FH Kufstein Tirol Equal Opportunities Scholarship

This is one of the quietest but most useful awards in Austria for Sri Lankan students, because it removes the single biggest cost difference between EU and non-EU study. Austrian public universities and universities of applied sciences normally charge third-country nationals double the domestic tuition contribution. FH Kufstein Tirol's Equal Opportunities Scholarship caps your tuition at EUR 363.36 per semester — the same rate an Austrian student pays — for the whole duration of your degree. At roughly LKR 125,000 a semester, that puts an Austrian bachelor's or master's within reach of a far wider range of Sri Lankan families than a UK or Australian degree ever will be. There is no separate application form: you are automatically considered as part of the normal admissions process, which the university states explicitly. FH Kufstein is a small applied-sciences institution in the Tyrol, near the German border, with English-taught programmes in areas like international business, sports management, facility and real estate management, marketing and communication, and web business informatics. Two honest caveats. First, the scholarship covers tuition only — you still pay the ÖH student union fee, and you must fund living costs in Tyrol, which is not a cheap part of Austria. Second, third-country applicants have to pay a EUR 100 tuition fee deposit with the online application, which is credited against your fees but is not refunded if you withdraw. Admission is competitive and involves an aptitude test and interview, so the scholarship is only as valuable as your ability to win the place.

Awarded automatically as part of admission. Winter semester (autumn) intake applications typically open in autumn of the preceding year and run to spring — confirm current dates on fh-kufstein.ac.at