American International School Vienna

American International School Vienna is located at Salmannsdorfer Strasse 47, 1190 Vienna, Austria. The campus sits on the edge of the Vienna Woods and is adjacent to the Neustift vineyards, providing a quiet, green learning environment. The Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5), Middle School (Grade 6–8), and High School (Grade 9–12) share a single interconnected facility with separate wings. The main entrance and bus parking are near the Main Gate, and AISV is accessible by public transportation.

Elementary (Pre-K–Grade 5); Middle School (Grade 6–8); High School (Grade 9–12).

Not-for-profit international school.

69 nationalities represented school-wide; High School has 51 nationalities.

The English as an Additional Language (EAL) team provides small-group pull-out and push-in support; AIS Vienna differentiates instruction and offers accommodations, learning support, and study-skills classes to help students succeed in mainstream classrooms.

Affiliated with the United States and Canada.

The school day runs Monday–Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; lunch is staggered across grade levels; the Elementary Library operates 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and the Secondary Library 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

There is a bus parking lot at the Main Gate. Public transportation serves AIS Vienna via bus 35A from Spittelau (U4/U6) to Salmannsdorf; a walk up Sulzweg and Maulbertschgasse leads to the school. The main entrance (Entrance V) is on Salmannsdorfer Strasse.

The school teaches a rigorous, relevant and holistic American/IB curriculum.

The typical class size is twenty students. AIS Vienna serves around 800 students.

The Class of 2023 achieved a 100% IB Diploma pass rate; an IB Results Summary for the classes of 2019-2023 is published.

Recent AIS Vienna graduates have enrolled in colleges and universities in several countries around the world, with the majority choosing United States or United Kingdom universities. Graduates may pursue either the U.S. High School Diploma or the IB Diploma.

The school supports social-emotional learning through counseling services and Learning Support programs. Five counselors serve the school community: one in Elementary, one in Middle, and three in High School. This collaborative approach with students, parents, and teachers supports positive social-emotional well-being, resilience, and academic success. Learning Support targets social-emotional growth alongside literacy, numeracy, time-management, organization, self-advocacy, and study skills. Counselors and Learning Support staff work with classroom teachers to develop strategies that help students manage challenges and reach their potential. This integrated approach places social-emotional learning at the center of AIS Vienna's student support.

The school enrolls students with mild and moderate learning differences who can be successful in mainstream classrooms with support. Learning Support teachers differentiate instruction and provide accommodations in collaboration with classroom teachers. Support is provided in addition to core instruction, not in place of it. Areas targeted include social-emotional growth, reading, writing, mathematics, time-management, organization, self-advocacy, study skills, and learning strategies. The program uses a service-delivery model offering small-group or in-class support, with the goal of helping students become independent, lifelong learners. AIS Vienna does not accept students with significant behavioral or emotional challenges or learning differences beyond staffing capacity.

The English as an Additional Language (EAL) Team provides English language support to help students reach grade-level academic language in the social-cultural context of the grade-level classroom. The program is committed to helping each EAL student be socially and academically successful while valuing home culture and language development. AIS Vienna serves a large population of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and strives to respect, value, and celebrate this diversity. EAL learners gain language skills to communicate effectively in social and academic settings throughout their education. EAL teachers collaborate with classroom teachers and the Student Support Team to integrate language development with content learning when appropriate.

The school supports mental wellbeing through a dedicated counseling program. The counseling team includes five counselors serving Elementary, Middle, and High School. The collaborative approach with students, families, and teachers supports positive social-emotional well-being, resilience, and academic success. Learning Support also emphasizes social-emotional growth as part of its services. The wellbeing framework is designed to help students develop coping strategies and thrive academically and personally.

AIS Vienna maintains strong safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. The welfare of students is the overriding focus, and AISV aims to provide a caring, safe and stimulating environment that promotes holistic development. All adults, including temporary staff, administrators, faculty, volunteers, and Board members, have a full and active part to play in protecting children from harm. AISV adopts the World Health Organization definition of child abuse and neglect, including physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, and failure to act to prevent harm. Staff are regularly trained about child protection responsibilities, and background checks are completed for all employees with renewals every five years; the Director reviews this policy annually. The policy is underpinned by a shared ethics of responsibility, accountability, and student success.

1. Contact AIS Vienna Admissions before starting the application to inquire about grade-level availability, confirm the grade level by consulting the grade-level chart, and request a virtual or in-person appointment with an AISV Admissions representative to learn more about the school and your family's needs. 2. Complete your application by visiting the Apply Now! page, creating an account to access the Application Portal, and submitting an application for each student with the required items; missing items should be discussed with AISV Admissions. Submitting an application does not guarantee admission; admission requires a completed and positively reviewed application and a grade-level place to be available. 3. Complete Academic Screening after your application is finished; screenings may be online or in-person. Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Grade 1 use an in-person Early Childhood Screening; Grades 2-8 complete in-person or online math and English screenings; Grades 9-12 complete in-person or online math placement tests and online English assessments if applicable; additional screenings or documents may be requested. 4. Receive Admissions Decision after the admissions committee reviews the completed application; decisions can be an Offer of Admission (place available and in order of AISV Admissions Priority Categories), a Waitlist (place not yet available), or Denied (not meeting standards or programs at capacity). AISV maintains waiting pools in each grade level for one school year; if no place becomes available, the family may roll the application over to the next school year. 5. Confirm Enrollment if an offer is accepted by paying the Reservation Fee within 10 days, agreeing to AISV policies within 10 days, and signing the enrollment contract within 10 days; submit medical forms by May 31 or upon mid-year entry, provide final report card or transcript from the previous school by July 31 or upon mid-year entry, and be prepared for any additional screenings before arrival. 6. Start School and participate in New Family Orientation (August only) the day before the first day of the school year; orientation covers meeting teachers, touring the school, meeting student buddies, tech training for Grades 6-12, and logistics like bus and lunch; mid-year admits receive orientation information on arrival. 7. Start-of-year application timelines include opening in autumn, a best-possible “best consideration” deadline of February 1, and admissions decisions on or after April 1, with priority categories honored through April 1; rolling admission is available for Pre-K to Grade 8 and semester-based admissions for Grades 9-11 pending place availability. Acceptance requires completion of all items, and places are not guaranteed until contracts and payments are settled. 8. Payments typically occur as follows: Application Fee at application, Reservation Fee within 10 days of offer, and the remaining tuition and fees by August 31 (or by the due date if mid-year enrollment). 9. Start-of-year and mid-year entries may involve additional screenings or documentation before arrival.

AIS Vienna maintains waiting pools in each grade level for positively reviewed applications for one school year; if no place becomes available, the family may roll over the application to the next school year. An offer of admission can be made when the itemized requirements are completed, the application is positively reviewed, and a place is available in the required grade level; the pool and offer timings follow the process outlined above.