Medical University of Vienna / Medizinische Universitat Wien

Founded in 1365 as a Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, the MedUni Vienna is now one of the world's largest and most renowned medical universities.

The Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna for short) is one of the longest-standing medical training and research institutions in Europe. With 8,000 students it is today the largest medical training facility in the German-speaking area. With its 30 university departments and two clinical institutes, 12 medical theory centers and numerous highly specialized laboratories, it is also one of the most important cutting-edge research institutions in the field of biomedicine.

The Goals of MedUni Vienna:
In order to meet the continuously increasing demands on a university of international renown, the medical faculty of the University of Vienna was transformed into the Medical University of Vienna in 2004. Through the triple-track orientation as a symbiosis of research, education and clinical work, medical science can flexibly adapt to a variety of needs and requirements on the part of the state and society.

“As a Medical University, they espouse the three main tasks acquire, pass on and apply knowledge. The innovations developed by our employees offer the conditions with which they can actively design the future of medicine."