Institution

University of Vienna

1365–present · 14th century

The University of Vienna was founded in 1365 by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria and is the oldest university in today's German-speaking world. A papal bull approved most faculties at the start, and a faculty of theology was added in 1384. It became one of the largest universities in Europe and a centre of medicine, philosophy and science.

University of Vienna
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Duchy of Austria

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