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University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the modern German-speaking world and among the largest institutions of higher learning in Europe.[2] The university is associated with 16 Nobel Prize winners and has been the home to many scholars of historical and academic importance.

Former name

Alma Mater Rudolphina Vindobonensis

Public

1365 (1365)

€691.5 million (2021)[1]

Sebastian Schütze

7,538[1]

3,043[1]

10,381

88,900 (2021)[1]

16,490

8,945

Vienna, Austria

48°12′47″N 16°21′35″E / 48.21306°N 16.35972°E / 48.21306; 16.35972

Urban

Blue and white   

univie.ac.at

Book inventory: 7,782,104 (of which 2,936,580 belong to the Main Library)

E-Journals: 155,072

E-Books: 1,808,095

Search queries in the online catalogue: 11.349.382

Borrowings and renewals of books: 2,981,919

Oldest book: Bible from the Dorothean monastery, 1392 ("Biblia manuscripta"; entry in the online catalogue: )[14]

https://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC16383568

University rankings

101-150 (2023)

130 (2024)

119 (2024)

208 (2024)

2 (2023)

Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Hans Kelsen

Hans Kelsen

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger

Friedrich Hayek

Friedrich Hayek

Education in Austria

Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings

Institute Vienna Circle

List of medieval universities

Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte

Roman Sebastian Zängerle

Vienna Observatory

Francis Stephen Award

List of Jesuit sites

(English version)

University of Vienna

(English version)

Information for Students at the University of Vienna