In order to graduate from your Master Progamme you have to have positive completed all the courses stated according to your curriculum as well as the positive graded Master's thesis and Defensio.

After fulfilling the regulations of your curriculum, you will have to submit the required documents for graduating in the BOKU Study services (Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien).

At least 3 weeks before submitting the required documents, you will have to hand in your Individual Course Plan (ICP) to the administrative support at BOKU-International Relations for a pre-check of your courses: Contact

Depending on where the Master's thesis was written and defended, the list of required documents is different.

The list and forms of the required documents are to be found on the webpage of the Study services. 

Master's thesis written and defended at BOKU

You have to register your Master's thesis as soon as the task and the supervisors have been fixed. According to the law the Master's thesis has to be registered before you start working on it.

Please have your Transcript of Records from the home university checked a semester in advance, first at BOKU-International Relations (administrative coordinator) and then at the Study services (Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien).
Before you have your documents checked, you have to enter all courses done at the partner university (not BOKU) in your BOKUonline account (one data sheet per course) (info-guide accreditation/recognition)

After fulfilling the requirements of your curriculum you have to submit the required documents for graduating at the Study services (Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien) at least 3 weeks before your defence.

The Master's thesis defence at BOKU is a presentation and defense of your Master's thesis.
On October 1, 2014, new graduation guidelines came into force.
According to these regulations the student coordinates a date for the defence with two university teachers (professors /"habilitated") - one of them being the main thesis supervisor. The chair for the defence will be appointed by the Study services and has to be a member of a different department than the thesis supervisor. Students have the possibility to suggest a chair. The co-supervisor from the home university can take part in the defense via video-conference or can be physically present; the BOKU administrative coordinator can help you with organising the video conference.
The defence (45 minutes) consists of a presentation (20 minutes) and a scientific discussion. Further details can be found in the guidelines.

 

Required documents  for your graduation:

  • Application for a defensio
  • Admission Letter or BOKU Bachelor Certificate
  • Grading of the Master's thesis (has to be filled by the supervisor)
  • Grading of the Master's thesis-Defensio (has to be filled by supervisor)  
  • Confirmation of your Co-Supervisor
  • Abstract: Data-input and Print-Out Confirmation (if Master's thesis written at BOKU) 
  • 1 printed Master's thesis in Hardcover (if Master's thesis written at BOKU)
  • Copy of the first page of your Master's thesis
  • Clearance of your library account (info-guide)
  • Individual Course Plan (ICP): signed by student, administrative supporter and study programme coordinator
  • Transcript of Records from all other attended universities during your Master Programme
  • Accreditation/Recognition of all attended courses at a partner university during the Master programme (Info-Guide)
  • UStat questionnaire (Info-Guide UStat - Info-Guide Substitute Code)

Master's thesis written and defended at the Partner-University

Required documents: http://www.boku.ac.at/en/studienservices/themen/infos-studienabschluss/studienabschluss-von-masterstudien/studienabschluss-von-internationalen-masterstudien/

  • Request for issuing of graduation documents
  • Admission Letter or BOKU-Bachelordiplom
  • Certified copy of the Diploma, Diploma Supplement, Master's thesis Grading and Transcript of Records from the Partner University
  • Official confirmation of the BOKU co-supervisor of the perfomance of the Master's thesis
  • Clearance of your library account (info-guide)
  • Individual Course Plan (ICP): signed by student, administrative supporter and study programme coordinator
  • Transcript of Records from all other attended universities during your Master Programme
  • Accreditation/Recognition of all attended courses at a partner university during the Master programme (Info-Guide)
  • UStat questionnaire (Info-Guide UStat - Info-Guide Substitute Code)