Austrian University Conference

Austrian University Conference
purpose	Promotion of science
President:	Sabine Seidler
Establishment date:	1911
Number of members:	22nd
Seat :	Vienna
Website:	uniko.ac.at

The Austrian University Conference - The Austrian Rectors 'Conference (official English name: Universities Austria ; former name until 2008: Austrian Rectors' Conference ), uniko for short , is an association whose purpose is to support Austrian universities in the fulfillment of their tasks and in safeguarding their interests and thus the Promotion of science and research is.

history

The first meeting of the Austrian University Conference took place in Vienna in 1911 . From the entry into force of the University Organization Act 1975 until the end of December 2003, when the University Organization Act 1993 was replaced by the Universities Act 2002 , the Rectors' Conference was a federal institution with partial legal capacity (as a public corporation ).

In addition to the internal coordination of the Austrian state universities, the Austrian University Conference represents the concerns of the universities in international and national affairs and in public, so it is a member of the European University Association .

Members of the Austrian University Conference are the state universities in accordance with the University Act , which are represented in the plenary assembly by the respective rector . The president is elected from among the university rectors. Sabine Seidler , Rector of the Vienna University of Technology , has been president since January 2020 ; Elisabeth Fiorioli has been Secretary General since 2012.

Presidents since 1945

former chair

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• Ludwig Adamovich ( University of Vienna ), 1945–1947
• Johann Sölch (University of Vienna), academic year 1947/48
• Wolfgang Denk (University of Vienna), academic year 1948/49
• Richard Meister (University of Vienna), academic year 1949/50
• Johannes Gabriel (University of Vienna), academic year 1950/51
• Alfred Verdross-Drossberg (University of Vienna), academic year 1951/52
• Wilhelm Czermak (University of Vienna), autumn 1952 to spring 1953
• Alfred Verdross-Drossberg (University of Vienna), spring 1953 to autumn 1953
• Leopold Schönbauer (University of Vienna), academic year 1953/54
• Johann Radon (University of Vienna), academic year 1954/55
• Carl Johann Jellouschek (University of Vienna), academic year 1955/56
• Johann Schima (University of Vienna), academic year 1956/57
• Erich Schenk (University of Vienna), academic year 1957/58
• Erwin Schneider (University of Vienna), academic year 1958/59
• Tassilo Antoine (University of Vienna), academic year 1959/60
• Othmar Kühn (University of Vienna), academic year 1960/61
• Franz Arnold (University of Vienna), academic year 1961/62
• Roland Graßberger (University of Vienna), academic year 1962/63
• Albin Lesky (University of Vienna), academic year 1963/64
• Karl Fellinger (University of Vienna), academic year 1964/65
• Nikolaus Hofreiter (University of Vienna), academic year 1965/66
• Karl Hörmann (University of Vienna), academic year 1966/67
• Fritz Schwind (University of Vienna), academic year 1967/68
• Walther Kraus (University of Vienna), academic year 1968/69
• Fritz Zerbst (University of Vienna), academic year 1969/70
• Richard Biebl (University of Vienna), academic year 1970/71
• Alexander Dordett (University of Vienna), academic year 1971/72
• Günther Winkler (University of Vienna), academic year 1972/73
• Siegfried Korninger (University of Vienna), 1973–1975
• Franz Seitelberger (University of Vienna), 1975–1977
• Kurt Komarek (University of Vienna), 1977–1979

Manfried Welan ( University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna ), 1979–1981

Richard Plaschka ( University of Vienna ), 1981–1983

Hans Tuppy (University of Vienna), 1983–1985

Walter Kemmerling ( Vienna University of Technology ), 1985–1987

Christian Brünner ( University of Graz ), 1987–1989

Werner Biffl (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna), 1989–1991

Alfred Ebenbauer (University of Vienna), 1991–1993

Johannes Hengstschläger ( University of Linz ), 1993–1995

Peter Skalicky (Vienna University of Technology), 1995–1999

Wolf Rauch (University of Graz), April to December 1999

Georg Winckler (University of Vienna), 2000–2005

Christoph Badelt ( Vienna University of Economics and Business ), 2005–2009

Hans Sünkel ( Graz University of Technology ), 2010–2011

Heinrich Schmidinger ( University of Salzburg ), 2011–2015

Sonja Hammerschmid ( University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna ), January to May 2016

Oliver Vitouch ( University of Klagenfurt ), 2016–2017

Eva Blimlinger ( Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ), 2018–2019

Oliver Vitouch (University of Klagenfurt), July to December 2019

Sabine Seidler (Vienna University of Technology), 2020–

See also

• Rectors' conference of the Swiss universities
• University Rectors' Conference
• European University Association
• Austrian University of Applied Sciences Conference

Web links

• Website of the Austrian University Conference

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian University Conference : The President. Retrieved May 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Extract from the Central Register of Associations , ZVR number 489414227
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Association statutes on the website of the Austrian University Conference
4. ↑ ^{a b} History of the Austrian University Conference, queried on October 29, 2009
5. ^ Seidler new president of the university conference . In: ORF.at . December 9, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .