Study Advertising and Public Relations in Austria: programmes, fees and entry requirements

Austria has 7 undergraduate programmes in Advertising and Public Relations at 7 universities in 5 cities. At public institutions EU students typically pay no tuition fee (€0–€727); non-EU students €1,453 a year (€0–€2,000).

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

All Advertising and Public Relations programmes in Austria

ProgrammeUniversityCityLanguageLengthEU fee / yearNon-EU fee / year
KommunikationswirtschaftFHWien der WKW – University of Applied Sciences for Management & CommunicationViennaGerman3 yr€727€2,000
KommunikationswissenschaftParis Lodron University of SalzburgSalzburg3 yr€0€1,453
Information, Medien & KommunikationUniversity of Applied Sciences Burgenland (Eisenstadt)EisenstadtGerman3 yr€0€0
Kommunikation, Wissen, MedienUniversity of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Hagenberg)HagenbergGerman3 yr€727€1,453
Medien- und KommunikationswissenschaftenUniversity of KlagenfurtKlagenfurtGerman3 yr€0€1,453
Publizistik und KommunikationswissenschaftUniversity of ViennaViennaGerman3 yr€0€1,453
Strategic CommunicationWebster Vienna Private UniversityViennaEnglish4 yr€24,068€24,068

How admission works in Austria

There is no national application portal: you apply online directly to each university, Fachhochschule or private university. You need the Austrian Matura or an equivalent foreign school-leaving certificate that gives access to the same kind of study in the country where it was issued, plus proof of German (or English for English-taught programmes); public universities admit to most bachelor's and Diplom programmes without selection, and the general admission deadline for the winter semester is 5 September (5 September 2027 for the 2027/28 intake). Medicine and dentistry use the joint MedAT test (for 2027: registration expected 1–31 March, test expected 9 July; at least 75% of medicine places go to holders of an Austrian Matura and at most 5% to non-EU applicants), and some other fields such as psychology, as well as arts and music programmes, have entrance or aptitude tests with earlier registration. Fachhochschulen and Pädagogische Hochschulen always run their own admission procedure with their own deadlines.

See also: Study in Austria · Advertising and Public Relations in other countries

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