List of universities in Austria
This list contains all universities and private universities in Austria sorted by federal state in alphabetical order.
State universities have a long tradition in Austria: The oldest and by far the largest university in Austria is the University of Vienna , which was founded in 1365 and has around 90,000 students. The Habsburg Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg was founded a good hundred years before the University of Graz .
In Austria, the accreditation of educational institutions as a private university was only made possible in 2003.
In Austria there are 22 state universities (21 universities in accordance with the Universities Act 2002 and the University for Continuing Education Krems established by a separate federal law) and 16 private universities. These 38 institutions are given in detail in the list.
Student numbers in Austria are currently stagnating. Currently (winter semester 2017/18) there are 278,052 regular students registered at Austria's state universities. The Austrian share is 73% and the female share 53%. 11,034 full-time students are registered at the private universities.
Legend
- Name: Provides the name of the facility.
- City: The city in which the university is located or has its seat.
- Federal state: states the Austrian state in which the university is located or has its headquarters.
- Type: states the type of institution (university according to the Universities Act 2002 or DUK Act 2004 , in short "University" or private university in accordance with the Private Universities Act , in short "private university").
- Establishment: indicates the year in which the institution was founded.
- Students: states the number of students who are registered at the institution.
Universities: reference date February 1, 2010, private universities: reference date winter semester 2009/10.
For comparison, the values from the previous year are given: Universities: reference date February 11, 2009, private universities: reference date winter semester 2008/09.
- Scientists (FTE): states the number of full-time equivalents of scientists at the respective institution. Universities: as of December 31, 2009,
Private universities: cut-off date for the 2008/09 academic year.
Universities and private universities
Complete list
Surname | city | state | Type | founding |
Students winter semester 2008/09 |
Students winter semester 2009/10 |
difference |
Global budget 2010–2012 in € million |
Scientists (FTE) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | Carinthia | university | 1970 | 8,437 | 10,059 | +1,622 | 144.9 | 492.2 |
Gustav Mahler Private University for Music | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | Carinthia | Private university | 2019 | |||||
Danube Private University | Krems | Lower Austria | Private university | 2009 | 44 | +44 | |||
Karl Landsteiner Private University for Health Sciences | Krems | Lower Austria | Private university | 2012 | |||||
New Design University | St. Polten | Lower Austria | Private university | 2004 | 175 | 218 | +43 | 10.5 | |
Bertha von Suttner Private University | St. Polten | Lower Austria | Private university | 2018 | |||||
University for Continuing Education Krems | Krems | Lower Austria | university | 1994 | 4,774 | 5,063 | +289 | 173.0 | |
Anton Bruckner Private University | Linz | Upper Austria | Private university | 2004 | 1015 | 1017 | +2 | 138.6 | |
Johannes Kepler University Linz | Linz | Upper Austria | university | 1966 | 13,450 | 16,438 | +2,988 | 272.4 | 798.77 |
Catholic private university Linz | Linz | Upper Austria | Private university | 2000 | 470 | 448 | −22 | 36.6 | |
University for Artistic and Industrial Design Linz | Linz | Upper Austria | university | 1973 | 1,060 | 1,119 | +59 | 50.0 | 107.8 |
Paracelsus Medical Private University | Salzburg | Salzburg | Private university | 2003 | 242 | 335 | +93 | 78.0 | |
Paris-Lodron University Salzburg | Salzburg | Salzburg | university | 1962 | 14,077 | 16,417 | +2,340 | 301.6 | 909.2 |
Private University of Seeburg Castle | Seekirchen am Wallersee | Salzburg | Private university | 2007 | 54 | 107 | +53 | 11.5 | |
Mozarteum University of Salzburg | Salzburg | Salzburg | university | 1841 | 1,656 | 1,645 | −11 | 127.2 | 290.6 |
Karl Franzens University Graz | Graz | Styria | university | 1585 | 22,724 | 25,724 | +3,000 | 446.8 | 1,293.9 |
Medical University of Graz | Graz | Styria | university | 2004 | 4,287 | 4,248 | −39 | 299.0 | 936.6 |
Montan University Leoben | Leoben | Styria | university | 1840 | 2,673 | 2,902 | +229 | 116.2 | 442.7 |
Graz University of Technology | Graz | Styria | university | 1811 | 10,455 | 11,499 | +1,044 | 338.6 | 1,411.2 |
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz | Graz | Styria | university | 1970 | 1.917 | 1,877 | −40 | 124.9 | 257.3 |
Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck | innsbruck | Tyrol | university | 1669 | 22,668 | 25,740 | +3,072 | 491.8 | 1,398.3 |
Medical University Innsbruck | innsbruck | Tyrol | university | 2004 | 3,040 | 2,787 | −253 | 292.1 | 824.9 |
Private University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology | Hall in Tirol | Tyrol | Private university | 2001 | 895 | 1,189 | +294 | 71.1 | |
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1692 | 1,082 | 1,211 | +129 | 72.2 | 131.4 |
Central European University | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 1991, accredited in Vienna July 2019 | |||||
Jam Music Lab | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 2011 | 630 | 540 | |||
medical university Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 2004 | 7,801 | 7,388 | −413 | 824.6 | 2,758.5 |
Module University Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 2007 | 145 | 231 | +86 | 28.1 | |
Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 2005 | 843 | 908 | +65 | 163.7 | |
Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 2005 | 539 | 716 | +177 | 14.0 | |
technical University of Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1815 | 20,283 | 23,455 | +3,172 | 581.2 | 2,063.9 |
University of Applied Arts Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1867 | 1,499 | 1,588 | +89 | 91.0 | 206.3 |
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1872 | 7,898 | 9,129 | +1,231 | 286.8 | 1,111.7 |
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1819 | 2.983 | 3,093 | +110 | 237.0 | 565.3 |
University of Vienna "Alma Mater Rudolphina" | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1365 | 74.214 | 85,726 | +11,512 | 984.7 | 3,364.3 |
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1765 | 2,280 | 2,323 | +43 | 264.8 | 453.5 |
Webster Vienna Private University | Vienna | Vienna | Private university | 2001 | 534 | 537 | +3 | 35.2 | |
University of Economy Vienna | Vienna | Vienna | university | 1898 | 24,230 | 26,838 | +2,608 | 233.2 | 711.2 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers, dates & brochures from the University of Vienna. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ § 6 University Act 2002 in the federal legal information system
- ↑ DUK Act 2004 in the federal legal information system
- ↑ [1] on the website of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research
- ↑ Students in Austria in the winter semester 2017/18. STATISTIK AUSTRIA, August 6, 2018, accessed on March 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Data warehouse of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on April 27, 2010
- ↑ Data warehouse of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on April 27, 2010
- ^ University report 2011, BM: w_f