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.
Rolling admission with autumn and spring intakes; scholarship consideration runs with the application
Lauder Business School, Vienna
University-funded
emoji_events Award Overview
Award
Partial Tuition Scholarship
Levels
Bachelor's and Master's
Class Size
Small Cohorts, Highly International
info How this award actually works
Who awards it
Lauder Business School, Vienna — not Lanka Scholar. We are not the awarding body and cannot grant, reserve or guarantee this award.
How you are considered
Through your admission application. Awards like this are usually assessed automatically from the application you already submit — there is typically no separate scholarship form to fill in.
What it covers
Partial Tuition Scholarships for Bachelor's and Master's Applicants. This is a reduction in tuition, not a full ride. You still fund the remainder, plus living costs and the balance your visa requires you to show.
Where we come in
We make the admission application strong enough to be competitive — course choice, documents, references and deadlines. The funder makes the decision.
fact_check Eligibility Criteria
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.
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.
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.
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.
account_tree Application Process
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.
English
Entire Programme Language
Vienna
Lowest-Cost Western EU Capital
12 Months
Post-Study Job-Search Permit
Looking for a scholarship because of the cost?
Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.
Work out your real number
Tuition, living costs, visa funds and flights for your destination — so you know the gap you are actually trying to close.
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Tuition, living costs and the total first-year figure for Austria, in LKR as well as local currency.
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