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Wien
http://www.univie.ac.at
http://www.univie.ac.at/en/
http://international.univie.ac.at/de/portal/mobilitaet/studierende/incomingerasmus/
EUC Number (Charta): 28545
Erasmus Code: A WIEN01
The University of Vienna was founded by Duke Rudolf IV in 1365. The University of Vienna is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the largest universities of Central Europe.

Research and Studies
63,000 students are currently enrolled at the University which offers about 130 degree programmes, among them 18 Bachelor programmes und 26 Master programmes.

The 5,400 members of the scientific staff of the University of Vienna engage in teaching and research in the following scientific areas: Catholic Theology, Protestant Theology, Law, Business, Economics and Statistics, Computer Science, Historical, Philological, and Cultural Studies, Philosophy and Educational Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, Life Sciences, Translation Studies, Sports Sciences and Molecular Biology.

Location
The University of Vienna centres around its historic Central Building at the Ringstraße and the nearby university campus, which hosts numerous departments and the newly constructed auditorium centre. However, the university is spread over 60 different locations in Vienna's historical centre and the vicinity.

International Networks
The University of Vienna traditionally has strong international relations in research and teaching and continually expands them. The University of Vienna takes part in the Erasmus/Sokrates programme and is member of several international networks, including ASEA-UNINET, the network of universities in the capitals of Europe (UNICA) and the European University Association (EUA).

Of its 331 European partner universities, the University of Vienna has established Erasmus partnerships with 311 universities. Students from about 130 countries enrol in the degree programmes which feature a total of more than 10,000 courses each year.



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Network memberships

ASEAN-European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET)
Conférence Internationale des Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes (CIUTI)
Conseil Européen pour les Langues (European Language Council) (CEL/ELC)
Danube Rectors' Conference (DRC)
European University Foundation / Campus Europae (EUF)
Network of Universities from Capitals of Europe (UNICA)

Rankings

ranked 132= by THE - QS World University Rankings (2009)
ranked 173 by Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (2009)
ranked 434 by Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (2009)
ranked 115 by THE - QS Top 200 World University Rankings (2008)
ranked 152-200 by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2008)
ranked 178 by Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities Top 500 (2008)
ranked 51-75 by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (2007)
ranked 85 by Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) Ranking of World Universities (2007)
ranked 151-200 by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2006)
ranked 72 by Newsweek - The Top 100 Global Universities (2006)
ranked 87 by Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) Ranking of World Universities (2006)
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