Vienna is home to Austria's two highest-ranked universities, the University of Vienna at 156th in the world and the Vienna University of Technology at 246th. It's also frequently ranked as one of the world's most livable cities, and offers some of the lowest tuition fees around for international students. In fact, according to the QS Best Student Cities 2015, Vienna is the most affordable city in the world’s top 20, alongside Berlin.
While it might not be the first city that springs to mind as a magnet for international students, there's clearly much more to the Austrian capital than the fugues and psychoanalysis for which it is known.
One of Europe's most historic capitals, Vienna is awash with cultural riches, from the theaters and concert halls that witnessed the earliest performances of masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, to the Sigmund Freud Museum, and numerous galleries displaying the works of Viennese artists such as Gustave Klimt and Egon Schiele.
As well as remaining firmly within the world’s top 10 for “desirability” (which draws on several indicators designed to assess quality of living), Vienna also scores very well in the “student mix” category, thanks to its relatively large and internationally diverse student community. So while its selection of internationally ranked universities is much smaller than cities such as London or Paris, Vienna is pretty hard to beat as a European city offering high quality of living combined with cultural activity and affordable tuition fees.
QS ranked universities
University of Vienna ; Vienna University of Technology
More about Vienna
Number of universities ranked by QS | 2 |
Top ranked institution | University of Vienna (156th in the world) |
Population | 2,420,000 |
Students (% of total population) | 2.0% (based on ranked institutions) |
International students | 30.0% (of students at ranked institutions) |
Average tuition fees | US$500 |
Global Liveability Ranking | 2nd (out of 140) |
Mercer Cost of Living rank | 32nd (out of 214) |
Cost of a Big Mac | US$4.56 |
Cost of an iPad | US$665.19 |
Numbeo safety rank | 98th (out of 372) |
Numbeo pollution rank | 265th (out of 299) |
Transparency International score | 26th (out of 177) |
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