Foundation Partner

Medical University of Vienna

The Medical University, Vienna (MedUniWien) is the largest and longest-standing medical research institution in Austria. The MedUniWien is not only the largest medical organization in Austria, it is also one of the most important top-level research institutions in Europe and provides Europe’s largest hospital, the “AKH” in Vienna, with all of its medical staff. With its long history and tradition, which covers 640 years, the MedUniWien has developed into a highly modern research institution that covers an area of 40000 m². It employs a staff of 5000, of which 1800 are researchers and 1600 are medical doctors. Each year 100 000 patients are treated as inpatients in 31 university clinics, 48000 operations are conducted and 605000 outpatients receive initial treatment in the day-clinics.