The Faculty of Life Sciences
86 professors
54 university professors
22 tenure-track positions
1.160 employees
61 Nationalities
24 % non-scientific staff
9.366 students
2.150 first-year students
(WS 2024)
~ 22.3 million euros
third-party funds
in 2024
840 publications in 2024
699 in peer reviewed journals
82 publications in journals with Impact Factor >10
27 awards and grants
21 ERC Grants
2 Wittgenstein Awards
3 START Grants
1 Cluster of Excellence
... is one of the biggest faculties of the University of Vienna, uniting eight Departments across the fields of Biological Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nutritional Sciences.
... is supported in research by Core Facilities, a Large Instrument Facility and Central Services.
... educates more than 9.000 students in over 20 degree programmes, administered by the StudiesServiceCenter of Life Sciences.
... trains doctoral students to address fundamental research problems in Life Sciences, in three Vienna Doctoral Schools, FWF Doctoral programmes and Innovative Training Networks.