The History of the VIENNA SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

In 1754 the Empress Maria Theresa founded the Oriental Academy to train young men for the diplomatic service of the Habsburg monarchy. Out of the Oriental Academy evolved first the Consular Academy and in 1964 the Vienna School of International Studies, which in 1996 was granted the status of an independent public training institution. The Academy is thus one of the oldest of its kind worldwide.

Directors of the Vienna School of International Studies since 1964

1964 – 1967	Prof. Dr. Ernst Florian Winter
1967	Botschafter Dr. Robert Friedinger-Pranter († 12/1967)
1967 – 1968	Botschafter Dr. Johannes Coreth
1968 – 1975	Botschafter DDr. Arthur Breycha-Vauthier
1975 – 1976	Botschafter Dr. Emanuel Treu
1976 – 1977	Botschafter DDr. Arthur Breycha-Vauthier
1977 – 1978	Botschafter Dr. Johannes Coreth
1978 – 1986	Botschafter Dr. Heinrich Pfusterschmid-Hardtenstein
1986 – 1993	Botschafter Dr. Alfred Missong
1994 – 1999	Botschafter Dr. Paul Leifer
1999 – 2005	Botschafter Dr. Ernst Sucharipa
2005 – 2009	Botschafter Dr. Jiří Gruša
2009 – 2017	Botschafter Dr. Hans Winkler
2017 –	Botschafter Dr. Emil Brix