Applicants must meet the admission criteria of Montanuniversität Leoben. This includes:

1. A Bachelor degree of (or equivalent to) 180 ECTS in an appropriate subject (e.g. Engineering, Earth sciences, environmental sciences, mineral resource engineering) issued by one of the partner universities, or an equivalent university qualification from other top universities worldwide in an appropriate subject.*


2. A proof of average grade following the requirements that can be found here.
   For students who obtained their BSc at one of the partner universities, special CGPA requirements apply. Please see the requirement for each partner university below:
   
   
   
   • Aalto University: min. CGPA of 2.5
   
   
   • RWTH Aachen: min. CGPA of 2.5
   
   
   • Montanuniversität Leoben: n/a
   
   
   
   


3. Certificate of a recognised English language proficiency test:**
   
   
   • TOEFL iBT (with an overall band score of 90 and min. 21 for each section)
   
   
   • IELTS (with an overall band score of 6.5 and min. 6.0 for each section)
   
   
   • CAE/CPE (min. C with an overall score of 176(C1) or 180 (C2) and min 169 for each section (C1&C2))
   
   
   
   


4. Letter of motivation (max. 2000 words) MU Leoben do not require letter


5. Curriculum Vitae


6. Two Letters of recommendation*** MU Leoben do not require letter


7. Proof of payment of €100,- administration costs**** MU Leoben do not require payment of administration fee.

All documents need to be presented in English. Students are selected and admitted to the programme based on their academic results, fulfilment of requirements, motivation and language skills.

_{* Students in their final year of a Bachelor degree are eligible to apply provided that they complete their degree before the start of the programme. Acceptance in the programme will then be conditional on the student obtaining the necessary degree. Proof of completion of the degree must be shown before the start of the program. All applicants must deliver an officially attested copy of an official Bachelor degree certificate. This is a condition for the acceptance and no enrolment to the university can be made before the delivery of this certificate. The copies of study certificates must be certified by the issuing institution or by a notary public.}

_{** Please note that students who obtained their B.Sc. at one of the partner universities and nationals from the USA, U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada are exempt from the English language test. Applicants who obtained a bachelor’s degree in one of the aforementioned countries are also exempt from the English language proficiency requirement.}

_{***Students who obtained their B.Sc at one of the partner universities are also exempt from the two letters of recommendation.}

_{**** Refundable if student is admitted.}

European Mining Course (EMC) Admission for 22/23 at Montanuniversität Leoben
Thank you for your interest in starting the EMC programme at the Montanuniversität Leoben.

We hope the following information will be helpful to begin your journey:
https://www.unileoben.ac.at/en/studying/prospective-international-students/ and https://starter.unileoben.ac.at/en/studying/prospective-students/admission

Important notes for EMC applicants:
Make sure that you pre-register for the MA program “Mining and Tunnelling”.
When filling in the form
• Application for recognition of equivalence. Please enter. Mining and Tunnelling EMC”
• Intended field of study of the Master’s program of Montanuniversität Leoben. Please enter. Mining and Tunnelling EMC
• Name of the chairperson of the curriculum committee of intended field of study.. Please enter: Prof. Moser

Further information:
• Registrar's Office [email protected] and [email protected]
• Welcome Centre [email protected]

Procedure
1. Register at MU Leoben https://starter.unileoben.ac.at/en/studying/prospective-students/admission
2. Choose the master track Mining and Tunnelling.
3. After enrolment at MU Leoben, apply for student exchange to RWTH Aachen and Aalto University, according to the regular student exchange application procedure of MU Leoben.
4. If you apply to Aalto, see the application requirements for incoming exchange students https://into.aalto.fi/display/enuudet/How+to+apply