In a nutshell, informative & surprising: Here are some interesting facts and figures about the JKU:

Founded

4 Faculties:

• The Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics & Business (SOWI, founded in 1966)
• The Faculty of Law (RE, founded in 1975)
• The Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences (TNF, founded in 1969)
• The Faculty of Medicine (MED, founded in 2014)

4 Schools:

• The Linz Institute of Technology (LIT, founded in 2015)
• The Linz School of Education (SoE, founded in 2016)
• The Business School (BUS, founded in 2019)
• The Kurt Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics (founded in 2021)

Approximately 175 professors at 123 institutes and 10 University Clinical Departments

23,000 enrolled students:

• LAW: 21 institutes, 7,500 enrolled students
• MEDICINE: 7 institutes plus 10 clinical departments, 1,100 enrolled students
• ENGINEERING & NATURAL SCIENCES: 61 institutes, 5,700 enrolled students
• SOCIAL SCIENCES, BUSINESs & ECONOMICS: 34 institutes, 6,700 enrolled students
• ALL UNIVERSITY: School of Education, 3,700 enrolled students

Over 16% of the JKU's student body consists of international students from over 100 different countries

Budget for the 2022-2024 performance agreement period: approx. € 614 million.

Currently 13 university affiliated businesses, 11 Christian Doppler laboratories, and 11 competence centers.

2 Wittgenstein Award Winners (Prof. Widmer / Artifical Intelligence; Prof. Sariciftci / Renewable Energies)

Collaboration with over 150 universities, partnership agreements with universities in 50 countries, and 1026 English-language courses offered during the academic year

The JKU campus is unique in Austria as most of the institutes are located all in one place. In addition, the campus also sports recreational areas. Whether it be a Mensa party, playing soccer, or unwinding with a cup of coffee - anything is possible. In addition, the JKU MED Campus opened its doors in 2021.

The first Austrian university to offer a medical degree program according to the Bachelor/Master's education system

Certified by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Families and Youth as a "Family-Friendly University"

The quality management system has received an international quality seal award (aaq). The evaluation report is available at: http://aaq.ch/verfahrenberichte/, opens an external URL in a new window - "Quality Audit".