Study in Austria

Situated in the core of Europe, Austria offers remarkable diversity concentrated in a small area. Here you can discover peace and an unparalleled quality of life, big city flair and a rich culture.

Home to over 22 esteemed universities, and with nearly 500 study options available in Austrian Higher Education Institutes, Austria offers a broad variety of high-quality study options – whilst Vienna, its cosmopolitan capital, has been voted as one of the best cities in which to live in the European Union. Besides so much to offer, it’s little wonder Austria is growing in popularity as a study destination for international students.

Austria connects a long tradition of higher education with state-of-the-art research – The standards of higher education in Austria have achieved outstanding successes on an international level and gained a strong reputation.

Austrian universities offer an ever-growing, plenty of degree programmes: you can opt for first-class research-based courses, a world-famous education at any of the universities of the arts, high-quality practice-oriented degree courses at the universities of applied sciences, and sound, modern education and innovative courses at private universities.

All in all, Austria offers you a wide spectrum of educational opportunities – not to mention an excellent social security, economic stability and the great hospitality of the Austrians.

Within Austria, you can enrol either in public or private universities, institutes and universities of applied sciences.

• For EU-students: free of charge. Will just have to pay student union and student insurance of 18 EUR per semester. 
• For non-EU students: 1450 EUR per year 

International students in Austria can get advantage from various education grants and scholarships awarded by Austrian organizations or universities. 

The Federal Aid for Students provides education grants for certain areas of study or study allowances. The price of the grants offered is between 475 and 679 EUR per month. 

Other scholarships in Austria are offered by the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria; the Austrian government grants a monthly scholarship installment of 940 EUR or sometimes covers the accommodation costs – only for students who live in residence halls. 

The University of Vienna prices tuition fees for some study programmes at postgraduate level (Master and PhD courses), that includes the law or international relations, to all international students, regardless of the nationality. 

Universities of Applied Sciences in Austria separately decide if they charge tuition fees. Currently, 17 of the 20 Universities of Applied Sciences in Austria need EU students to pay a tuition fee of around 363 EUR per semester. The charge for the student union and student insurance applies as well.