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| Established: | 2004 (became independet) |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Wolfgang Schütz |
| Location: | Vienna, Austria |
| Website: | http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/homepage/doormat-navigation/en |
The Medical University of Vienna (German: Medizinische Universität Wien, short: MUW) , formerly the faculty of medicine of the University of Vienna, became an independent university on January 1, 2004. The independence of medical schools from the structure of "general" universities was part of a larger reform of the Austrian university system enacted by the Schüssel government in 2003.
Brief profile
The Medical University of Vienna is the largest medical research institution in Austria and the biggest medical university in all the German speaking countries. It was founded in 1365 as a Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna and has operated as an independent institution in the scope of autonomous university and self administration since 2004.
University directors
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Schütz (Rector)
Research
Allergology/ Immunology/ Infectiology (specific field of research)
Cancer Research/ Oncology (specific field of research)
Neuroscience (specific field of research)
Vascular Medicine (specific field of research)
Basic Sciences/ Diagnostics/ Imaging (specific field of research)
Organ Failure/Replacement of Organs/Transplants
Intensive Care
Metabolism and Nutritional Medicine
Public Health
Musculo-skeletal Disorders
Teaching
Doctoral Degree Human Medicine (N201) (old curriculum, no new students addmitted)
Degree Programme Dentistry (N203) (12 semesters, Dr. med. dent.)
Degree Programme Medicine (N202) (12 semesters, Dr. med. univ.)
Doctoral Degree Medical Science (N090) (4 semesters)
PhD Doctoral Degree (N094) (8 semesters)
Master's Degree Medical Informatics (N936) (4 semesters)
12 Postgraduate University Courses
Patient Care / Prevention
31 university clinics and clinical institutes
12 medical-theoretical departments
46,500 operations each year
95,000 patients treated as inpatients each year
500,000 patients treated as outpatients each year
Staff / Students/ Surface area
40,000 m2 research area
5,000 employees of which 1,800 are researchers and 1,600 are medical doctors
8.500 Students
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