Medical Certificate in Graz: Online, Same-Day from €34.99
- Certificate types covering every common Austrian use case
- Licensed physicians reviewing every case individually before anything is issued
- Same-day delivery, usually within 30 minutes on weekdays
- Full refund if the doctor cannot issue your certificate
- 🇦🇹 EUR pricing
- DSGVO compliant
- Accepted by employers, schools & sports clubs
Yes. From Graz, your case is reviewed online by a registered doctor, with no appointment and no travel. All six certificate types are a flat €34.99, delivered as a PDF. It states the doctor's findings for an employer, school, club or insurer in Austria. It is supporting documentation rather than the Krankenstandsbestätigung a treating doctor reports to the ÖGK.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
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Getting a Medical Certificate in Graz
Graz is Austria's second city, with an employer base built around a strong technology and automotive sector alongside its two large universities. Sick-leave handling varies with the kind of employer: an engineering or automotive firm with a formal HR process runs very differently from a small business with almost none, even though the underlying document, a Krankenstandsbestätigung, is the same either way.
The University of Graz and TU Graz between them make Graz one of the country's larger university cities. Illness affecting exams or coursework is handled through each institution's own process, with its own evidence requirements, so it's worth checking what your faculty actually asks for before requesting anything.
This isn't a clinic you visit in Graz — it's an online review, carried out by a doctor registered to assess cases in Austria, wherever in the country you happen to be when you request it. There's no waiting room and no address to travel to.
Graz's healthcare centre of gravity is the LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz, with roughly 1,556 beds and around 7,800 staff, sitting inside KAGes — the Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft, Styria's single largest employer with more than 19,000 people across seven hospitals and a spread of other sites. For anyone who works there, absence paperwork is a formal HR matter with its own internal route. For everyone else, a university hospital is the wrong door to knock on for a short illness. Outside the hospital system the shortage that matters is in general practice: nationally the number of Wahlärzte has grown roughly two and a half times over since 2000, to around 11,800, while contracted Kassenarzt numbers barely moved. Going private is not a small decision either, because a Wahlarzt refund is worked out from the Kassentarif for the equivalent service, which sits well below what a private practice charges for it.
Graz's automotive and engineering cluster shapes what actually gets requested. Magna Steyr, the contract vehicle manufacturer headquartered in the city, and AVL List, whose Graz head office accounts for roughly 4,100 of its 12,200-odd worldwide staff, are the kind of large technical employers that run a written absence procedure with a named contact and a submission deadline. In that setting a Return to Work certificate after a longer absence is often asked for separately from the Sick Leave certificate that covered the absence itself, and both are €34.99. Student demand runs on a different clock: Sports Fitness requests rise when university and city clubs process sign-ups for a new season, and the clearance requirement comes from the club rather than from any national rule.
Technology and automotive employers
Graz's technology and automotive sector includes both larger firms with formal absence procedures and smaller businesses with far less formal ones. Check your own contract for what's actually required.
University of Graz and TU Graz
Two large universities, each running its own process for illness affecting exams or coursework, with its own evidence requirements.
Notify your employer promptly
The unverzügliche Meldepflicht means you're generally expected to tell your employer about your illness without delay, separately from whether a written certificate is needed immediately.
Club and student sport
Sports clubs linked to Graz's universities and the wider city commonly ask for medical clearance before participation. The requirement comes from the club, not from a national rule.
All Certificate Types Available in Austria
Every certificate type is reviewed by a licensed physician registered to assess cases in Austria. Choose the one that matches your situation. Each certificate is issued only once a doctor is satisfied it is clinically appropriate, and includes a verification reference so the recipient can confirm it is genuine.
Sick Leave Certificate (Krankenstandsbestätigung)
For work absence in Austria, reviewed against general Austrian employment law provisions and your own employer's reporting expectations. Suitable for illnesses that keep you from work for a short period, subject to whatever your own contract and Kollektivvertrag require.
From €34.99Sports Fitness Certificate
For Austrian Sportverein clubs, competitions, and youth sport programmes requesting medical clearance before participation. Covers a general health declaration confirming there is no medical reason identified against participating in club training or competition.
From €34.99General Fitness Certificate
For Austrian gym membership and personal training sign-up where a health declaration is requested. Many studios and personal trainers ask new members to confirm there is no known medical reason against starting a fitness programme.
From €34.99General Medical Certificate
For Austrian insurance claims, university mitigating-circumstances requests, club membership, and other general documentation needs. A flexible option where the requesting organisation asks for general medical confirmation rather than a specific certificate type.
From €34.99How It Works in Graz
Complete assessment
3-5 minutes. Select your certificate type, confirm Austria as your country, and answer relevant health questions. No payment yet. The questions are tailored to the certificate type you select, so a sports fitness assessment looks different from a sick leave assessment.
Licensed physician reviews
Your case is reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Austria, generally during Central European business hours, Monday-Friday. The doctor may ask for more information before deciding. Review times can vary depending on how straightforward your case is and how busy the queue is at that time.
Receive your PDF
Emailed same day, usually within 30 minutes of approval, with doctor credentials and a verification reference. You can forward the PDF directly to your employer, school, club, or airline, or print it if a physical copy is requested.
Who Asks for a Medical Certificate in Graz
Graz employers
A Krankenstandsbestätigung from a doctor registered to assess cases in Austria is the documentation most employers ask for. Under the Angestelltengesetz or the Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz, read alongside any sector Kollektivvertrag, whether it is needed from day 1 or only after a short self-reported period depends on your own contract — check your terms rather than assuming a fixed rule.
University of Graz, TU Graz and colleges
Commonly requested as supporting evidence for missed exams or coursework. Each institution sets its own requirements.
Clubs and gyms
Sports clubs and gyms across Graz may ask for medical clearance before participation, particularly for contact sport.
Insurers and other bodies
General medical certificates are sometimes requested for insurance claims or similar administrative purposes, where what matters is that a genuine assessment took place.
Austria Pricing: All Certificate Types
| Certificate Type | Our Price | Typical Private Doctor Visit |
|---|---|---|
| Sick Leave Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Sports Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Fit to Fly Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Return to Work Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Medical Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
Private doctor visit costs are typical ranges reported for private consultations in Austria and vary by location and provider. We do not add booking fees, membership charges, or other hidden costs on top of the listed price.
Austria Legal Snapshot: What Applies in Graz
Sick-leave and certificate rules are set nationally, so what follows applies in Graz exactly as it does anywhere else in Austria.
Yes — you can get a medical certificate (doctor's note) in Austria online, reviewed by a registered doctor and usually issued the same day, from €34.99. In Austria, employees are generally expected to notify their employer promptly when illness prevents them from working (the unverzügliche Meldepflicht). Whether a written Krankenstandsbestätigung, known in English as a "certificate of sick leave," is typically needed from the first day of absence, or only after a short self-reported period, depends on your individual employment contract and any collective bargaining agreement (Kollektivvertrag) covering your sector, so this genuinely varies by employer. For sport, fitness, travel, or general purposes such as insurance, education, or club membership, a separate certificate type applies. See the full list below. Because employment terms in Austria are shaped so heavily by sector-level collective agreements, two people working similar jobs at different companies can genuinely face different expectations around timing and paperwork. If you are ever unsure what applies to you, your employment contract, staff handbook, or HR contact is a more reliable source than a general guide like this one, and a labour law adviser can help with anything contractual or disputed. In everyday English this is often just called a doctor's note for Austria, even where the official local term differs.
| Local document name | Krankenstandsbestätigung, sometimes referred to as an ärztliche Bestätigung ("medical confirmation"). In English: "certificate of sick leave." |
|---|---|
| Notification expectation | Generally as soon as reasonably possible: employees are typically expected to notify their employer promptly of illness (unverzügliche Meldepflicht), with exact timing usually set out in your employment contract. |
| When a certificate is typically required | Often required promptly, and in many workplaces from the first day of absence, though some collective agreements allow a short self-reported period before a certificate becomes necessary. This varies by employer and sector, so always check your own contract and Kollektivvertrag. |
| Who can typically issue it | A licensed physician (Arzt) in Austria, generally one registered within the Austrian social insurance/health system. |
| Submission deadline | Generally as soon as reasonably possible, per your employer's own policy. |
| Governing framework | General Austrian employment law provisions (referenced broadly, for example under the Angestelltengesetz for salaried employees and the Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz for wage-earning employees), read alongside any sector-specific collective agreement. |
| Data protection law | DSGVO, the German-language term for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which applies directly in Austria alongside the national Datenschutzgesetz (DSG). |
Note on employment contracts and collective agreements: Austrian sick-leave certificate timing is not a single fixed national rule in the way it can sometimes appear online: it is generally shaped by your individual employment contract and by any Kollektivvertrag covering your sector or employer. Requirements can differ meaningfully between a retail role, an office job, and a unionised industrial position. Treat the information above as general orientation, not a substitute for checking your own contract or asking your employer's HR team or a labour law adviser. This is also why we deliberately avoid stating a single day-number as a fixed rule on this page: doing so would overstate certainty that does not exist across every Austrian employment relationship.
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Reg. #Medical Certificates in Graz: Common Questions
No. The assessment is completed online and reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Austria, so where you are in the country makes no difference to the process or the price. This page exists because people search for their own city.
Our certificate is €34.99 flat, including the doctor's review, the PDF and its verification reference. A typical private doctor visit in Austria commonly falls in the €50-€120 range. It is not a substitute for care — if you need to be examined or treated, see a doctor in person.
It depends on your contract and any sector Kollektivvertrag that applies to you. Whether a written Krankenstandsbestätigung is required from day 1 or only after a short self-reported period varies by employer and sector — check your own terms rather than assuming. You're generally expected to notify your employer promptly under the unverzügliche Meldepflicht regardless.
It can support an application, but each faculty sets its own evidence requirements and some ask for a specific form or wording. Check what your department actually requires first, and tell us who the certificate is for.
Same day, usually within 30 minutes of the doctor approving your case during business hours. Some cases take longer where the doctor needs more information before deciding.
Quite a lot for a self-limiting illness you can describe accurately, and not enough for anything else. The doctor works from the account you give and their own clinical judgement, and will decline where the picture does not support a certificate or where they think you need to be seen. If you have chest pain, breathing difficulty, a possible fracture or anything that needs looking at, go to a doctor or an Ambulanz in Graz rather than filling in a form.
No, and it matters that you know before you pay. A Krankenstandsbestätigung is normally issued by the treating doctor, who also reports the Krankenstand to the ÖGK. What we issue is the written outcome of an online review by an Austrian-registered doctor; it will back up your absence with an employer or a faculty, but no ÖGK-side registration follows from it. If your employer or payroll specifically needs that record, you will need to see a doctor in person — a Kassenarzt or a Wahlarzt.
Sports Fitness, €34.99. Clubs, university sports programmes and gyms in Graz set their own clearance requirements and a fair number use their own form or want specific wording, so ask yours what it actually requires before requesting anything. For contact sport in particular some clubs insist on an in-person examination, which an online assessment cannot replace.
You can submit a request at any hour. The doctor's review happens when a doctor is on, so a Saturday-night request is not the same thing as a Saturday-night certificate — the same-day turnaround described on this page applies during business hours. If you need documentation for Monday morning, requesting on Sunday gives you considerably more room than requesting at 6am on Monday.
Usually it does not need to. Certificates of this kind generally confirm that a doctor assessed you and, where relevant, the period you are considered unfit for work or study; an employer normally has no entitlement to your diagnosis. If whoever is asking has told you they need particular details or a specific form, say so when you request it — we would rather tell you upfront that we cannot match it than issue something you cannot use.
A certificate anyone can check - in seconds.
Every certificate is issued by a doctor registered with their national medical council, after a real assessment, and carries a reference code that resolves instantly - whether your employer is in Dublin, Berlin or Warsaw.
- ✓Issued only after a genuine clinical review
- ✓Unique reference code, checkable by anyone
- ✓Covers sick leave, fitness-to-work & carer's leave
- ✓Delivered as a signed PDF within the hour
