← Back to homeLycée français de Vienne
Vienna, Austria · est. 1946 · State
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Lycée français de Vienne was founded in 1946 by General Béthouart and celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2026. It is a French school of the AEFE network under direct management (établissement en gestion directe), from kindergarten to the final year: children aged 3 to 18, 1763 students of 90 nationalities. Lessons are taught in French; the school writes «le français, langue d’enseignement» (French is the language of instruction). German and French are compulsory for everyone from kindergarten, English from CM1. Under a cultural agreement between Austria and France, about 50 teachers from the Bildungsdirektion Wien teach German as a mother tongue, Austrian history and geography and religion; this is compulsory for Austrian students and open to others. Graduates take the French Baccalauréat or the Baccalauréat français international, and those who complete the full Austrian course can also take the Austrian Matura. In the 2025 Baccalauréat 100 percent passed and 95 percent passed with honours.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 428–8 614 a year
7 460–7 625 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
German, English, Spanish, Arabic, Latin
Class size
lycée average 24-28, no more than six classes per year group
Registration fee
≈ $1 017
900 EUR
About the fees Tuition for 2026-2027 before AEFE grants and scholarships: maternelle 7530 euros, élémentaire 7460 euros, collège and lycée 7625 euros. Lunch is compulsory from kindergarten to the end of collège: 1540 euros in maternelle, 1790 in elementary school, 1840 in collège and lycée. Fees are approved by the school board every year. French families can apply for AEFE scholarships through the consulate, and there is a solidarity fund for families in difficulty.
Admissions The school writes that «le LFV accueille des élèves de nombreuses nationalités» (the LFV welcomes students of many nationalities), and its students come from 90 nationalities. For children who do not speak French, from kindergarten to CM2, there is the EANA programme: the child joins a regular class for their age and has daily small-group French lessons with an FLSCO teacher. Enrolment is online through the EDUKA platform; the school asks for a parent's passport or ID card and a Meldezettel (Austrian residence registration); enrolment is confirmed once the non-refundable first registration fee is paid. The Austrian course in German is compulsory for students with Austrian citizenship.
Stages and year groups Grades Petite section - Terminale. Four schools in one («4 écoles en 1»): École maternelle for ages 3-6, École élémentaire for ages 6-10, Collège for ages 10-15, Lycée for ages 15-18, following the general track of the French Éducation nationale. Final diplomas: Baccalauréat français or Baccalauréat français international (BFI); the lycée has a German international section (Section internationale allemande) and a European section. The school writes that the Matura is open «pour les élèves de nationalité autrichienne» (for students of Austrian nationality), giving a double diploma; the Bildungsdirektion page says the Matura complémentaire is open to everyone who completed the full Austrian course in German. There is no IB programme.
Address Liechtensteinstraße 37A, 1090 Wien
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationThe AEFE register lists the lycée as a school run directly by the agency (établissement en gestion directe): all 15 year groups, from petite section to terminale, are homologated.
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AEFEAgency for French Education Abroad
It runs the network of French schools worldwide, while the accreditation itself, the homologation, is granted by the French education ministry and inspected by French state inspectors. A leaver from a homologated school moves into a school in France without an entrance examination. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
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.
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The state programme of France. A school is homologated by the French ministry of education, and a leaver may move into a school in France without entrance tests. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
What this means for this school. Which year groups of this school are covered by homologation - only the primary ones, or all the way to the final year - is not stated here. The difference matters: it decides whether the school takes a child through to the French baccalaureate or hands them on to another school halfway.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results Baccalauréat 2025: 100 percent pass rate, 95 percent with honours (mentions).
Where leavers go: Princeton · Minerva · Cornell University · Brown · Columbia University · Harvard · Tufts University · McGill · Cambridge University · Oxford University · London School of Economics · King's College London
and others, 26 universities in the school's list in allThe school writes that 60 percent of graduates continue their studies abroad and names universities its students have entered in recent years; some graduates go on to CPGE (preparatory classes) in France.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: The lycée works on two sites: the elementary school, collège and lycée on Liechtensteinstraße in the 9th district, and the École maternelle on Grinzinger Straße in the 19th district opposite Heiligenstädter Park. The maternelle has two large gymnasiums, a teaching kitchen, a library with French and German books and an outdoor playground; the lycée has a documentation and information centre (CDI). The school's own kitchen prepares about 1800 lunches a day, mostly from local and seasonal produce.
Clubs and activities: Arts plastiques · Architecture · Jeux d'animation · Atelier de robotique et électronique · Piano · Théâtre · Chorales · Orchestres · Atelier jeux de société · Escrime · Judo · Pentathlon moderne · Multisport · Athlétisme · Anglais · Japonais · Échecs · Volley · Badminton
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers180
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: 72 teachers are résidents seconded by the French Ministry of National Education to the AEFE; 6 are expatriés sent by the French state; 46 staff are employed by the Bildungsdirektion Wien for German mother-tongue teaching.
180 teachers: 77 in the maternelle and elementary school, 103 in collège and lycée; in addition 44 supervisors and assistants, 19 administrative and 38 technical staff. 156 people are recruited locally by the lycée.
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 room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has an infirmary (service infirmerie) and a counselling service, Point Écoute; bullying is addressed through the French pHare programme («plan de prévention du harcèlement»).
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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.
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