University in Austria
University of Salzburg
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Former names
| Benediktineruniversitat
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Type
| Public
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Established
| 1622
; 402 years ago
(
1622
)
1962 (re-established)
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Budget
| €
112.8
million
(2007)
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Rector
| Hendrik Lehnert
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Administrative staff
| 2,800 (2013)
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Students
| 18,000 (2013/2014)
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Location
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Website
| plus.ac.at
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The
University of Salzburg
(
German
:
Universitat Salzburg
), also known as the
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
(
Paris-Lodron-Universitat Salzburg
, PLUS), is an
Austrian
public university
in
Salzburg municipality
,
Salzburg State
, named after its founder, Prince-Archbishop
Paris Lodron
.
Established in 1622, the university was closed in 1810 and re-established in 1962. Nowadays, it has around 18,000 students and 2,800 employees;
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citation needed
]
it is the largest educational institution in
Salzburg State
. It is divided into six faculties:
Catholic Theology
,
Law
and
Economics
,
Cultural Sciences
,
Social Sciences
,
Natural Sciences
, Analytical and Life Sciences.
Benedictine University
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On 23 July 1622, Archbishop
Paris Lodron
appointed the scholar Albert Keuslin first rector of the
Benedictine
university. Keuslin, a graduate of the Jesuit
University of Dillingen
, had established the
Akademisches Gymnasium
, a secondary school, at Salzburg five years earlier. By resolution of Emperor
Ferdinand II
, issued on October 8, the Gymnasium was raised to a university. While the
Thirty Years' War
raged outside the
Archbishopric of Salzburg
, the university was built up and maintained by a federation of Benedictine abbeys from Salzburg,
Switzerland
,
Bavaria
and
Austria
. In its early years, courses taught were
theology
,
divinity
,
philosophy
, law, and medicine.
During the
Napoleonic Wars
, the Prince-Archbishopric was
secularized
as the
Electorate of Salzburg
in 1803. It was ruled by Archduke
Ferdinand III of Austria
, a brother of Emperor
Francis I
, who established a Faculty of Medicine. After Salzburg was annexed by the
Kingdom of Bavaria
in 1810, however, the university was closed on 24 December and replaced by a
Lyzeum
college with sections for divinity and philosophy, as well as a school for medicine and surgery. After the Napoleonic Wars, Salzburg became part of the
Austrian Empire
.
The divinity section was again converted to a faculty in 1850. In
World War I
, plans were evolved to relocate the
Francis Joseph University
from
Czernowitz
to Salzburg, though never carried out.
University of Salzburg
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The University of Salzburg was not re-established until 1962, with a faculty of Catholic theology and a faculty of philosophy. Classes resumed in 1964, with a faculty of law added the following year. In 1975, a new federal law regulated the organisation of all Austrian universities. The University of Salzburg created four academic divisions: the Faculty of Catholic Theology, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities, and the Faculty of Natural Sciences. A fifth division, the
Faculty of Medicine
, was not realized.
In 1995, the organisation of Austrian universities was further restructured with more faculty autonomy. The university gradually incorporated new academic programs through 2004 into 32
Fachbereiche
or “departments”, and again, decided not to create a Faculty of Medicine.
Locations
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The University of Salzburg has no central campus, occupying several buildings in Salzburg's
historic centre
: parts of the
Salzburg Residenz
building (
Toskanatrakt
) and on Kapitelgasse south of
Salzburg Cathedral
. The university library is located between the
Kollegienkirche
(the University Church) and the
Großes Festspielhaus
; attached to it is the
Große Aula
, or ceremonial hall.
The traditional faculty building of Humanities (
Communication Studies
,
Sociology
and
Political Science
) is located by the Rudolfskai, only 100 metres from Mozartplatz and Papagenoplatz. The Faculty of Sciences is housed in the second largest building in Salzburg after
Hohensalzburg Fortress
, and is located just further south next to Schloss Freisaal Castle and Frohnburg Castle.
Completed in 2011, the
Unipark Nonntal
campus (replacing the old location at the Akademiestraße) is home to the departments of modern languages, and cultural and social sciences. The building is 17,000 square metres in size, with 5,500 students and 300 academic staff. There is a library and an
Auditorium Maximum
. Financing for the construction of the Unipark Nonntal was enabled by successful negotiations between Salzburg’s state governor
Franz Schausberger
and the Federal Ministry of Education.
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Originally designed in 2002 by architects Storch Ehlers Partners, it was constructed in three years.
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-
Unipark ? south side
-
Main entrance
-
Interior
-
Lecture room
Smaller university offices and institutes are scattered throughout the city, with arts and music being taught at the
Mozarteum University Salzburg
.
Alumni
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- Hannes Ametsreiter
(born 1967), Austrian telecommunication manager
- Martina Berthold
(born 1970), Austrian politician
- Gabi Burgstaller
(born 1963), Austrian politician
- Herbert Dachs
(born 1943), Austrian political scientist
- Wolfgang Eder
(born 1952), Austrian iron steel manager
- Renate Egger-Wenzel
(born 1961), Austrian professor of Old Testament
- Christine Esterhazy
(born 1959), German opera singer
- Benita Ferrero-Waldner
(born 1948), Austrian diplomat and politician
- Alexandra Foderl-Schmid
(born 1971), Austrian journalist
- Karl-Markus Gauß
(born 1954), Austrian novelist
- Toni Giger
(born 1963), Austrian ski trainer
- Erich Hackl
(born 1955), Austrian novelist and short-story writer
- Gerhart Holzinger
(born 1947), Austrian constitutional lawyer
- Hannes Leitgeb
(born 1972), Austrian philosopher and mathematician
- Hieronymus II. Lindau
, (1657?1719), Abbot of Ochsenhausen Abbey
- Franziskus Klesin
(1643?1708), Abbot of Ochsenhausen Abbey
- Erwin Krautler
(born 1939), Roman Catholic bishop
- Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal
(born 1957), Austrian diplomat
- Alois von und zu Liechtenstein
(born 1968), Liechtensteiner heir to the throne
- Andreas Maislinger
(born 1955), Austrian historian
- Leopold Mozart
(1719?1787), German composer
- Marie-Louise Nosch
(born 1970), Danish archaeologist
- Brigitta Pallauf
(born 1960), Austrian politician
- Helga Rabl-Stadler
(born 1948), Austrian politician and cultural manager
- Tobias Regner
(born 1982) German singer, songwriter
- Astrid Rossler
(born 1959), Austrian politician
- Abraham a Santa Clara
(1644?1709), German Roman Catholic preacher and writer
- Franz Schausberger
(born 1950), Austrian politician and historian
- Bernardin Schellenberger
(born 1944), German Catholic theologian, priest and former Trappist
- Wolfgang Vyslozil
(born 1945), Austrian media executive and lecturer
- Paulus Maria Weigele
(born 1943), Abbot of Ottobeuren Abbey
- Beda Werner
(1673?1725), Abbot of Ochsenhausen Abbey
- Bettina Baumer
(born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar and Indologist
- Ute Wartenberg
, German numismatist
- Kay-Michael Dankl
, Austrian politician
- Stefan Weber
, Austrian media researcher
- Karl von Habsburg
(born 1961), Austrian politician
- Ivan Illich
(1926?2002), Austrian philosopher
See also
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References
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