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Top Private Universities in Austria

What are the top private Universities in Austria? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 27 private Austrian higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Austria.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top private Austrian Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top Private Universities in Austria


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List of Austrian private universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
29 MCI Management Center Innsbruck Innsbruck
31 Fachhochschule Kärnten Spittal an der Drau
34 Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt
35 IMC Krems Krems an der Donau
37 Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien Vienna
38 Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz
39 FHWien der WKW Vienna
40 Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg
44 Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien Vienna
45 Katholische Privat-Universität Linz Linz
46 Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik Hall in Tirol
49 Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Niederösterreich Vienna
50 CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft Graz
51 MODUL University Vienna Vienna
52 Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften Krems an der Donau
53 Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese Linz Linz
55 Webster Vienna Private University Vienna
59 New Design University Privatuniversität St. Pölten
64 Private Pädagogische Hochschule Augustinum Graz
65 Private Pädagogische Hochschule Burgenland Eisenstadt
66 Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Edith Stein Innsbruck
67 Ferdinand Porsche FernFH Wiener Neustadt
68 Privatuniversität Schloss Seeburg Seekirchen am Wallersee
69 Bertha von Suttner Privatuniversität St. Pölten
70 Jam Music Lab Private University Vienna
71 Danube Private University Krems an der Donau
72 Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik Klagenfurt
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