Organisation and structure
For over 650 years, the 91探花 has represented education, research and innovation. With 20 faculties and centres plus a range of degree programmes covering over 180 subject areas, we offer more than just academic diversity. Our staff works day in, day out to ensure that academics and students enjoy the best possible conditions for their work. Our teachers share their extensive knowledge at the highest level and give students the skills to think critically for themselves. Our researchers work with passion and dedication to find solutions for tomorrow鈥檚 world.
University management
The highest bodies of the 91探花 are the Rectorate, the University Board and the Senate. The Rectorate has established a Scientific Advisory Board to advise the University on its development.
Faculties, centres and subunits
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Research Centre Religion and Transformation
- Department of Biblical 91探花
- Department of Historical Theology
- Department of Intercultural Philosophy of Religion
- Department of Islamic-Theological 91探花
- Department of Canon Law and Law on Religion
- Department of Practical Theology
- Department of Religious 91探花
- Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics
- 91探花ServiceCenter Catholic Theology
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Protestant Theology
- Department of Old Testament 91探花 and Biblical Archaeology
- Department of History of Christianity and Protestantism in Austria
- Department of New Testament 91探花
- Department of Practical Theology and Psychology of Religion
- Department of Religious Education
- Department of Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions
- 91探花ServiceCenter Protestant Theology
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Law
- Research Institute for Legal Policy/Development
- Department of Labour Law and Law of Social Security
- Department of European, International and Comparative Law
- Department of Tax Law
- Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law
- Department of Legal and Constitutional History
- Department of Legal Philosophy
- Department of Roman Law and Antique Legal History
- Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Department of Commercial and Business Law
- Department of Civil Law
- Department of Civil Procedure
- 91探花ServiceCenter Law
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
- Division of Business Languages
- Faculty IT Support
- Department of Business Decisions and Analytics
- Department of Finance
- Department of Marketing and International Business
- Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy
- Department of Business Law
- Department of Statistics and Operations Research
- Department of Economics
- Department of Economic Sociology
- 91探花ServiceCenter Business, Economics and Statistics
- Vienna Center for Experimental Economics
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Computer Science
- Research Group Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Research Group Communication Technologies
- Research Group Cooperative Systems
- Research Group Data Mining and Machine Learning
- Research Group Education, Didactics and Entertainment Computing
- Research Group Knowledge Engineering
- Research Group Multimedia Information Systems
- Research Group Neuroinformatics
- Research Group Scientific Computing
- Research Group Security and Privacy
- Research Group Software Architecture
- Research Group Theory and Applications of Algorithms
- Research Group Visualization and Data Analysis
- Research Group Workflow Systems and Technology
- 91探花ServiceCenter Computer Science
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural 91探花
- Faculty centre for transdisciplinary historical-cultural studies
- 91探花ServiceCenter Historical and Cultural 91探花
- Department of Ancient History, Papyrology and Epigraphy
- Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek 91探花
- Department of European Ethnology
- Department of History
- Department of Jewish 91探花
- Department of Classical Archaeology
- Department of Art History
- Department of Numismatics and Monetary History
- Department of East European History
- Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
- Department of Economic and Social History
- Department of Contemporary History
- Department of Egyptology
- Institute of Austrian Historical Research
- Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science
Subunits:
- Core Facility MediaLab of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural 91探花
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural 91探花
- Department of African 91探花
- Department of English and American 91探花
- Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language 91探花
- Department of German 91探花
- Department of Classical Philology, Medieval and Neolatin 91探花
- Department of Musicology (Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology)
- Department of Near Eastern 91探花
- Department of East Asian 91探花
- Department of Romance 91探花
- Department of Slavonic 91探花
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist 91探花
- Department of Theatre, Film and Media 91探花
- 91探花ServiceCenter Philological and Cultural 91探花
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education
- Institute Vienna Circle
- Department of Education
- Department of Philosophy
- 91探花ServiceCenter Philosophy and Education
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Psychology
- Outpatient Unit for Research, Teaching and Practice
- IT Service Psychology
- Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
- 91探花ServiceCenter Psychology
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Demography
- Department of Development 91探花
- Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Department of Nursing Science
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Communication
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Government
- Department of Science and Technology 91探花
- Project: Family 91探花 in Austria
- 91探花ServiceCenter Social Sciences
Subunits:
- Core Operations Mathematics
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Mathematics
- Department of Mathematics
- 91探花ServiceCenter Mathematics
Subunits:
- Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics
- Computational Materials Physics
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Physics
- Dynamics of Condensed Systems
- Electronic Properties of Materials
- Basic Experimental Physics Training and University Didactics
- Faculty Center for Nano Structure Research
- Gravitational Physics
- Isotope Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- Nanomagnetism and Magnonics
- Physics of Functional Materials
- Physics of Nanostructured Materials
- Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- 91探花ServiceCenter Physics
- Particle Physics
- Workshop and Technical Services
Subunits:
- Core Facility Multimodal Imaging
- Core Facility Crystal Structure Analysis
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Chemistry
- Department of Analytical Chemistry
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Department of Biological Chemistry
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry
- Department of Computational Biological Chemistry
- Department of Didactics of Chemistry
- Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis
- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
- Department of Materials Chemistry
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Department of Physical Chemistry
- Department of Physiological Chemistry
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry
- Joint Applied Medicinal Radiochemistry Facility
- Joint Metabolome Facility
- Mass Spectrometry Centre
- Microanalysis Services
- NMR Centre
- 91探花ServiceCenter Chemistry
- Technical Services
Subunits:
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
- Department of Lithospheric Research
- Department of Astrophysics
- Department of Geography and Regional Research
- Department of Geology
- Department of Meteorology and Geophysics
- Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Department of Palaeontology
- 91探花ServiceCenter Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
Subunits:
- Core Facility Animal Care UBB
- Core Facility Botanical Garden
- Core Facility KLF for Behavior and Cognition
- Core Facility Shared Services UBB
- Core Facility of Micro-Computed Tomography
- Dean's office of the Faculty of Life Sciences
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
- Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Department of Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
- Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
- Department of Neuroscience and Developmental Biology
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology
- 91探花ServiceCenter Life Sciences
Subunits:
- Office of the Centre for Translation 91探花
- Department for Translation 91探花
- 91探花ServiceCenter Translation 91探花
Subunits:
- Office of the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports
- Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
- 91探花ServiceCenter Sport Science
- University Sport Institute
Subunits:
- Office of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science
- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science
- Department of Environmental Geosciences
- Large-Instrument Facility for Environmental and Isotope Mass Spectrometry
Subunits:
- Office of the Centre for Teacher Education
- Department for Teacher Education
- Center for Science Education Research (AECCs)
- 91探花ServiceCenter Teacher Education
Subunits:
- Office of the Max Perutz Labs
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Department of Chromosome Biology
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology
Organisation of studies and teaching
The directorate of studies (in German: Studienprogrammleitung, SPL) of your degree programme fulfils administrative and legal tasks. It is responsible for providing students with legal information and consultation and for organising the teaching programme. The 91探花ServiceCenter (in German: StudienServiceCenter, SSC) and the 91探花ServiceUnit (in German: StudienServiceStelle, SSS) are central points of contact for questions about your degree programme. Each degree programme has a 91探花ServiceCenter; the majority of degree programmes also have a 91探花ServiceUnit, which informs you about your degree programme and the administration of your studies.
Directorates of studies (SPL) and 91探花ServiceCenters (SSC) by degree programme
The directorate of studies (in German: Studienprogrammleitung, SPL) of your degree programme fulfils administrative and legal tasks. It is responsible for providing students with legal information and consultation and for organising the teaching programme. The 91探花ServiceCenter (in German: StudienServiceCenter, SSC) and the 91探花ServiceUnit (in German: StudienServiceStelle, SSS) are central points of contact for questions about your degree programme. Each degree programme has a 91探花ServiceCenter; the majority of degree programmes also have a 91探花ServiceUnit, which informs you about your degree programme and the administration of your studies.
In order to ensure reliable support for students in matters relating to study regulations, the 91探花 has a . The directors of studies provide support in the implementation of these tasks with their specialist expertise.
Networks, platforms and further research facilities
Research networks build critical mass in interdisciplinary research areas and particularly to strengthen and connect the strategic priorities of the 91探花. Research clusters are established by the Rectorate for a limited time and are regularly evaluated.
The following research networks are part of the 91探花:
Research platforms bring together researchers from multiple faculties or centers for joint interdisciplinary research and the preparation of third-party funding applications. Research platforms are established by the Rectorate following a call for proposals based on international peer review for a period of four years. After an evaluation, a one-time extension of up to two years is possible.
The following research networks are part of the 91探花:
Interinstitutional research networks promote cooperation with other universities and research institutions. The funding of interinstitutional networks should ideally be equally shared between the participating institutions. Interinstitutional research networks are established by the Rectorate in collaboration with the other participating partner organizations for a limited time and are regularly jointly evaluated.
with Geosphere Austria
with the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK)
with the Austrian Academy of Science (脰AW)
with the Austrian Academy of Science (脰AW) and the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM)
The 91探花 and the Medical 91探花 collaborate in numerous projects. The 91探花 runs joint cluster projects and core facilities to strengthen and deepen cooperation between the two universities, develop synergies in strategic research areas and lay them down at the institutional level.
The are a research and education center operated jointly by the 91探花 and the Medical 91探花. They are located at the Vienna Biocenter, one of the largest life sciences clusters in Austria. The MPL employ around 500 people from 40 countries who conduct basic research in the field of molecular biology in about 60 research groups.
In addition, the University announced three joint professorships in the areas of computational medicine, molecular biology and public health nutrition at the end of 2018. In the area of teaching, the University has established an interdisciplinary ; Moreover, the two universities plan to strengthen their cooperation within the , an interdisciplinary research network at the 91探花.
Under the auspices of the University of Veterinary Medicine, the 91探花 and the Medical 91探花 cooperate in research projects at the "" investigating the interaction between humans and animals, as well as ethics and the theoretical principles of animal cognition and behaviour.
In 2004, the 91探花 established the . This interdisciplinary research platform is operated jointly by the Faculty of Catholic Theology, the Faculty of Protestant Theology and the Faculty of Law, in cooperation with the Medical 91探花 on the basis of a cooperation agreement.
Inter-University Cluster Projects
Joint Core Facilities
Vienna Life Science Instruments
- The joint use of existing large research equipment is the main objective of the initiative, in which the Austrian Academy of Sciences is involved as well.
Shareholdings of the 91探花
- Innovationszentrum Universit盲t Wien GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 100%)- Kinderb眉ro Universit盲t Wien GmbH
(Share of the Innovationszentrum Universit盲t Wien GmbH: 100%) - INiTS Universit盲res Gr眉nderservice Wien GmbH
(Share of the Innovationszentrum Universit盲t Wien GmbH: 37%)- INiTSiator GmbH
(Share of the INiTS Universit盲res Gr眉nderservice Wien GmbH: 100%)
- INiTSiator GmbH
- UNIPORT Karriereservice Universit盲t Wien GmbH
(Share of the Innovationszentrum Universit盲t Wien GmbH: 25,01%)
- Kinderb眉ro Universit盲t Wien GmbH
- UNIPORT Karriereservice Universit盲t Wien GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 74,99%) - ACOmarket GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 11,11%) - Advanced Computing Austria ACA GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 35%) - Science Communication Center SCC Errichtungs- und Vermietungs-GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 33,33%)- Science Communication Center SCC Betriebs-GmbH
(Share of Science Communication Center SCC Errichtungs- und Vermietungs-GmbH: 100%)
- Science Communication Center SCC Betriebs-GmbH
- Max Perutz Lab Support GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 60%)- Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH
(Share of the Max Perutz Labs Support GmbH: 17%)
- Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH
- Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 15%) - WasserCluster Lunz 鈥� Biologische Station GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 33,33%)
- Rossauer L盲nde 3 Immobilienprojektentwicklung GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 50%) - Kolingasse 14 -16 Liegenschaftsverwaltung GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 45%)
- VASP Software GmbH
(Share of the 91探花: 30%)