In a nutshell, informative & surprising: Here are some interesting facts and figures about the JKU:
1966
Founded
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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)
6 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)
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSSH)
- Linz Institute for Transformative Change (LIFT_C)
176
176 professors at approximately 140 institutes and departments
25,000
Approximately 25,000 students are currently enrolled at the JKU.
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Over 19% of the JKU's student body is made up of international students from over 100 different countries
842.6
The budget for the 2025-2027 performance agreement period: approx. € 842.6 million.
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2 Wittgenstein Award Winners (Prof. Widmer / Artifical Intelligence; Prof. Sariciftci / Renewable Energies)
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Collaboration with over 150 universities, partnership agreements with universities in 50 countries, and 1740 English-language courses offered during the academic year
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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.
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The first Austrian university to offer a medical degree program as part of a Bachelor/Master's educational system
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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".
