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Science and Research

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. Today, Vienna is one of the leading research centers in Europe and the largest university city in the German-speaking world. A center of learning that will never lose its inquisitive nature.

Meet new spirits and the thinkers of old.

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 195,000 students study at the city's 20 universities and universities of applied sciences
Library of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Knowledge City

Vienna owes much of its attractiveness to its role as a research location and knowledge center, around 30% of all research expenditure in Austria takes place …

Campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business

University City

With ten universities, six universities of applied sciences and four private universities, Vienna is home to 195,000 students. It is the biggest university …

Gustav Klimt, Medicine, Faculty Painting for the universities, detail of Hygieia, 1900-07

Science City

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

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Universities as Venues

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

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