19 private universities in Austria in 2026

Vienna business school founded in 2003, blending European and American education for international management careers.

Private music university college in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, devoted to instrumental and vocal pedagogy and performance.

Tyrolean private university devoted to health sciences, medicine and health informatics, working closely with Innsbruck's clinics.

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

The City of Vienna's private music and arts university, heir of the Conservatorium Wien, at the heart of artistic life.

Austria's leading distance-learning university of applied sciences, flexible and largely campus-free, in Wiener Neustadt.

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

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

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

Private university for music, drama and dance in Linz, named after the composer, recognised for artistic excellence.

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

Private university in Linz devoted to theology, philosophy and religious education, bridging science and faith.

Private music university in Klagenfurt dedicated to jazz, popular music and pedagogy in southern Austria.

Private university in Krems specialised in dentistry and medicine, with programmes recognised across the EU.

Pioneering Vienna private university devoted to jazz and popular music, housed in the Gasometer 'Music City'.

Private music and drama university college in Burgenland carrying Joseph Haydn's legacy in Eisenstadt.

Private lakeside university near Salzburg specialised in psychology, business and entrepreneurship.

Vienna campus of Webster University: business, international relations and psychology, taught fully in English.

Vienna private university devoted to psychology, psychotherapy, law and medicine, with a strong clinical focus.