38 cheapest universities in Austria in 2026

Founded in 1815, TU Wien is Austria's largest technical university and one of the most prestigious in Europe.

Founded in 1365, the University of Vienna is one of Europe's oldest universities and the largest in the German-speaking world.

Austrian public medical university rooted in the faculty founded in 1669, and one of Europe's leading biomedical centres.

Austrian public university for medicine, dentistry, nursing and biomedical research, based at the medical campus in Graz.

Founded in 1840, Montanuniversität Leoben is Austria's public technical university for raw materials, metallurgy, materials science and recycling.

The German-speaking world's largest medical training institution, MedUni Vienna is linked to Vienna's great AKH university hospital.

Vienna's world-renowned public arts university, training artists, architects and designers across fine arts, media arts and transdisciplinary practices.

Graz's public university of music and performing arts, renowned for historically informed performance and contemporary artistic practice.

Austria's largest university of applied sciences in Vienna: health, engineering, business and social sciences.

Private design university in St. Pölten founded by the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce, blending design, tech and business.

Austrian private university inspired by the Nobel peace laureate, offering programmes in management, psychology and the social sciences.

American-Austrian research university in Vienna, accredited in both the US and Austria, with a fully international community.

Vienna private university specialising in tourism, business and sustainability, overlooking the city from the Kahlenberg hill.

Private health sciences university in Krems devoted to medicine, health sciences and psychology, on the Danube.