Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in Austrian economics. Since 1986, it has been the essential training ground for college and university students who are looking beyond the mainstream.

Rooted in the work of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and Murray Rothbard, Austrian economics is a rigorous and logical approach to economics that acknowledges the efficiency of free markets and takes full account of the reality of human choice. More than a field within economics, Austrian economics is an entirely different approach that dissents from the mainstream on method, theory, and policy.

Mises University topics include market behavior, competition, value and utility, money and banking, business cycles, industrial organization, method, economic history, the philosophy of science, financial economics, and more. Classes are interspersed with discussion seminars, faculty panels, and plenary lectures. There are special sessions on economic history, economics and ethics, and political philosophy. Nightly social hours allow time to meet and discuss it all with faculty and other students.

The scholarship application for Mises University 2025 is now open to full-time college and university students, with decisions communicated to applicants on a rolling basis. The deadline is April 27 for international students and May 23 for US-based students. College and university students in all disciplines are encouraged to apply. There is no application fee. Space is limited and admissions are highly competitive.

New in 2025! The Mises Institute will also award supplementary travel scholarships of up to $500 to select students. If you would like to request assistance to travel to the Institute, please check the appropriate box on the scholarship application.

Through the generosity of Mises Institute Supporters, there is no registration fee at Mises University. The program is highly selective. All students who are accepted receive a full scholarship that includes complimentary admission to all sessions, accommodations for seven nights, daily transportation to and from the Mises Institute, and all refreshments and meals beginning with dinner on Sunday, July 20, and ending with dinner on Saturday, July 26.

Students must be able to attend the full event to be accepted.

The attendee who emerges from the optional oral examination competition (the Mündliche Prüfung) with the best record will receive the Douglas E. French Scholarship Prize of $2,500. The second- and third-place winners will receive the Kenneth Garschina Prizes of $1,500 and $750, respectively.