Study in Vienna

It's affordable

Vienna ranks joint 67th globally for affordability, with low tuition fees and a cheap cost of living.

High quality of life

Students in Vienna enjoy a high quality of life, reflected in its top 10 score for desirability.

Beautiful architecture 

With Baroque buildings to contemporary architecture, Vienna blends the old with the new, helping to make the city beautiful. 

Good prospects for graduates

Vienna scores in the top 50 for employer activity and the city is a hub of many international organisations.

Vienna is one of the most affordable student cities in the world, with low tuition fees and a cheap cost of living in comparison to other European countries, such as the UK. The city ranks joint 67th for affordability. 

This year, students can expect to pay around US$900 per year for tuition at Vienna's universities. According to Numbeo, students should save around £670 per month for general living expenses, plus an additional £807 for an apartment in the city centre.

One of Europe's most historic capitals, Vienna is awash with cultural riches, from the theatres and concert halls that witnessed the earliest performances of masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, to the Sigmund Freud Museum, and numerous galleries displaying the works of Viennese artists such as Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele.

In the winter, Vienna’s main square, Rathausplatz, becomes a huge ice rink. It's Wiener Eistraum (or Ice World) is a must-see attraction. 

Vienna continues to rank among the world's top 50 cities for employer activity, showing that graduate employees rate degrees from Vienna’s top universities very highly, which is excellent news for graduates.