In Austria, students can study, medicine, law, dentistry, engineering, business and economics according to their interests and abilities. They can also continue with their graduate studies if they want to advance in their careers. For this, there are many public and private universities in Austria that provide qualified education.
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna, known as one of the oldest universities in Austria, has its roots as far back as 1365. With an exceedingly long history of about 700 years, more than 90,000 students have studied here so far. In terms of the number of students, University of the Vienna, which is one of the universities with the greatest student number in Europe has opened its doors to students wishing to study for undergraduate and master’s degrees with more than 180 academic departments.
In addition to millions of “online data sources” the University of Vienna, which has one of the most established libraries in Europe, has also proven its quality with six million written and printed sources, demonstrating its quality as well as being a well-established university.
Vienna University of Technology
The institution, which operated since 1815, comprises eight faculties with main engineering fields. The institution, which offers education in 50 fields, including 19 undergraduate 31and master’s, is an important university that attracts students with its good reputation.
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Although it settled on its new campus in Vienna in 2013, the university, which dates back 1125 years ago, embodies about 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
The university is ranked among the top 110 universities in the world according to research conducted by EFMD Quality Improvement System. The main difference that distinguishes the university from others is that “the institution offers education not only on economics”but also in its extendedsub-branches. With the high quality academic staff, it has proven itself in undergraduate and graduate education.
Medical University of Vienna
Did you know that one of the largest and most famous universities specialized in medicine are in Austria?It has proven itself with the education it provided since 1365. In short, about 8,000 students at this university today can see the subtleties of modern medicine supported by both traditional medicine and research centers.
With 27 university hospitals, 3 centers for chronic diseases, 12 theoretical medical centers and numerous highly specialized laboratories, the university is one of the most important biomedical research institutes in Europe.
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
With a history of 250 years, the university first started its service under “Cattle Treatment Center.”
Now it is the only university that was established in the name of veterinary medicine among European countries.The institution is significant in terms of providing both theoretical and applied courses in the “clinical and scientific fields.” As it also treats severe cases of animal health, the university completes a major deficiency in this field.
University of Agricultural Sciences
Starting to offer education in 1872 on the borders of Turkanschanze, the university has proven itself internationally in the field of agriculture.
University of Salzburg
Founded in 1622 by Archbishop Paris Lodron, the University of Salzburg has been offeringeducationfor 400 years. With its world-renowned “theological and philosophical courses” the university also specialized on the medical and legal fields. The university has fourfacultiesin the fields of:
As a university that constantly renews itself and attaches importance to modernization it extends its branches to Australia, China, South Africa, U.S., and Latin America.
University of Graz
With 23,000 students insix faculties and 74 departments with approximately 2,500 academic staff, this university is second largest one in Austria. Also, itembodies the largest library in its region.
Graz University of Technology
The university, which has shown a significant breakthrough, especially in the field of engineering and science, has been providing education for 200 years.
Also being a prominent institution in the international arena, the university embodies approximately 12,000 students, with a broad-based academic staff.
With these qualities, the university took its place among the best universities in the world with 461st ranking according to the survey made in 2016.
The university offers 17 undergraduate, 33 master’s degree, 2 teaching and 13 Ph.D. programs.
University of Innsbruck
The university’s roots date back to 1569 under the leadership of the most important political leaders of the period, Leopold I. The institution was financed by salt mines at first.
After the university was re-chartered, the university expanded with many educational programs.
Although the institution opened the medical school at the same time, it took the decision to bring up the Faculty of Medicine under a separate university (Innsbruck Medical Faculty).
Johannes Kepler University Linz
The institution, which first started its educational life under the name of the “College of Social Sciences, Economics and Business” in 1966, it was transformed to complex university with many programs in 1975.
In memory of world-renowned Johannes Kepler, a mathematician and astronomer, the institution continues its educational life as Kepler University located in Linz province.