Science and Research

Meet new spirits and the thinkers of old.

Plan your meeting surrounded by the great thinkers: Semmelweis, Billroth and Landsteiner are all part of an illustrious history that is being added to all the time.

Visionary Vienna:

Vienna leads the way in Europe when it comes to research spending
The city targets investment in research and technology projects in a range of areas
Vienna has a long history as a scientific and medical research hub
Around 190,000 students study at the city's 20 universities and universities of applied sciences

Labor IMP – Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

Knowledge City

Vienna owes much of its attractiveness to its role as a research location ...

University City

With nine universities, five universities of applied sciences and six ...

Science City

Vienna has a long history of excellent scientific and medical research: Semmelweis, Billroth and Landsteiner are all part of this proud history.

Arcaded Courtyard in the University of Vienna

Universities as Venues

Space at various university buildings can also be hired for meetings primarily during recess periods (February, July, August, September).

Medicine in Vienna has been relied on for centuries

People normally give hospitals a wide berth. But the coronavirus pandemic ...

Research funding as the key to prosperity

The Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) has supported hundreds of ...

New pneumatic tube system makes hospitals even safer

A new technology improves protection against viruses when transporting ...

Semmelweis and soap

Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. You can't repeat this ...

A salamander as an ambassador for Vienna

Elly Tanaka researches a very special animal in Vienna: the axolotl. Among other things, this salamander can regrow appendages. Her research should also ...

Curiosity as a driver for science

28 July 2021 - From 24 to 28 July 2021, the Austrian Biophysical Society and the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) gathered numerous ...

Research is never over and done with.

10 August 2021 - Hosted as a hybrid meeting this year, the EBSA congress – the world's second-largest biophysics conference – once again brought together ...