AEMS 2024

Application process

Please apply through our online application form - you will be asked to register for the website first. Please enter your name and mail-address and choose a password. Afterwards, you are required to complete all fields and to upload the following information for a successful procedure:

  • A scan or photo of the picture page of your passport
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • A brief motivational statement of why you would like to participate in the AEMS and how you want to contribute to a sustainable development (daily routines, projects that you would like to implement, positions you want to hold or held already, etc.). Type your motivational statement directly into the application form. Please keep your statement limited to 1.000 characters (incl. spaces).
  • Photo of yourself (all students will receive an info package including a photo wall with their co-students - it will be used AEMS-internally only)
  • Grade transcript of home university (to prove your student status if you're a student)

The AEMS Summer University is an academic course. If completed successfully, BOKU-students or "Mitbeleger*innen" from other Austrian universities acquire 5 ECTS credits from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). Foreign students get a BOKU certificate that needs to be acknowledged by your home university.

You can find more information about the course in the directory of BOKU-courses here.

Your contract partner is OeAD student housing. By submitting your application you agree to the General Terms and Conditions and automatically start the nomination process. You acknowledge that the Withdrawal or Deferral Refund Policy applies from the moment of submission.

Criteria and process

After your application, the following key elements of your application will be taken into account in the selection process:

  • Completed A-level
  • Motivation and commitment for participation
  • English language skills
  • Academic standing / work experience
  • International experience

We value different perspectives and exchange and that’s why the AEMS Summer University aims to reach a heterogeneous group of people from a variety of backgrounds. We therefore highly encourage students from all fields of studies to apply.

Nomination as participant

After receiving your application, we will immediately begin with the screening of your documents and get in touch with you, if essential information or additional data is needed in order to check your eligibility.

Nominations as well as scholarship assignments will be sent out around the 15th of each month via e-mail, including payment information.
After nomination you will be asked to return the signed and scanned Waiver of Liability.

After your nomination

After you’ve accepted our nomination offer and returned the Waiver of Liability, you'll be asked to transfer the tuiton fee within the time stated on your invoice. You’ll be asked to send a confirmation of your transaction. After receiving your payment, you have a secured spot to participate in the AEMS Summer University. From there on, it’s time to lean back as we prepare everything for you to have a great time in Vienna!

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