Funding guide · updated 2026-08-27
A scholarship figure means nothing until you set it against what the year actually costs. These are median listed tuition fees from the 630 Austria programmes in the Global Admissions catalogue, not survey estimates.
| Level | Median tuition / year | Middle half of programmes | Awards at this level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | US$1,454 | US$1,452 – US$5,360 | 3 |
| Master's | US$1,453 | US$1,452 – US$1,453 | 14 |
| PhD | US$1,800 | US$1,453 – US$2,793 | 10 |
Source: Global Admissions programme catalogue, 2026-08-27. Tuition is the published international fee and excludes living costs, which a tuition-only award does not cover.
Funded by a national government or its agencies. These carry the largest budgets and the earliest deadlines, and some require you to return home for a set period after graduating.
France · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
Austria · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
France · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
Austria · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
Austria · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
Netherlands · Government European Commission (Erasmus Mundus)
Full Ride
Austria · Government Austrian Development Cooperation / OeAD (APPEAR programme)
Full Ride
Austria · Government OeAD – Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalization, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
EUR 1,300/month
Austria · Government OeAD (Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research)
Monthly OeAD grant (recently around EUR 1,300) + access to OeAD student housing
Austria · Government OeAD in cooperation with ASEA-UNINET (Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research)
Monthly OeAD grant + mobility subsidy; full PhD up to 36 months, postdoc 4-9 months
Austria · Government Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria (administered by OeAD)
EUR 940/month for up to 10 months, extendable a further 10 months on success
Austria · Government OeAD (on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research)
EUR 940-1,040/month + health insurance, accommodation support and fee exemption
Administered by the institution itself and usually assessed alongside your admission application, so you apply to the programme first.
Austria · University Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Fully funded employed PhD at a competitive salary + full social security, no fees
Austria · University University of Vienna
Fully funded 4-year predoc post (30h/week); gross ~EUR 2,786/month, 14 payments a year
Austria · University University of Vienna
Fully funded 3-4 year doctoral employment under the Austrian collective agreement (B1)
Austria · University Vienna BioCenter PhD Programme (University of Vienna / Medical University of Vienna and partner institutes)
Fully funded 4-year PhD salary (Austrian collective agreement); small semester fee for non-EU/EEA
Austria · University University of Klagenfurt (administered by OeAD)
EUR 9,600/year + travel (EUR 25-660) + internship support + tuition waiver on success
Austria · University University of Innsbruck
EUR 1,120/month for up to 24 months; no UIBK employment allowed during the scholarship
Austria · University University of Graz
EUR 900/month + tuition exemption (master/PhD) or EUR 1,200/month (postdoc); 1-2 month stay
Austria · University Vienna University of Economics and Business
Merit grant based on best exam grades; amount varies. Need-based and exchange grants also offered
Global Admissions lists 20 scholarships open to international students studying in Austria. 7 of them cover tuition in full, and 12 pay a living stipend on top.
Yes. 7 of the 20 awards listed for Austria are recorded as covering full tuition or as a full ride including living costs. Fully funded awards are the most competitive category, and most require you to hold or be applying for admission to a specific university before you apply for the money.
12 government-funded awards appear on this page, including Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+), Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM), Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Plant Breeding and Innovative Plant Sciences (emPLANT+). Government programmes usually carry the largest budgets and the earliest deadlines, and several attach a condition to return home for a set period after graduating.
Across the 630 programmes at 15 institutions in Austria in the Global Admissions catalogue, a master's degree has a median listed tuition of US$1,453 a year, with the middle half of programmes falling between US$1,452 and US$1,453. Living costs sit on top of that and are not covered by a tuition-only award.
Yes — 8 of the 20 awards listed for Austria are funded by the institution rather than by a government or foundation. University awards are typically smaller than national programmes but far less competitive, they are often assessed automatically from your admission application, and many can be combined with an external scholarship.
It depends on the award. University-administered scholarships in Austria are usually assessed alongside or after your admission application, so you apply to the programme first. Government and foundation programmes vary: some require proof of admission at the point of application, others issue a conditional award you then take to a university. Each award page on Global Admissions records which applies.
2 of the 20 awards listed here are limited to citizens of particular countries, often through a development or bilateral agreement. The remaining 18 carry no nationality restriction that we could verify, which usually means they are open to any international applicant who meets the academic criteria.
Award details are compiled from each funder's own published material and refreshed weekly; tuition figures come from the Global Admissions programme catalogue as of 2026-08-27. Always confirm deadlines and eligibility on the funder's site before applying.
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