Course Information
Most of our courses require you to have a good command of the German language so that you can follow classes, give oral presentations and write papers. We recommend to brush up your German before coming.
A few institutes however offer courses in English. If you want to search for them you must use the course catalogue, click “advanced search” and change the language of instruction.
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.home
https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.meine_lvanmeldungen
If you choose a course you should go to “Details” where you will find all the information regarding application deadline, course description, language of instructions, credits and you will have the possibility to book the course.
With your user-ID at the Central IT Services (which will be sent to you in due time) you can enter LFU:online anytime in order to register for courses. Please be fair and drop courses if you are not interested in attending anymore. Other students should have the chance to book the course as well.
For further information go to:
https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline.help?id_in=6
A regular student needs to gain 30 ECTS per semester. Please be aware that studying in a different language can be more difficult. For this reason most of the international students gain around 20 – 25 credits.
The course catalogue will be published
in June/ beginning July for the winter semester and
in January/ beginning of February for the summer semester.
If you need to present a list of courses at your home university - we recommend to use the course catalogue of the previous year as a guideline until the new catalogue is published: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.home
Exchange students who are not nominated as Business students cannot take any courses offered at the Faculty of Business, Statistics and Management.
We can recommend two courses which could be of interest since these courses are especially designed for international students:
Intercultural communication (4 ECTS) – held in English:
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=19W&lvnr_id_in=800644
Internationale Organisationen und Global Governance (5 ECTS) - held in English
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=19W&lvnr_id_in=800649
The European Union (7,5 ECTS) - held in English
https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=19W&lvnr_id_in=800643
German as a Foreign Language for Incomings of Joint Study Programs (course number 124081 - 5 ECTS)
This course is designed for exchange students who are absolute beginners. Attendance is mandatory and you need to do a test at the end of the semester. The course is for free and you will receive 5 ECTS if you pass the test at the end.
Please go to the following link and find out more about the time, location and contents of the course (see the details as well):
https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?lvnr_id_in=124081&sem_id_in=16W
Application details will be sent to you by mail 2 months prior to the semester start "First Steps".
Exploring German Speaking Countries (course number 124079 - 3 ECTS)
Selected country specific topics including art, culture, geography, history and Society of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Application details will be sent to you by mail 2 months prior to the semester start "First Steps".
Attention: If you want to attend a different course at ISI you need to apply through ISI and pay for the course: