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Expats moving to Vienna with children will be glad to know that there are a number of international schools in the city. These schools are well equipped to deal with the challenges faced by students who have relocated to a new city and country. International schools follow the national curriculum of their home country or globally recognised programmes such as the International Baccalaureate (IB).
While international schools typically offer a high level of education in a diverse setting, they are also often prohibitively expensive. Expat parents moving to Vienna for work purposes are advised to try to negotiate an education allowance into their relocation contact.
International schools in Vienna
Schloss Krumbach International School
Located in a 13th-century castle surrounded by the Austrian Alps in the Bucklige Welt, Schloss Krumbach International School is a one of a kind co-educational boarding school offering both the IB Diploma and A-Level programmes. The school prides itself in maintaining a learning environment that allows children to remain children while inculcating a sense of social and political responsibility in them. Read more
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: International Baccalaureate and British (A-Levels)
Ages: 12 to 19
Amadeus International School Vienna
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: International Baccalaureate
Ages: 3 to 18
Website: www.amadeus-vienna.com
American International School
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: American and International Baccalaureate
Ages: 4 to 18
Website: www.ais.at
Danube School
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: International Baccalaureate
Ages: 3 to 18
Website: www.danubeschool.com
International Christian School of Vienna
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: American and International Baccalaureate
Ages: 5 to 18
Website: www.icsv.at
Lycée Français Wien
Gender: Co-educational
Curriculum: French
Ages: 3 to 18
Website: www.lyceefrancais.at
Vienna International School
Gender: Co-educational
Ages: 3 to 18
Curriculum: International Baccalaureate
Website: www.vis.ac.at
Further reading
►Find out more about various schooling options by reading our Education and Schools in Vienna page
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