Innsbruck Medical University

Medical University of Innsbruck

Type	public
Established	2004
Endowment	147 Mio. Euro
President	Helga Fritsch
Students	ca. 3,800
Location	Innsbruck, Austria, EU
Website	www.i-med.ac.at

The Medical University of Innsbruck (in German: Medizinische Universität Innsbruck) is a university in Innsbruck, Austria, EU. It used to be one of the four historical faculties of the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck but became an independent university in 2004.

History

The medical tradition dates back long before the foundation of the university, with the foundation of the first hospital in the nearby silver-mining city of Schwaz in 1307. A medical faculty was included in the initial university, established in 1669 by emperor Leopold I.

Ceremonial equipment

Bishop Stanislav Pavlovský, who donated the Mace now held by Innbruck in 1588 to the University of Olomouc

In the 1850s Habsburgs gradually closed University of Olomouc as a consequence of the Olomouc students' and professors' participation on the 1848 revolutions and the Czech National Revival. The ceremonial equipment of the University of Olomouc was then transferred to the University of Innsbruck. The original Olomouc ceremonial maces from the 1580s are now used as maces of the University of Innsbruck, its faculties and of Innsbruck Medical University. The Medical University uses the ceremonial mace of Olomouc Faculty of Philosophy from 1588 and Olomouc Rector's Chain made sometime between 1566-1573.^[1]

The ceremonial mace currently used by the Innsbruck Medical University was given by Olomouc bishop Stanislav Pavlovský to the University of Olomouc in ca. 1588. It is 163 centimeters high, it is made of silver and has gold plating. It bears inscription S. P. E. O. (Stanislaus Pawlowski Episcopus Olomucii) and other ornaments.^[2]

Within the framework of the University Act of 2002, the medical faculty was separated from the Leopold-Franzens University, and the Medical University of Innsbruck was established as a university in its own right. Today, the Med-Uni has some 3,000 students and 1,800 employees. It is the most important medical research and training facility in western Austria and the home university of many Tyroleans, South Tyroleans and students from the Province of Vorarlberg.

Nobel Prize laureates

• Fritz Pregl, 1923 (chemistry - for his contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis)
• Adolf Windhaus, 1928 (chemistry - for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins)
• Hans Fischer, 1930 (chemistry - for the synthesis of haemin)

External links

• Medical University of Innsbruck
• University of Innsbruck
• Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
• Study in Austria: A Guide

References

Universities and colleges in Austria Public Universities University of Vienna University of Graz University of Innsbruck University of Salzburg Vienna University of Technology Graz University of Technology University of Leoben University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Vienna University of Economics and Business Johannes Kepler University Linz Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Danube University Krems Public art schools University of Applied Arts Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna Mozarteum University of Salzburg University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Public medical schools Medical University of Vienna Medical University of Graz Innsbruck Medical University Private Universities Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance Danube Private University European Peace University Catholic-Theological Private University Linz Konservatorium Wien MODUL University Vienna Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik New Design University Privatuniversität Schloss Seeburg Sigmund Freud University Vienna Webster University Vienna See also: List of universities in Austria

Coordinates: 47°15′44″N 11°23′08″E / 47.26222°N 11.38556°E / 47.26222; 11.38556