Diplomatische Akademie Wien

Diplomatische Akademie Wien is a postgraduate professional school, dedicated to preparing talented university and college graduates for international careers and positions of leadership in international organizations, the EU, in public service and in international business. The main training areas encompass international relations, political science, international and EU law, economics, history and languages.

Diplomatische Akademie Wien (German: Diplomatische Akademie Wien; French: Académie diplomatique de Vienne) is the world’s oldest school of international relations, predating the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  Diplomatische Akademie Wien is the successor to the Oriental Academy, which was founded in 1754 during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa. The Oriental Academy was established to prepare diplomats for service in eastern diplomatic missions, and as a result considerable emphasis was placed on language study – including Persian, Turkish and Arabic – and on economics.

Diplomatische Akademie Wien

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Oriental Academy became the Imperial Consular Academy, which outlived the Austro-Hungarian Empire by two years. The institution carried on under new ownership in the 1920s and 1930s and survived until shortly after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany in 1938. The Diplomatic Academy was reopened in 1964 by Foreign Minister Bruno Kreisky as a state-run institution, offering a two-year Diploma programme tailored particularly towards training young Austrians for the diplomatic service (although international students always took part as well). It was in fact attached to the Austrian Foreign Ministry and considered Abteilung V des BMAA. The number of participants for each class (Lehrgang) was limited to 20 students.

Diplomatische Akademie Wien

Courses Offered
Graduate Programs

• Master of Advanced International Studies (MAIS)
• Master of Science in Environmental Technology & International Affairs (ETIA)
• Diploma Programs

Contact Details
Diplomatische Akademie Wien
Favoritenstrasse 15a · A-1040 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-505 72 72
Official Website: http://www.da-vienna.ac.at/