Universität Wien

About the University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (Alma Mater Rudolphina Vindobonensis) was founded in 1365 and is Austria's largest research institution and educational establishment. Under § 4 of the Universities Act 2002, it is a legal entity under public law. Around 87,000 national and international students are enrolled at 20 faculties and centres; approximately 11,000 employees work there, including around 7,700 researchers. The offering comprises 188 regular degree programmes ranging from bachelor's and diploma programmes to master's, doctoral and PhD programmes, as well as postgraduate continuing education at the Postgraduate Center. In addition to teaching and research, the university offers services such as knowledge transfer, the university library, IT services and a Career Center. The main building is located at Universitätsring 1 in Vienna's city centre; the 96,000 m² campus at Spitalgasse 2 was transferred to the university in 1988 as a gift from the City of Vienna.

Site

Vienna

Processes

Degree programmes (Bachelor, Diploma, Master, Doctorate/PhD), Postgraduate continuing education (Postgraduate Center), Research services, Knowledge and technology transfer, Career Center / Career Entry, Language courses (Language Centre), University Library, IT Services (ZID)

Certificates

International quality assurance system pursuant to § 14 UG 2002

Founded

1365

Employees

11042

Industries

Education and Research, Higher Education Sector

1. 01

   Degree programmes (Bachelor, Diploma, Master, Doctorate/PhD)

2. 02

   Postgraduate continuing education

3. 03

   Research and research services

4. 04

   Knowledge and technology transfer

Locations

Inside the production

Quality Assurance

The University of Vienna conducts quality assurance in accordance with international standards; all organisational units are evaluated in a seven-year cycle. A Special Unit for Quality Assurance coordinates the evaluations in research, teaching and administration.

History

1. 1365

   Founding of the University of Vienna (Alma Mater Rudolphina Vindobonensis)

2. 1988

   The Spitalgasse 2 campus (former General Hospital) became the property of the University of Vienna as a gift from the City of Vienna

3. 1998

   Campus complex handed over to users; opening ceremony with the 'Gates of Remembrance'

4. 2015

   650th anniversary of the Alma Mater Rudolphina

5. 2022

   Nobel Prize in Physics for Anton Zeilinger, emeritus professor of the University of Vienna

6. 2026

   First placement among the Top 100 in the THE World University Ranking (95th place)

7. 2027

   Confirmation of the Top 100 placement in the THE ranking (95th place out of 2,297 ranked universities)