Nostrification exam dates in Austria: when are the SIP, Stichprobentest, Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin?

Next official sitting

In short

The dates at the top of this page come from the calendars of MedUni Vienna and the Medical University of Innsbruck and are recalculated every time you open it. Each exam has its own registration route: for the SIP, nostrification candidates register through the student office (Studienabteilung); for Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin, with a form sent from their muw account; for the Stichprobentest, at the university where you filed your application. For the SIP and Rezeptierkunde the official texts rule out late registration, so the registration window matters as much as the exam day.

SIP4a and SIP5a

SIP4a and SIP5a are exams of the Vienna degree programme; as a nostrification candidate you register for the parts your Bescheid prescribes. MedUni Vienna publishes the SIP sittings in its exam calendar (Prüfungskalender), with several sittings a year. Many sittings are marked “MC oder KAF” (multiple choice or KAF, a different question format): the format is fixed separately for each sitting.

You do not register yourself in Med.Campus. Instead you e-mail the Studienabteilung from your student account within the registration window, and a confirmation e-mail should follow. You cannot be registered for the same exam on two dates at once.

• MedUni Vienna exam calendar for the SIP (in German)
• When is it known whether the SIP is MC or KAF?
• What does exam registration need?

Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin (forensic medicine)

For both exams, MedUni Vienna announces exam weeks each semester, each week with its own registration window. According to the semester calendar, registration closes on a Tuesday at 12 noon.

You register by sending the exam's form as a scan or photo, by e-mail and only from your muw account: for Gerichtsmedizin to studref-gerichtsmedizin@meduniwien.ac.at, for Rezeptierkunde to nostrifikationspruefungsanmeldungen@meduniwien.ac.at. For data-protection reasons, mails from any other address are not accepted.

• MedUni Vienna: exams for nostrification candidates, with the forms (in German)
• Rezeptierkunde and forensic medicine: the two mandatory exams

Stichprobentest: two publishers, two deadlines

Two universities publish deadlines for the same Stichprobentest: the MedUni Vienna Merkblatt gives a filing deadline (Einreichungsfrist), and the Medical University of Innsbruck's dates PDF gives a registration deadline (Anmeldefrist). For some sittings the two dates differ. The box at the top shows both, each with its publisher. Confirm your deadline with the university where you filed your application.

• Stichprobentest: what do the Vienna and Innsbruck deadlines say?
• Stichprobentest: subjects, questions and how to prepare

How not to miss a deadline

Once your sitting is fixed, MedPrüf's study plan counts the weeks to that official sitting and spreads the topics of your question bank across them. You do not need an account for it.

1. Write down when the registration window opens and closes for your exam, not only the exam day.
2. Do not leave it to the last day: for the SIP and Rezeptierkunde, late registration is explicitly ruled out.
3. For Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin, send from your muw account only.
4. After registering for the SIP, check that the confirmation e-mail has arrived. If it has not, contact the Studienabteilung while the window is still open.

German terms on the official date pages

The calendars and forms linked here are in German. These words tell you what a date means:

1. Prüfungskalender: exam calendar
2. Anmeldezeitraum, Anmeldefrist: registration window, registration deadline
3. Einreichungsfrist: filing deadline
4. Nachmeldung, nachträgliche Anmeldung: late registration, which the SIP calendar and the Rezeptierkunde announcement rule out
5. Studienabteilung: the university's student office
6. muw account: your MedUni Vienna account; registrations for Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin must come from it

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Frequently asked questions

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• Exam calendar
• Register for SIP4a and SIP5a
• Register for Rezeptierkunde and Gerichtsmedizin
• Source review and unresolved points

Guides to nostrification in Austria

• Nostrification in Austria: how do you get a foreign medical degree recognised in Vienna?
• Stichprobentest in Innsbruck, Vienna or Graz: what is tested and how do you prepare?
• Rezeptierkunde and forensic medicine: why are they part of every positive nostrification decision?
• Pharmacology for the Rezeptierkunde exam in Vienna: what is tested and how do you prepare?
• German for doctors in Austria: when do you need C1, and when the Medical Chamber's language exam?
• SIP 4a and SIP 5a in Vienna: which exam parts do nostrification candidates take?
• Nostrification in Innsbruck: which exams come after the Stichprobentest?
• Nostrifying a medical degree in Austria: how long does it take and what does it cost?
• After nostrification: how do you get into the Ärzteliste and the right to practise in Austria?
• Specialist or general practice training in Austria: does your training from abroad count?
• Stichprobentest and SIP while working: how do you plan your preparation?

More short answers

• Where are the exam announcement and the exam calendar published?
• What does exam registration for the SIP, Rezeptierkunde, Gerichtsmedizin and the Stichprobentest need?
• What does “eliminiert” mean in the SIP result and feedback?
• When is it known whether the SIP is held as MC or KAF?
• Stichprobentest: what do the MedUni Vienna and Innsbruck deadlines say?
• SIP, Stichprobentest, Kenntnisprüfung: what is the difference?
• What does the MedPrüf free sample include?

Sources

• MedUni Wien, Prüfungskalender (SIP), read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Prüfungstermine Gerichtsmedizin und Rezeptierkunde für NostrifizierungswerberInnen, read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, KandidatInnen-Ausschreibung Prüfung Rezeptierkunde, read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Merkblatt Nostrifizierung Humanmedizin, read on 19 October 2026
• Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Termine Stichprobentest, read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Nostrifizierung: Prüfungen, read on 19 October 2026