University of Vienna
Also known as Universität Wien
public university in Vienna, Austria
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The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria, making it a major institution for higher education in the country. As one of Austria's prominent universities, it serves students and researchers across various academic disciplines.
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 188
- Official website
- www.univie.ac.at
- Image
- Wien - Universität (2).JPG
- Students count
- 93628
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- inception
- 1365-03-12
- Commons category
- University of Vienna
- social media followers
- 672
- code
- A
- API endpoint URL
- weblogin.univie.ac.at/shibboleth
- native label
- Universität Wien
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The University of Vienna (Austrian: Universität Wien, Austrian German: [univɛrsiˈtɛːt ˈviːn] / Latin: Universitas Viennensis sive Vindobonensis) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and with around 85,000 students and approximately 11,000 employees, one of the largest institutions of higher learning in Europe. As of 2024/2025, the programme comprised 185 degree programmes.
The University of Vienna is associated with 17 Nobel Prize laureates and has been home to numerous scholars of historical and academic significance, including Erwin Schrödinger, Karl Popper, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Hayek, Gustav Mahler, Sigmund Freud, Gregor Mendel, Ludwig von Mises, among others.