University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is Austria’s largest public research university, with about 85,000 students and 11,000 staff, and a broad, internationally connected research profile. Its urban location places corporate R&D teams within Vienna’s dense academic, medical, technology and startup ecosystem. Joint platforms with the Medical University of Vienna, including the Max Perutz Labs at the Vienna BioCenter, support shared infrastructure and cross-institutional collaboration. Research services support competitive funding from the Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Vienna Science and Technology Fund and EU programmes. A dedicated technology-transfer function helps companies identify partners and technologies while supporting cooperation agreements, IP protection, licensing, spin-offs and startups.