The University of Salzburg (, ), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an

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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; it is the largest educational institution in Salzburg State. It is divided into six faculties:

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and

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, Cultural Sciences,

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, Analytical and Life Sciences.

Benedictine University

On 23 July 1622, Archbishop Paris Lodron appointed the scholar Albert Keuslin first rector of the

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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

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raged outside the Archbishopric of Salzburg, the university was built up and maintained by a federation of Benedictine abbeys from Salzburg,

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and

. In its early years, courses taught were

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, law, and medicine. During the

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, the Prince-Archbishopric was

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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

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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

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. The divinity section was again converted to a faculty in 1850. In

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, plans were evolved to relocate the Francis Joseph University from Czernowitz to Salzburg, though never carried out.

University of Salzburg

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

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, 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

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 (

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and

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) is located by the Rudolfskai. The Faculty of Sciences is located just further south. 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. Originally designed in 2002 by architects Storch Ehlers Partners, it was constructed in three years.salzburg-reiseinfo.com
/ref> File:Unipark 1.jpg, Unipark – south side File:Unipark 4.JPG, Main entrance File:Unipark innen 2.jpg, Interior File:Unipark innen 4.jpg, Lecture room Smaller university offices and institutes are scattered throughout the city, with arts and music being taught at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.

Alumni

* Bettina Bäumer (born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar and Indologist * Gabi Burgstaller (born 1963), Austrian politician * Wolfgang Eder (born 1952), Austrian iron steel manager * Renate Egger-Wenzel (born 1961), Austrian professor of Old Testament * Christine Esterházy (born 1959), German opera singer * Benita Ferrero-Waldner (born 1948), Austrian diplomat and politician * Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (born 1971), Austrian journalist * Karl-Markus Gauß (born 1954), Austrian novelist * Erich Hackl (born 1955), Austrian novelist and short-story writer * Gerhart Holzinger (born 1947), Austrian constitutional lawyer *

Ivan Illich Ivan Dominic Illich ( ; ; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, Theology, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book ''Deschooling Society'' criticises modern society's institutional approach to ...

(1926–2002), Austrian philosopher * Hannes Leitgeb (born 1972), Austrian philosopher and mathematician * Erwin Kräutler (born 1939), Roman Catholic bishop * Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal (born 1957), Austrian diplomat * Andreas Maislinger (born 1955), Austrian historian and political scientist *

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer grün ...

(1719–1787), German composer * Marie-Louise Nosch (born 1970), Danish archaeologist *

Brigitta Pallauf Brigitta Pallauf (born 26 November 1960) is an Austrian politician. She has been president of the Salzburg state parliament between 2013 and January 2018, and June 2018 to the present. Life Pallauf attended the Gunskirchen primary school betw ...

(born 1960), Austrian politician * Tobias Regner (born 1982) German singer, songwriter * Franz Schausberger (born 1950), Austrian politician and historian * Bernardin Schellenberger (born 1944), German Catholic theologian, priest and former Trappist * Ute Wartenberg, German numismatist * Stefan Weber (born 1970), Austrian media researcher *

Karl von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg (given names: ''Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam''; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones ...

(born 1961), Austrian politician

References

External links

*
University of Salzburg Website

A brief Guide for International Students (2013)
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University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (, ), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality, Salzburg (federal state), Salzburg State, ...

Educational institutions established in the 1620s 1810 disestablishments in the Austrian Empire Educational institutions established in 1964 1622 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy 17th-century establishments in Austria 1964 establishments in Austria