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Austria

Country: Austria

Population (million): 9.2 (2025)

Area (km²): 83879

Official language: German

Currency: euro (since 1 January 1999)

Dialling code: +43

Internet users (million): 6.6 (2025)

Number of students: 442,235 (2024)

Students as % of population aged 20-24: 30.9 (2024)

Women among students (%): 54.9 (2024)

Students - bachelor's level: 193,739 (2024)

Students - master's level: 156,105 (2024)

Students - doctoral level: 20,098 (2024)

Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): free for EU/EEA citizens (only the ÖH fee of €25.20 per semester); non-EU: usually €751.92 per semester (2026)

Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): free for EU/EEA citizens (only the ÖH fee of €25.20 per semester); non-EU: usually €751.92 per semester (2026)

Tuition-free public universities for EU/EEA students, €751.92 per semester for most others, and around 30% of students from abroad. Austria has 23 public universities and 21 universities of applied sciences with around 80 programmes taught entirely in English. Find out how admission works, what a student spends a month (around €1,300 on average) and whether you can work while you study.

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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