The Medical University of Vienna is...
a medical institution with a tradition of over 640 years
one of the largest biomedical research institutions in Europe
the largest Medical University in Central Europe (more than 7.500 students)
employer of over 5.000 people (1.800 researchers, 1.600 physicians)
linked to Europe’s largest hospital, the General Hospital of Vienna and provides its Medical staff
operating since 2004 as an independent institution (formerly a Faculty of University of Vienna)
Rector Wolfgang Schütz
Deputy Rector Education Rudolf Mallinger
Deputy Rector Finance Peter Soswinski
Deputy Rector for HR Development
& the Promotion of Women´s Issues
Karin Gutierréz-Lobos
Deputy Rector for Clinical Issues
Wolfgang Wagner
University Management
Research money 2008 Total Budget: € 311 Mio Funding: € 73 Mio
Invention disclosure/ Filed patent 2008 23 new ‚patents filed’ 20 consecutive ‚patents filed’ 8 National ‘patents filed’ 5 patents issued
Scientific Output 2010 9.153 impact factors in scientific journals
Focal Points of Research at the MedUni Vienna
Research Clusters
• Allergology/ Immunology/ Infectiology
• Cancer Research/ Oncology
• Neuroscience
• Vascular Medicine
Clinical Programs
• Organ Failure/Replacement of Organs/Transplants
• Intensive Care
• Metabolism and Nutritional Medicine
• Basic Sciences/ Diagnostics/ Imaging
• Musculo-skeletal Disorders
Education | 2011 Degree Programme Human Medicine (N202) Degree Programme Dentistry (N203) 10 Doctoral Degree Applied Medical Science
(N790) 14 PhD Doctoral Degree (N094) Master's Degree Medical Informatics (N936) 13 Postgraduate University Courses
Patient Care / Prevention
31 University Clinics and Clinical Institutes 12 medical-theoretical Departments 46.400 surgeries (2010) 104.000 patients treated as inpatients (2010) 561.000 patients treated as outpatients (2010)
Our History...
1365 Foundation of the University of Vienna(Second University in the Holy Roman
Empire after Prague)
1404 The first anatomic section is mentioned
1555 Formation of a Surgical Chair
Gerard van Swieten and Vienna
During the reign of Maria
Theresia (1740-1780) Viennese
medicine first attained
international significance.
The Habsburg Monarch
summoned the Dutch physician,
Gerard van Swieten, to Vienna.
He in turn laid the foundation for
the „Vienna Medical School“.
Anton de Haen, Maximilian Stoll,
Lorenz Gasser, Anton von Störck,
and the discoverer of the
percussion technique, Leopold
Auenbrugger, all taught and
conducted research in the
imperial city. Based on
longstanding traditions, what now
is referred to as “bedside
teaching” also became the
paradigmatic educational method
during this period.
1847 Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis discovers, that the
incidence of puerperal fever can be cut by
implementing hand-washing standards and lays
the basis for modern clinical hygiene
1881 The pioneer of modern surgery, Theodor Billroth
performs the first successful gastrectomy
1897 Dr. Gabriele Possanner, MD is the first woman
to graduate from the University of Vienna
1902 Karl Landsteiner discovers blood groups
1908 Clemens Pirquet coins the term “Allergy”
Birthplace of
Specialized Medicine
When the General Hospital opened
in 1784, physicians acquired a new
facility that gradually developed
into the most important research
center. During the 19th century,
the "Second Viennese Medical
School" emerged as the most
important medical school in Euope
next to Paris, with the contributions
of physicians such as Karl
Rokitansky, Josef Skoda,
Ferdinand von Hebra and Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis. Basic medical
science expanded and
specialization advanced.
Furthermore, the first dermatology,
eye, as well as ear, nose and
throat clinics in the world were
founded in Vienna.
1938 Dismissal, expulsion and deportation of Jewish
teachers and students as well as of political opponents
during the National Socialist period
1945 Reopening of the university
1996 The new General hospital (AKH) is inaugurated
as Europe‘s largest Clinic.
1998 A campus for humanistic studies is established
in the historic „Old General Hospital“
2004 Independence and autonomy of the
Medical University of Vienna takes effect
National Socialism
and Vienna Medicine
With the annexation of Austria by
National Socialist Germany on 13
March 1938, the darkest phase in
Viennese medicine began. More
than half of the University medical
instructors, mostly those of Jewish
descent, and 65% of Viennese
physicians were dismissed. Many
renowned researchers, physicians,
and students were forced to
emigrate or died in concentration
camps and under other tragic
circumstances. The victims of
National Socialism shall always be
remembered. The Medical
University of Vienna perceives the
13th of March 1938 as a date of
admonition and commemoration.
Medical University of Vienna International Hospital Operations GmbH (MUVI)
The MedUni provides Medical Staff and/or Medical Counselling for Hospitals in
• Malaysia
• Abu Dhabi (UAE)
• Libya
• Kazachstan
MUVI
The Medical University of
Vienna is the first Austrian
medical university to operate
in the international healthcare
market. Participation in major
international projects make it
possible for the Medical
University of Vienna and its
staff to expand its scientific
and commercial know-how
and to obtain new financial
resources. The Medical
University of Vienna
International Hospital
Operations GmbH (MUVI)
was founded in 2005 for this
purpose; its core activity is
participation in international
healthcare projects.
Please find more information on the Medical University of Vienna www.meduniwien.ac.at