The University of Vienna

With its long and rich history, the University of Vienna has developed into one of the largest universities in Europe, and also one of the most renowned, especially in the Humanities. It is associated with 20 Nobel prize winners and has been the academic home to many scholars of historical as well as of academic importance. The University of Vienna was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365. It is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the largest in Central Europe.  With 178 degree programmes, 40 university continuing education and training programmes and about 45,000 active students, the University of Vienna is the largest and most diverse educational institution in Austria. With staff of about 7.000 academics, the University of Vienna is the largest teaching and research institution in Austria. It aims to sustain a wide range of studies, but at the same time to promote new and innovative fields of research, and to establish new networks between subjects. With more than 300 European partner universities, the University of Vienna has entered ERASMUS-Partnerships. Students from approximately 130 countries attend more than 10,000 lectures at the University of Vienna every year.