-College students at Mozarteum University:

for Pre-College students
Bursary amount:
- One-time, € 350,- per semester
Requirements:
- Very good grades in the principle study
- Grade average in the other compulsory subjects in the last semester no worse than 2.0
- Social need
Application period: 1^st September 2024 to 31^st October 2024 (for the winter semester 2024/25) or 1^st March 2025 to 30^th April 2025 (for the summer semester 2025), to be submitted to the Department of Studies & Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

Bursary for students with care responsibilities:

For degree students
Bursary amount:
- Semester-/annual scholarship max. € 300,- per month
- One academic year (9 months)
- Applicants can receive this bursary only once
Requirements:
- Caregiving duties are either in the form of responsibility for one’s own children or for the care of one’s partner
- Transparent description of the family situation and the care situation (including a description of the duties and the extent of care)
- Social need
- Current transcript of records
- Letter of recommendation
Application period: 1^st March 2025 to 30^th April 2025 (for the academic year 2025/26), to be submitted to the Department of Studies & Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

Scholarship for academic achievement from Mozarteum University Salzburg:
according to §§ 57 - 61 StudFG (Federal Law Gazette No. 305/1992 as amended)

for domestic degree students and foreign degree students with citizenship of an EEA country and foreign students with equivalent status
Scholarship amount:
- One-time award, from € 750 to a maximum of € 1,500
Requirements:
- The application must always be made for a specific degree programme
- Multiple applications for different degree programmes in the same academic year are not possible
- At least 2 semesters of study in the degree programme
- Compliance with the entitlement period (§ 18 StudFG) taking into account any important reasons (§ 19 StudFG)
- Austrian citizenship or citizenship of an EEA country or foreigners and stateless persons with equivalent status (§§ 3 and 4 StudFG). Equivalant status have:
  - Foreigners and stateless persons if they, and at least one parent, have been subject to unlimited income tax liability in Austria for at least five years before starting their studies at Mozarteum University Salzburg and have had the centre of their vital interests in Austria during this period
  - Refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the Legal Status of Refugees, Federal Law Gazette No. 55/1955
- Bachelor‘s, Master‘s und Diploma programmes:
  - More than 30 ECTS credits in the academic year under consideration
    - Credits transferred from other degree programmes (Anrechnungen) will not be taken into account
      Exception: if you are studying two programmes at the same time, grades from one programme that can be recognised as compulsory subjects in the second programme and were completed in the academic year under consideration are also counted for the second programme
  - An average grade of no worse than 2.0 for the examination, courses and thesis used for the assessment. Only grades achieved at Mozarteum university are used for the calculation of the average grade.
- Academic doctoral programmes:
  - Defensio or Rigorosum D with “very good“
  - Grade of the dissertation thesis “very good“
  - Average grade for all courses assessed during the programme not worse than 1.5
- Artisitc doctoral programme:
  - Grade of the Final Review “very good”
  - Grade of the PhD-project and the documentation “very good”
Criteria for the selection of the scholarship holders:
- Ranking of the applicants according to the average grade and the number of ECTS credits of all course grades, final exams and academic or artistic thesis used for the assessment
- Artistic commitment, proven by participation or collaboration in projects inside or outside the university
- An applicant can receive the scholarship for academic achievement a maximum of twice. There is no legal entitlement to a scholarship being awarded. Confirmations and rejections will be communicated by email after the decision on the award has been made.
Application period: 1^st September 2024 to 31^st October 2024 (for the academic year 2023/24), to be submitted to the Department of Studies & Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

Scholarship grant from Mozarteum University Salzburg:
according to §§ 63 - 67 StudFG (Federal Law Gazette No. 305/1992 as amended)

for domestic degree students and foreign degree students with citizenship of an EEA country and foreign students with equivalent status
Scholarship amount:
- One-time, from € 750,- to a maximum of € 3.600,-
Requirements:
- Description of an uncompleted thesis at Mozarteum University including a statment of costs and a financing plan
- Submission of at least one report from a university professor on the statement of costs and on whether the student will probably be able to carry out the work with above average success based on their previous study achievements and the suggestions for the implementation of the work.
- Compliance with the entitlement period (§ 18 StudFG) taking into account any important reasons (§ 19 StudFG)
- Austrian citizenship or citizenship of an EEA country or foreigners and stateless persons with equivalent status (§§ 3 and 4 StudFG). People with equivalant status include:
  - Foreigners and stateless persons if they, and at least one parent, have been subject to unlimited income tax liability in Austria for at least five years before starting their studies at Mozarteum University Salzburg and have had the centre of their vital interests in Austria during this period
  - Refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the Legal Status of Refugees, Federal Law Gazette No. 55/1955
Report on the appropriate use:
- A report on the appropriate use of the scholarship money must be submitted no later than one year after the end of the application period (31^st October 2025 or 30^th April 2026). The report must be accompanied by invoices made out to the applicant that are equivalent to the amount of the funding received. If the report and the invoices deviate from the statement of costs, a reasoned explanation must be submitted. If no report and no invoices can be submitted, already the scholarship amount paid must be returned.
Application period: 1^st September 2024 to 31^st October 2024 (for the winter semester 2024/25) or 1^st March 2025 to 30^th April 2025 (for the summer semester 2025), to be submitted to the Department of Studies and Examinations: studienabteilung@moz.ac.at

Social fund of the student body

for international & domestic regular students
Amount of the bursary: max. € 1.090,- /year
Requirements: social need (required documents according to the form; application forms are available from the ÖH)
Submission deadline: ongoing, at the ÖH Federal Representation www.oeh.ac.at

Childcare fund of the student body

for international & domestic regular students
Amount of the grant: max. € 1.090,-/year
Requirements: social need (required documents according to the form; application forms are available at the ÖH)
Submission deadline: ongoing, at the ÖH Federal Representation www.oeh.ac.at

Alfred Dorfer Scholarship

for single parents
Amount of the scholarship: Amount of the tuition fee
Requirements: Regular students who are single parents who have no chance of reclaiming their fees from another fund and are in a difficult financial situation
Form at: www.oeh.ac.at
To be submitted to: ÖH Federal Representation in Vienna

Hardship fund of the Students' Union Grant towards tuition fees

for international and domestic regular students
Amount of the grant: approx. € 150.
Requirements: social need (required documents according to the form
Application forms are available at the ÖH) to be submitted to: ÖH-Mozarteum in Salzburg: www.oeh-mozarteum.at

Deadline | 16^th May 2025, 11:00

Aims

In order to ensure Austria's status in the arts and culture, the award aims to support particularly outstanding graduates from the art universities while they start their artist careers. With this objective, the public art universities, in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Science, have initiated the “A4 - Austrian Art Alumni Award” programme, which grants six scholarships per year to graduates with an excellent academic background, to be awarded across the participating universities.

During their funding period, grant holders must implement a relevant art project, which they may realise in Austria or abroad.

Target group

Eligible candidates are recent graduates from a diploma or master's degree program from one of the six public art universities in Austria* who completed their studies no longer than 18 months before the call (the cut-off date is the end date of the application period).

*Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Mozarteum University Salzburg, University of Arts Linz, University of Applied Arts Vienna, mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Award benefits

The award sum is €2,000 per month per scholarship for a period of 12 months (the overall funding amount is EUR 24,000 per person). Installments are made quarterly by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Application terms and conditions

Completion of a diploma or master's degree from a public Austrian art university. Completion must be no longer than 18 months prior to the end of the application period.
Excellent academic achievement, in fulfillment of the university regulations in effect at the respective university
Austrian citizenship or citizenship of an EEA country (including Switzerland) or equivalent third-country nationals and stateless persons (according to § 4 Para. 1 StudFG). Candidates who do not meet these criteria are eligible for a scholarship if their place of residence is documented in Austria from the beginning of their studies until application submission.
Maximum age for eligible applicants is 35. If there are verifiable reasons (e.g. changing course of study, care responsibilities, etc.) that make fulfillment of this requirement impossible, the jury decides whether to consider the application.
A letter of recommendation for the applied project must be submitted, issued by the applicant’s artistic supervisor of their final thesis.

Allocation

The scholarship is allocated by nine jury members. Each art university holds one vote, with a further jury member being appointed by the Federal Ministry of Science. The panel also includes two external, independent experts nominated by the art universities.

Application

Application period: 28^th March to 16^th May 2025

All submissions must be made via the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna submission system https://calls.akbild.ac.at/.

Applicants must upload the following three documents as separate PDF-files.

1. Personal information (max. file size 10 MB)

Graduation certificate
“Bestätigungsformular für den ausgezeichneten Studienerfolg” (confirmation that the degree was passed with distinction), all data to be completed, signed and certified by the Registrar’s Office (“Studien- und Prüfungsabteilung”)
Official photo identification (e.g. passport, identity card)

2. Residence registration certificate (Meldebestätigung/“Meldezettel”)

3. Artistic achievements (max. file size 20 MB)

Short project description (1 Din A4-page)
Project concept, including a time plan (max. 2,000 characters including blanks)
Portfolio (selection of max. 5 artworks / equally applies for music works and videos)
- Overview of previous artistic work: film, video, and music works with a maximum length of 15 minutes (for longer works, an excerpt of the specified length must be submitted) must be uploaded to www.vimeo.com or www.youtube.com (unrestricted access without password). The links must be included in the respective work description.
- Artist curriculum vitae
Letter of recommendation by the artistic supervisor of the final thesis

Please make sure that files are named in the following format:

1. Personal information_Surname_AAAA25

2. Meldezettel_Surname_AAAA25

3. Artistic achievements_Surname_AAAA25

Contact and information

Dr.in BA. MA. Angelika Hudler (a.hudler@akbild.ac.at); Vice Rectorate for Art | Teaching

Forms

Bursaries & Scholarships of the University Mozarteum (forms in German)

State Scholaships (forms in german)

Bursaries & Scholarships from other legal entities (forms in german)