The University of Innsbruck was founded in 1669 and is the biggest and most important research and education institution in western Austria, today comprised of 16 faculties, almost 28.200 students and more than 5.200 staff and faculty members. Located in the heart of the Alps, the University of Innsbruck offers the best conditions for successful research and teaching, and international rankings confirm the University’s leading role in basic research.
R&D:Life sciences at the University of Innsbruck cover three dynamic, molecule-oriented sciences that are closely linked in terms of both content and methodology. It carries out interdisciplinary, biological, chemical and pharmaceutical research in the fields of life sciences (natural and active substances, biomacromolecules, subcellular and molecular structures through to cells, organisms, ecosystems and societies). Further research areas are biotechnology and medical engineering.
Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck
Tyrol
Contact: Ulrike Tanzer (Vice Rector for Research)
Email: forschung@uibk.ac.at
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