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Austria Rolling admission with autumn and spring intakes; scholarship consideration runs with the application

Lauder Business School Vienna Merit Scholarship

Lauder Business School is a small, entirely English-taught private university of applied sciences in Vienna, offering a Bachelor's in International Business Administration and Master's programmes in international management and banking and finance. Class sizes are deliberately small and the student body is highly international. Because it is a private Fachhochschule rather than a public university, tuition is higher than Austria's €726-a-semester public rate — so the merit scholarships genuinely matter to the arithmetic. What Lauder offers that larger Austrian institutions often do not is close personal supervision, structured career support and a compact route through an English-medium European business degree with no German requirement. Vienna's low living costs relative to other Western European capitals are the other half of the case.

Lauder Business School, Vienna

University-funded

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Award

Partial Tuition Scholarship

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Levels

Bachelor's and Master's

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Class Size

Small Cohorts, Highly International

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Academic Merit

Bachelor's applicants need Sri Lankan A-Levels or an equivalent recognised school-leaving qualification with strong results; Master's applicants need a relevant Bachelor's degree in business, economics or a related field.

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Admission Interview

Lauder assesses applicants through an interview alongside the documentary record, conducted online for overseas candidates. Scholarship banding is decided from the combined assessment.

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Check Accreditation and Recognition

Confirm the Austrian accreditation status of the specific degree and how it will be recognised in Sri Lanka or wherever you intend to work. Verifying this in writing before paying a deposit is standard due diligence for any private institution.

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English Proficiency

IELTS 6.0-6.5 or TOEFL iBT 80-87 depending on level, with waivers where prior study was fully in the English medium. No German requirement for the English-taught programmes.

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Select the programme and intake

Confirm the intake dates and whether your intended programme runs at Bachelor's or Master's level in the term you want to start.

Submit the application

Certified transcripts and school-leaving or degree certificates
CV and motivation letter
English proficiency evidence or Medium of Instruction letter
Passport copy

Interview and scholarship assessment

Attend the admissions interview. Ask directly about the scholarship bands available for your intake and what the renewal conditions are for later years.

Plan the full budget

Model net tuition after the award plus Vienna living costs of roughly €12,000-13,000 a year. The Austrian residence permit requires proof of accessible funds at that level regardless of any scholarship.

Residence permit

Apply for the Austrian student residence permit at the embassy with the admission letter and financial evidence. Processing typically takes eight to twelve weeks from Colombo.

Why Lauder Business School?

Lauder Business School occupies a campus in Vienna's 19th district and runs entirely English-language business degrees with small cohorts drawn from across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its focus is international business practice rather than research, with career services and internship support built into the programme structure.