University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

University of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Type	Public
Established	1767
Administrative staff	670
Students	2800
Location	Vienna , Austria
Website	http://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/

The University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (German: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien - in short: VUW) was founded in 1767 as the world's third school for veterinary medicine (after Lyon and Alfort) by Milan's Ludovico Scotti, originally named k. k. Pferde-Curen- und Operationsschule (literally, "Imperial-Royal School for the Cure and Surgery of Horses"). Today, it has c. 2,800 students and c. 600 employees.

Since 2002, universities in Austria can found spin-off companies. Most of the spin-off companies are still located on the university's grounds: Animal Health IT, Biomodels Austria, Innovaphyt, Marinomed, Mycosafe, Novelix, VetWIDI, VirBiomed, ViruSure

The university also operates the Teaching and Research Farms outside of Vienna.^[1]

• Schools of veterinary medicine

• Herbert Haupt - Austrian politician

• Official website

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