Stichprobentest and SIP while working: how do you plan your preparation?

Next official sitting

In short

If you prepare alongside a job, plan backwards from your official sitting. For the Stichprobentest the date is largely set for you: the MedUni Vienna Merkblatt says you sit it, as a rule, at the next possible date after you apply, and you can take it only once. For the SIP, MedUni Vienna's registration form says you take every prescribed part at the same sitting. So spread your subjects over the weeks you have and leave none out, because each one is scored on its own.

What is fixed

The MedUni Vienna Merkblatt says you sit the Stichprobentest, as a rule, at the next possible date after you apply, and that you can take it only once. That means the day you file your application also decides how much preparation time you get.

For the SIP, every part your decision (Bescheid) prescribes is taken at the same sitting, and incomplete or late registrations are not considered. Put the sitting and the registration deadline in your calendar before you plan a single study week.

• Exam dates and registration deadlines
• SIP 4a and SIP 5a: the exam parts for nostrification candidates

Every subject counts on its own

In the Stichprobentest, the Merkblatt says a field is passed when at least 60 percent of its questions are answered correctly. In the SIP, MedUni Vienna sets its own 60 percent threshold for each block and each tertial. A strong subject does not make up for a weak one, and what follows the Stichprobentest depends on how many fields reach 60 percent.

For your plan that means: give every subject time, the small ones too, and start with the ones you feel least sure about.

• Stichprobentest: subjects, questions and how to prepare

A weekly plan when time is short

With only a few hours a week, a fixed routine helps. One way to set it up:

1. Pick your official sitting and count the weeks until then.
2. Be honest about how many hours a week your job and family leave you.
3. Spread the subjects across those weeks so that every subject gets its turn.
4. Practise in short sessions on working days and one longer session at the weekend.
5. Keep the last weeks for review and practice against the clock.

How MedPrüf fits in

MedPrüf's study plan spreads the topics of your question bank across the weeks up to your official sitting. You choose the sitting and how many hours a week you can study; you do not need an account. The practice questions are curated and are not official exam questions. They are in German, like the exams, and the explanations can be machine-translated into several languages.

• Nostrification: how long it takes and what it costs

Your next step

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Frequently asked questions

Read more

• Stichprobentest
• SIP: rules and passing
• Exam calendar

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

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, Merkblatt Nostrifizierung Humanmedizin, read on 19 October 2026
• Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Nostrifizierungsablauf (FAQ), read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Prüfungsanmeldung SIP 4a für Nostrifikant:innen, read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Nostrifizierung: Prüfungen, read on 19 October 2026
• MedUni Wien, Beurteilungskriterien und Bestehensgrenzen der Gesamtprüfungen (SIP), read on 19 October 2026