The sources, not summaries. Seminars of a dozen students read Scripture, the Fathers, and St. Thomas directly — page by page, question by question — with professors who know each student by name. A 1:4 student-faculty ratio makes that possible.
Study at ITI
A Catholic university where theology is studied from the sources, prayed in the liturgy, and lived in a real community — in the heart of Europe.
Studied, prayed, lived.
Everything at ITI happens in one place: a castle south of Vienna where seminars, liturgy, meals, and friendship form a single day. This page is the map — the programs, the life around them, the costs, and the way in.
Why ITI
Three things you will not find just anywhere.
Both lungs of the Church, daily. The Roman Mass and the Byzantine Divine Liturgy are celebrated on campus every day. What is studied in the morning is prayed at noon — East and West, under one roof.
A whole life, not just a degree. Students single and married, families with children, twenty-two nations in one castle: the community is not a campus service, it is half the education.
Academic Quality & Formation
How we teach, and how we form.
ITI is a pontifical institution: its degrees and its ecclesiastical faculty are accredited by the Holy See through the Dicastery for Culture and Education, as one of around seventy ecclesiastical institutions of higher education incorporated by the Holy See worldwide. Its degrees are additionally recognized by the State of Austria.
Teaching is done in small seminars, reading primary sources directly rather than textbooks about them. Latin and Greek, philosophy, Scripture, the Fathers, and St. Thomas are studied as one connected whole, so that theology is received as wisdom and not only as information.
Formation reaches further than the seminar table. Study is joined to sacramental life, shared prayer, meals, friendship, and the daily discipline of community, so that students are formed not only as scholars but as men and women prepared for vocation, family, service, and mission.
Recognition at a glance
- Founded By Pope St. John Paul II, in the living tradition of the Catholic Church
- Holy See Accredited by the Dicastery for Culture and Education; a pontifical ecclesiastical faculty
- Austria Degrees recognized by the State of Austria; the theology degree is recognized as the Magister theologiae
- Language All programs taught in English
- Method Small seminars, primary sources, close reading and discussion
- Recognized by The Newman Guide and the National Catholic Register's Catholic Identity College Guide; member of the University Conference of Lower Austria
Programs
One path, from first year to doctorate.
One liberal arts program, three theology programs, one program in marriage and the family, and a one-year Studium Generale. Together they form a single path from a first encounter with the great texts to advanced theological research.
Year One
Studium Generale (SG)
One year of Catholic liberal arts formation in small great-books seminars, with the option to continue into the Bachelor.
First Degree
Bachelor in Catholic Liberal Arts (BA)
A three-year great-books degree that forms the mind, faith, and whole person toward wisdom and virtue.
Pontifical First Cycle
Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (STB)
A five-year pontifical first-cycle degree, recognized in Austria as the Magister theologiae.
Graduate
Master in Marriage and Family (MMF)
A two-year graduate program in the Catholic understanding of marriage and the family — academic, practical, and spiritual.
Pontifical Second Cycle
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL)
A two-year pontifical second-cycle degree with a supervised thesis and public defense, forming researchers and teachers.
Pontifical Third Cycle
Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD)
The pontifical third cycle: a research doctorate culminating in an original dissertation and its public defense.
Liturgical Life
Theology received on its knees.
Roman Mass and Byzantine Divine Liturgy every day, adoration through Thursday nights, a chapel whose icons are still being painted — the liturgy is the heartbeat of the house.
Campus Life
A castle, a community, a home.
A 12th-century Schloss south of Vienna, students and families from twenty-two nations, feasts under the plane tree, hikes on the Schneeberg — life here is half the education.
Costs & Application
12 000 € a year. Deadline July 1.
Every accepted student automatically receives the Standard ITI Scholarship, bringing tuition from 25 000 € to 12 000 € per year — and further aid is available. The full picture, the application checklist, and the person to ask are all on one page.
Visit ITI in Trumau
Come and see.
The best way to know whether ITI is your place is to come to Trumau, meet the community, step into the chapel, and see how study, prayer, and friendship belong together. If you are ready, begin your application today.