With high quality universities and low tuition fees it is an attractive alternative to Germany in which to learn in one of the world’s most important languages – German.

Austria has 23 public and 11 private universities.

There are three Austrian universities in the QS World University Rankings 2014–15 Top 300. The nation’s leading university, the University of Vienna is 156th, Vienna University of Technology is 246th, and Universität Innsbruck is 288th.

Established in 1365, the University of Vienna is Austria’s oldest and largest university.

A dozen or so undergraduate and many more postgraduate courses are taught in English. More are taught in English and German.

1. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2. Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
3. IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems
4. International Business School
5. Johannes Kepler University Linz
6. Kufstein Tirol University of Applied Sciences
7. MCI Management Center Innsbruck
8. MODUL University Vienna
9. Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
10. University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna
11. University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
12. University of Graz
13. University of Innsbruck
14. University of Klagenfurt
15. University of Leoben
16. University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
17. University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna
18. University of Salzburg
19. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
20. University of Vienna
21. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
22. Vienna University of Technology