Schools
School attendance is compulsory for all children permanently resident in Austria irrespective of their nationality, and lasts for nine years.
The formal state education system in Austria comprises primary school (Volksschule, ages 6-10), lower secondary school (Hauptschule, ages 10-14), polytechnics (Polytechnikum, ages 14-15) and secondary academic school (allgemeinbildende höhere Schule, ages 10-18 or 14-18).
Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
(Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Minoritenplatz 5
A-1014 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-53120-0
Emai: ministerium(at)bmukk.gv.at
International Schools
American International School in Vienna
Salmannsdorfer Straße 47
A-1190 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-40132
American International School in Salzburg
Moosstraße 106
A-5020 Salzburg
Tel: +43-662-824 617
Vienna International School
Straße der Menschenrechte 1
A-1220 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-203 5595
Danube International School
Josef Gall-Gasse 2
A-1020 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-720 3110
The following link will take you to information on Vienna Bilingual Schooling.
Detailed information on all schools in Vienna gives the "Wiener Schulführer", published by the Stadtschulrat in Vienna (Vienna City Council, Wipplingerstraße 28, A-1010 Vienna, Tel: +43-1-52525, Email: office(at)ssr-wien.gv.at).
For contact details of schools in the provinces please contact the appropriate provincial education authority (Landesschulrat/Stadtschulrat)!
