The University of Vienna 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 one of the oldest in the world in continuous operation, and with around 85,000 students and about 11,000 employees it is one of the largest institutions of higher learning in Europe, offering 185 degree programmes as of the 2024-2025 academic year. It is associated with 17 Nobel Prize laureates and has counted among its scholars Erwin Schrodinger, Karl Popper, Sigmund Freud and Gregor Mendel.
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1. University of Vienna - Wikipedia
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12 March 1365
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Austria
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Vienna
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Public
Description, institution-kind classification
The University of Vienna is a public research university in Vienna, Austria, founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365.
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