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