Fees are charged in first and second cycles to home and international full-time students.

Minimum and maximum (standard performance) fees are not applied.

Students with insufficient ECTS credits and/or extended length of studies are charged with fees.

International students holding the same rights to access employment in Austria under international treaties, as well as international students who are granted the same status as Austrian citizens on the basis of legal provisions, such as refugees, diplomatic staff or students with close bonds to Austria, are treated as home students. International students who are citizens of states aligned with the "Least Developed Countries" according to the "DAC List of ODA Recipients", which is drawn up by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) are exempt of paying tuition fees. Other international students pay higher fees compared to home students. 

The total share of fee payers at Universities (first and second cycles) is 34%. 24% of the University students pay fees, 85% of the students at the Universities of Applied Sciences pay fees and 11% if the students at University Colleges of Teacher Education are required to pay fees. 

Need and merit-based grants are available to full-time home and international students in first and second cycles. International students are eligible provided that they have long-term residence permits for Austria (proof by “Daueraufenthaltskarte - EU”) or are treated as family members of an EU migrant worker or an Austrian citizen. At University colleges of teacher training the grant award procedure follows the same rules as applied at universities

The duration covers 12 months.

Concerning the most common annual amount of need-based grants, data is only available for the reference academic year 2022/23. 

Publicly-subsidised loans are not provided.