Having passed the civil engineer's examination, successful candidates may be licensed to work as civil engineers on a self-employed basis. This licence is awarded by the Federal Minister for of Labour and Economy.

• Successfully passed examination for civil engineers;
• Legal capacity;
• No bankruptcy;
• Reliability.

No special deadlines need to be observed.

• Request: The competent Chamber of Civil Engineers ( → zt) ^{German text} where the requesting party's firm is established.
• Decision: Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy ( → BMAW) ^{German text}

The request may be submitted personally or in writing to the competent authority.

• Certificate of civil engineer's examination;
• Citizenship certificate ( → österreich.gv.at) ^{German text};
• Police certificate of good conduct ( → österreich.gv.at) ^{German text} (no more than three months old);
• Sworn declaration that no grounds for disqualification exist;
• Where applicable also documentary evidence of university degrees ^{German text}.

• Request:
  • EUR 47.30;
  • attachment: EUR 3.90 per sheet.
• Official decision:
  • EUR 83.60 federal fee;
  • EUR 98 federal administrative levy.

Section 10 of the Ziviltechnikergesetz (ZTG)

I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding: 

• the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
• the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
• the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.

Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy

12 January 2024