Free Elective Courses within the University of Graz

Only courses that have not been used for completion of the corresponding prior study program may be applied to the Free Elective Courses. This proof is to be supplied by the student.
If you have completed your prior study program at the University of Graz, please hand in the data sheet (in German “Datenblatt”), which you received at the respective Dean’s Office, at the Student Services Center.
If you did not complete your prior study program at the University of Graz, please hand in a proof at the Student Services Center which courses you have not used for your prior study program.

If the course to be recognized was taken at the University of Graz in the respective study program, no recognition is required. The courses to be used as free electives must be announced on the Degree Completion Form at the end of the program in the Student Services Center.

To enter the application for recognition in UNIGRAZonline, please proceed as follows:

1. Log in to UNIGRAZonline
2. Click “Recognitions/Achievement supplements“
3. On the “Operations“ menu, click on “New recognition“
   Select the study program for which recognition is requested.
4. Type of Recognition “General recognition“
5. Please ignore (do not fill in) the File Number, Dean’s Office Number and Note.
6. Educational Institution
   Select the educational institution where the examination to be recognized was taken.
7. Enter the Date of Recognition (current date)
8. Save
9. Cancel/Close
10. Enter the course to be recognized by clicking “0/0/0”
11. On the “Operations“ menu, click “New position” and then click “Course(s) to be recognized: add“
12. Select the completed course by clicking on the respective course in the list
13. Cancel/Close
14. In the position click “is/are recognised for Uni Graz course(s) add“ and select the examination node “Free Elective Courses“ (“Freie Wahlfächer”) of your curriculum in the tree and then select “Free Elective Course 1“ (“Freies Wahlfach 1“) (click “Select“)
15. Select the corresponding course (A00.XXXXXX “Free Elective Course 1“ (“Freies Wahlfach 1”) Enter the current semester.
16. Add
17. Close
18. Enter the grade of the completed course at “Uni Graz assessment“
19. Save and Close
20. Verification of the entered data
    The entered positions can be opened and edited by clicking on Position (e.g. “1/0/0”). If you want to enter further courses, click “New position” on the “Operations” menu. Then select “Free Elective Course 2“ (“Freies Wahlfach 2“) and so on.
21. Confirm the entry by clicking “Confirm all positions“ in the “Operations“ menu
    A correction of the entries is no longer possible for you afterwards!
22. Notify the Student Services Center of your submission via email to sowi.anerkennung(at)uni-graz.at to initiate processing of your recognition request. Please include your student ID and the name of the study program.

Please note that responses will only be sent to your student email account.

Recognition of free elective courses can only be granted up to the maximum according to the curriculum.