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Vienna, Austria · est. 1986 · Private
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International Christian School of Vienna (ICSV) is a Christian international private school in Vienna's 22nd district. It was started by missionary families with the help of Black Forest Academy in Kandern: preparation began in 1985, and in 1986 the school was registered with the Wiener Stadtschulrat and opened. In 2005 it received permanent Öffentlichkeitsrecht (official school status). It has 340 students from more than 65 nationalities, taught in English. The curriculum is American: «U.S. curriculum with an international focus»; all graduates receive an American High School Diploma, and in grades 11-12 students may take the IB Diploma. A Christian background is not required for admission. German is taught to everyone from Primary to grade 12, at levels from beginner to native.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $9 680–24 682 a year
8 568–21 848 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · American programme
Admits from
5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
German, Spanish, French, Chinese
Class size
average 15, maximum 24; final years average 11 pupils
Registration fee
≈ $452
400 EUR
About the fees Tuition for 2026-2027: Primary 8568 euros, Grade 1-5 17100 euros, Grade 6-8 19920 euros, Grade 9-10 21364 euros, Grade 11 21456 euros, Grade 12 21848 euros. On top of that an annual Capital Assessment of 2372 euros, for a total of 10940 to 24220 euros a year. The third child in a family gets a 10 percent discount, the fourth and each subsequent child 20 percent. After-school care for Primary - Grade 5 costs 22 euros a day.
Admissions The school says its students come from more than 65 nationalities and that «Students do not need to have a Christian background to apply». For the Primary class a child must turn 5 by September 30, and there is no English or German language requirement. All applicants take age and grade appropriate admissions testing. Required: passport or birth certificate, the two most recent school reports (official transcripts with a timetable for grades 9-12) in English or German; a child who has lived in Austria for less than 3 months needs TB clearance. Steps: online application, 400 euro fee, testing, admissions decision, contract and registration fee within 5 business days.
Stages and year groups Stages: Primary (a preparatory class for children aged 5-6), elementary Grade 1-5, middle Grade 6-8, high school Grade 9-12. The curriculum is American: «The International Christian School of Vienna uses U.S. curriculum with an international focus»; the diploma requires 25 credits, including 3 Bible credits. All graduates receive an American High School Diploma; in Grade 11-12 selected students take the IB Diploma Programme and receive the full IB Diploma or IB course certificates.
Address Wagramer Strasse 175 / Panethgasse 6a, 1220 Wien
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeACSI · accreditationMSA · accreditationThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school. The school is jointly accredited by ACSI and MSA (Middle States Association); the MSA directory lists it as Active, valid until 2031. According to the school, all its leavers receive an American high school diploma.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →ACSIAssociation of Christian Schools International
An accreditation of Christian schools: the school spends eighteen months to two years on a self-study, and then peers from other Christian schools visit. Faithfulness to the Christian confession is part of the standards, so this is an accreditation with a condition of belief. It often runs jointly with MSA or Cognia, and such a pair is stronger than ACSI alone.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: Stanford · Yale · Duke · Northwestern · Notre Dame · University of Southern California · University of Toronto · UBC · McGill · Universität Wien · Central European University · Johannes Kepler Universität
and others, 21 universities in the school's list in allThe school publishes a list of «Universities Where ICSV Students have Received Acceptance»: about 150 US institutions, 19 Canadian, 13 Austrian, more than 50 British, 10 Dutch and others. It is a list of acceptances, not enrolments.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school occupies a building on Wagramer Strasse in Vienna's 22nd district and says it is close to capacity; the Building Hope fundraising project plans a new building for 500-600 students with science labs, a double gymnasium with a stage and an outdoor athletics area. Lunches are catered by Kulinario, and a door-to-door school bus is run by Blaguss Minibus.
Clubs and activities: Chess · Soccer · Climbing · Gardening · Culinary Arts · Volleyball · Basketball · Track & Field · Golf · Student Government · Student Ambassadors · The Beak Student Newspaper · Talent Show · Lip Sync Contest · Romania Mission Trip
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school states a ratio of 7 students per teacher, an average class of 15 with a maximum of 24, and an average of 11 in IB classes in grades 11-12. There is a three-level English Language Learner programme and Learning Support with individual plans for students with mild to moderate learning challenges.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The high school has a school counselor whom students can see about stress, anxiety and conflicts, and for help choosing a university. The site footer carries a «Child Safety» mark, but the child protection policy itself is not published on the open pages.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)84 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)95 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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