University of Innsbruck

University of Innsbruck
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Latin: Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea,[1] Alma Mater Oenipontana[2]
TypePublic
EstablishedOctober 15, 1669; 355 years ago (1669-10-15) (as a university)
RectorVeronika Sexl (2023-)
Academic staff
3.966 (300 professors)[3]
Administrative staff
1,607
Students28.106[3](May 2022)
Location
Innsbruck
,
Austria

47°15′46″N 11°23′4″E / 47.26278°N 11.38444°E / 47.26278; 11.38444
CampusUrban
Websitewww.uibk.ac.at

The University of Innsbruck (German: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; Latin: Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.[4]

It is the largest education facility in the Austrian Bundesland of Tirol, and the third largest in Austria behind the University of Vienna and the University of Graz. Significant contributions have been made in many branches, most of all in the physics department. Further, regarding the number of Web of Science-listed publications, it occupies the third rank worldwide in the area of mountain research.[5]

  1. ^ "Search". Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Search". Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Universität Innsbruck Auf einen Blick 2022
  4. ^ "History of the University of Innsbruck", University of Innsbruck website
  5. ^ Körner, Christian (2009). "Global Statistics of "Mountain" and "Alpine" Research". Mountain Research and Development. 29: 97–102. doi:10.1659/mrd.1108.