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Austria Performance scholarships are awarded annually to enrolled students, usually assessed on the previous academic year's results

TU Wien Merit Scholarship for International Students

TU Wien is Austria's largest technical university and one of the strongest engineering schools in the German-speaking world, with English-taught Master's programmes in computer science, data science, computational science, energy systems, building science and several engineering disciplines. The financial picture is unusual and worth understanding properly: as an Austrian public university, TU Wien charges non-EU students roughly €726 a semester, so tuition is about €1,500 a year — around a fifteenth of a comparable UK Master's. What that means in practice is that the scarce resource is living costs in Vienna, not fees, and TU Wien's performance scholarships (Leistungsstipendien) and faculty merit awards are aimed there. Sri Lankan applicants from Moratuwa, Peradeniya and Ruhuna engineering faculties compete well, and Vienna's living costs are the lowest of any major Western European capital.

TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)

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Merit Award

~€1,500-3,000/year (~LKR 517k-1.04M)

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Non-EU Tuition

~€726/semester (~LKR 250,470)

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Fields

Engineering, Computing, Data Science, Architecture

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Strong Bachelor's in a Technical Field

An engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or architecture Bachelor's with good results. TU Wien assesses curriculum equivalence module by module and may set supplementary examinations where coverage is thin.

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Enrolled at TU Wien

Performance scholarships are awarded to enrolled students on the basis of results achieved at TU Wien, so plan the first year's finances independently. Faculty-level merit awards and project assistantships are available earlier.

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Proof of Funds for the Visa

The Austrian student residence permit requires evidence of roughly €13,000 in accessible funds per year regardless of scholarship status. Budget for this at application stage, not after admission.

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English Proficiency

IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 87 for English-taught Master's programmes, waived where your Bachelor's was taught and assessed entirely in English. German is required only for German-language degrees; free courses are offered.

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Confirm programme language and prerequisites

Check that your intended Master's is fully English-taught — TU Wien runs many programmes in German. Review the prerequisite module list on the programme page against your transcript.

Apply for admission

Certified degree certificate and transcripts with sworn translations
Curriculum and module descriptions for equivalence assessment
Motivation letter and CV
English proficiency evidence or Medium of Instruction letter

Apply for the residence permit

Submit the Austrian student residence permit application at the embassy with the admission letter and proof of funds. Processing typically takes eight to twelve weeks from Sri Lanka.

Apply for performance scholarships once enrolled

TU Wien announces Leistungsstipendien calls through the faculties each year, assessed on ECTS completed and grade average. Faculty and project-based research assistantships are separately advertised and often pay better.

Consider the OeAD routes in parallel

The Ernst Mach Grant and the North-South Dialogue Scholarship Programme are Austrian government awards open to Sri Lankan applicants and are worth applying for alongside the university's own schemes.

Why TU Wien?

Founded in 1815, TU Wien is Austria's leading technical university with around 26,000 students and a strong European research profile in informatics, automation, energy and building science. Vienna is consistently ranked among the world's most liveable cities and has the lowest cost of living of any major Western European capital, which changes the arithmetic for self-funding students.