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University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

The University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, is the oldest academic educational and research institution for veterinary medicine in the German-speaking world. It is considered one of the best educational institutions for veterinary medicine in Europe. Its central focus is the protection of human and animal health and the production of healthy food stuff. The animal hospital with its university clinics is an integrated component of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Aside from its function as a teaching hospital for students, it also welcomes animal owners: More than 41,500 animals have been treated here in 2012.

The 15-hectar campus offers an extremely modern teaching and research infrastructure for the approx. 1,200 members of staff at the university (of which 645 are scientific members of staff) and 2,300 students. Many subsidiaries, partner companies and specialist associations also use the campus. The VUW aims to find solutions to problems in the fields of animal help, the protection of human health by combating zoonosis, food quality assurance, interdependence between people, animals and the environment and contribute to the maintenance of the biological diversity and the protection of animals.

Research at the veterinary medicine university focuses on:
  • The management of physiological and pathological processes
  • Infection, prevention and innovative diagnostics
  • Biomedicine and biotechnology
  • Food safety and risk analysis
Locations
  • Campus: 1210 Vienna
    47 buildings comprising an area of 15 hectares, completed in 1996
  • Research Institute of Wildlife and Ecology and Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology: 1160 Vienna
  • Teaching and Research farm: 2563 Pottenstein (Lower Austria)
  • Austrian Bird Observatory, Seebarn
Departments
Based on the Organisation Plan of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna the areas of specialisation of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna are divided into five departments and one interdisciplinary institution.

Balancing work and family life
Balancing work and family life is of particular concern to the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. It therefore offers its staff and students alike, all year specific support measures.

Audit "University and Family" (hochschuleundfamilie)
This certificate was first awarded in 2011 to the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. As one of the first universities in Austria, it was awarded for successful reconciliation of family, study and work.

The criteria for which are needs-based child care and the sustainability of applied family-friendly measures.

The "Career and Family" Certificate (berufundfamilie) of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna was first awarded to the University in 2010, and has now been integrated into the "University and Family" Certificate. The “Career and Family" Certificate was awarded for improved career opportunities for mothers and for financial and organisational support given to bodies representing parental interests in the departments involved.

Contact details
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
Address: Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
T +43 1 25077-0
F +43 1 25077-1090
Founded in: 1765