University of Vienna (Universität Wien)
University of Vienna (Universität Wien) is a public institution in Vienna, Austria, accredited by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF); Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process). Primary language: German. AlmiStudy lists 9 canonical subject areas, all verified against Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF); Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process).
- Country
- Austria (AT)
- City
- Vienna
- Control
- public
- Language
- German
- Accreditation
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF); Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria); European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- University of Vienna Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://www.univie.ac.at/en/
Subjects offered
Show all 14 listed subjects (raw)
Humanities · Sciences · Social Sciences · Law · Theology · Education · Mathematics · Physics · Chemistry · Biology · Psychology · Business · Computer Science · Medicine (joint with MedUni)
Founded on 12 March 1365 by Duke Rudolph IV ('Alma Mater Rudolphina'), the University of Vienna is the OLDEST university in the German-speaking world and the third-oldest in Central Europe (after Charles University Prague 1348 and Jagiellonian Kraków 1364). With approximately 85,000 students across 185+ degree programmes at 20 faculties, it is one of Europe's largest universities. Associated with 17 Nobel Prize laureates, the University has been the intellectual home of Erwin Schrödinger, Sigmund Freud, Karl Popper, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Gregor Mendel, Gustav Mahler, and Stefan Zweig — figures who shaped 20th-century thought across physics, economics, philosophy, psychology, and genetics. The main building on the Ringstraße (built 1877-1884 by Heinrich von Ferstel) is itself a Vienna landmark. Like all Austrian public universities, it survived a dark Nazi-era chapter (1938-1945) when Jewish and dissident scholars were dismissed and many killed; the university today maintains active memorial and historical accountability programmes. About one-third of students come from abroad. Tuition essentially free for EU/EEA students.
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