Brief Description

Compulsory pre-registration as a requirement for the admission to an academic study program

Prior to your initial admission to a university degree program at BOKU, an online pre-registration via the internet is required.

How do I fill out the pre-registration?

The following documentation provides detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations and explanations, which should answer many of your questions. Please read this documentation carefully and in its entirety!

Are there also short instructions?
  • Open link to pre-registration
  • Create basic account
  • Confirm e-mail address
  • Log in to BOKUonline with the basic account
  • Fill out pre-registration
  • Confirm entries
  • Follow the next steps (overview)

Some tips:

  • Observe deadlines
  • Have your photo and certificate ready
  • Read the documentation carefully and in its entirety
When can I pre-register for studies?

The deadlines for pre-registration and admission to a study program at BOKU can be found in the time table of the Study Services.

You can register for an account outside of the deadlines, but pre-registration itself can only be done during the given deadlines.

You can find the dates and timetable of the academic year here: BOKU Timetable

Pre-registration for the summer term 2025 starts on December 17th 2024.

I did obtain my higher education entrance qualification (Matura, Abitur, ...) NOT IN AUSTRIA - how can I declare this?

If you have acquired your higher education entrance qualification (general qualification for university entrance, university entrance qualification) in another state than Austria, please select
"25 Foreign school leaving examination"
from the list for the school type.

You can then select the correct country of issue (e.g. Germany, France, etc.).

What criteria must my photo meet for the student ID?

Your student card is an official identification document. Accordingly, the same rules apply for selecting the photo to be used. The person must be clearly recognizable and not be wearing any headgear (caps, hoods, etc.). The photo must be taken from the front and show the entire head; anything below the shoulders cannot be included in the picture. Further information on valid passport photos can also be found at: https://www.bmi.gv.at/607/files/Passbild_Kriterien_2022.pdf 

I have studied at BOKU before, do I also have to pre-register?

If you have already studied at BOKU, please contact the Study Services.

I used to work or currently work at BOKU. How do I pre-register?

If you are a former BOKU employee, you cannot create a pre-registration account in Selfservice. In this case, please contact the BOKU IT Hotline via: boku-it(at)boku.ac.at 

If you are currently an active BOKU employee, you can pre-register via your BOKUonline business card under “Pre-registration for studies”. The further steps are the same as in the pre-registration for students.

Who can I contact when I have study-related questions?

If you have any study-related questions about the pre-registration, admission or studies, please contact the Study Services.

The following documentation provides detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations and explanations, which should answer many of your questions. Please read this documentation carefully and in its entirety!

What should I do if the information provided during pre-registration is incomplete or incorrect?

Please refer to sections 8 and 9 of the documentation.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to make subsequent corrections to the electronic pre-registration.
If your pre-registration data is incomplete or incorrect, including your photo, please leave your pre-registration incomplete and incorrect and supplement and correct the data together with the staff of the Student Services during the admission process.
The staff of the Student Services will go through all the data you have entered with you during the admission process and advise you on any points that are unclear.
Nevertheless, we urge you to enter the data correctly in the first place.

You have created a basic account for the pre-registration. Please note that this basic account does NOT YET give you access to all IT services.
After you have activated your student account with the PIN code you receive from Study Services you can enroll for courses, enroll for BOKUlearn and use all other IT services .

What to do next ...

These are the steps following your pre-registration:

Launch Application

Pre-Registration

Contact & Support

Have you carefully read the detailed instructions and still have questions?