University of Vienna is an Austrian public research university in Vienna. It is the oldest university in the German-speaking world, having been founded in 1365 by Duke Rudolph IV. The university has grown into one of Europe's largest and most recognized universities, notably in the Humanities, because of its long and rich history.

It has been the academic home to many scholars of historical and academic significance, as well as 21 Nobel prize winners. Students can choose from 181 degree programs at the university, including 55 bachelor's degrees, 110 master's degrees, three diploma programs, and 13 doctoral degrees. The university awarded 7,745 first degrees (Bachelors and Diplomas) in the academic year 2013/14, 1,424 Master's degrees, and 568 Doctoral degrees. A number of Master's programs in English are available at the university.

According to the THE and QS rankings, the University of Vienna has the highest ranking in Arts and Humanities, where it is ranked 35th and 54th in the world, respectively. Geography (ranked 28th globally in 2013), Linguistics and Philosophy (both 46th globally), and Law are all excellent topics (ranked 32nd in Europe and 73rd globally). It has a good academic reputation and a large number of international students, but it has a poor professor-to-student ratio and a low number of citations per faculty.

• QS Ranking 2022: 151
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022; 137
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 151

Founded: 1365

Location: Main building, Vienna

Website: www.univie.ac.at/en

The Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) is one of Vienna's major universities. In both teaching and research, the institution has a strong worldwide and local reputation, and it is a valued partner of innovative businesses. It currently has over 28,100 students (29 percent of whom are women), eight faculties, and approximately 5,000 employees (3,800 academics). Engineering, computer science, and natural sciences are the focus of the university's teaching and research.

TU Wien, being a technical university, covers a broad range of scientific topics, from abstract pure research and fundamental scientific principles to practical technological research and collaboration with industry.

TU Wien is placed #192 in the QS World University Rankings, #406 in the Center of World University Rankings, and among the best 401-500 higher education institutions in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. QS World University Rankings and The Times Higher Education World University Rankings have routinely ranked the computer science department among the top 100 in the world.

• QS Ranking 2022: 180
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 401
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 301

Founded: November 6, 1815
Location: Vienna
Website: www.tuwien.at

Graz University of Technology is one of Styria's five universities. It is Austria's oldest science and technology research and educational center, having been founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria.

It is currently a public university with seven faculties. It provides 19 bachelor's degrees and 34 master's degrees (of which 17 are in English) in a variety of technical and natural scientific fields. There are 14 English-speaking doctoral schools that provide doctoral training. More than 13,000 students attend the university, with about 2,000 graduating each year. Science study programs are available through NAWI Graz in collaboration with the University of Graz.

With almost 43,000 students and 10,000 employees, the network Austrian Universities of Technology (TU Austria) is made up of TU Graz, the University of Leoben, and TU Wien.

Graz University of Technology is in the 101–150 range in Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and in the 201–300 range in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, according to the Shanghai ranking of universities/Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for the year 20019. Graz University of Technology is ranked 301–400 in the topics Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Energy Science & Engineering. It belongs to the 401–500 group in mathematics. The PPtop10 percent study places Graz University of Technology on position 279 in the 2021 Leiden Ranking, whereas the PPindustry ranks it on position 23.

• QS Ranking 2022: 277
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 601
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 701

Founded: 1811
Location: Graz, Styria
Website: tugraz.at

The University of Innsbruck was founded on October 15, 1669, in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol.

It is the largest educational institution in the Austrian Bundesland of Tirol and the third largest in Austria, behind Vienna University and the University of Graz. Many branches, most notably the physics department, have made significant contributions. It also ranks third in the world for the number of Web of Science-listed papers in the field of mountain research. The business administration faculty is ranked among the top 15 business administration faculties in German-speaking nations in the Handelsblatt Ranking 2015.

The following 16 faculties were added to the new organizational structure (which took effect on October 1, 2004) to replace the previous six faculties.

• QS Ranking 2022: 281
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 401
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 201

Founded: October 15, 1669
Location: Innsbruck
Website: www.uibk.ac.at

The Johannes Kepler University Linz is an Austrian public higher education institution. It is located in Linz, Upper Austria's capital. In business, engineering, law, science, social sciences, and medical, it offers bachelor's, master's, certificate, and doctoral degrees.

Today, 19,930 students attend the park campus in Linz's northeast, with one out of every nine students coming from outside the country. In 1998, the institution became the first in Austria to implement an electronic student ID.

The Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is based within the institution.

The JKU was named # 41 in the Times Higher Education's top 100 universities under 50 years old in 2012, and # 87 in 2015. The JKU was ranked as the fifth best young university in German-speaking Europe in 2012. For quotations, third-party finance, and globalization efforts, the university received top marks.

• QS Ranking 2022: 354
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 601
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 801

Founded: 1966
Location: Linz, Upper Austria
Website: www.jku.at

The University of Klagenfurt is a federal Austrian research university and the state of Carinthia's major research and higher education institution. In Klagenfurt, it has a campus.

The university, which was established in 1970 and reopened in 1993, now has faculties of humanities and social sciences, management and economics, technical sciences, and interdisciplinary studies.

It is listed in the ARWU, Klagenfurt is ranked 48th in the world in THE Young University Rankings 2021 and among the Best-Known Universities in Austria. The University of Klagenfurt offers technology, engineering, and mathematics as STEM fields, but none of the classic sciences or life sciences, which is a disadvantage in comparison to other large worldwide university rankings. In the QS World University Rankings, it is ranked in the 501–510 group, ahead of the University of Graz (651–700) and the University of Salzburg (801–1,000), which attempt to rank the 1,300 best universities in the world (out of > 26,000).

Since 2019 (901–1,000), the University of Klagenfurt has been ranked in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking), as well as in U-Multirank since 2017. (honorable mention in 2021).

The University of Klagenfurt was named the global champion for the best COVID-19 Crisis Management at the Studyportals Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2021.

• QS Ranking 2022: 501
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022; 351
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 901

Founded: 1970 / 1975 / 1993

Location: Klagenfurt

Website: www.aau.at

The University of Graz is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. It is located in Graz, Austria.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Natural Sciences are the two main faculties of the institution. Faculty of Law, Faculty of Business, Economic, and Social Sciences, Faculty of Environmental, Regional, and Educational Sciences, and Faculty of Catholic Theology are the other faculties. In 2004, state legislation withdrew the Faculty of Medicine from the university, resulting in the establishment of the Medical University of Graz. The faculties provide a variety of undergraduate (BA, BSc), graduate (MA, MSc), and doctoral (PhD) degree programs, as well as unique teaching degrees in respective areas of competence.

In the 2018 QS World University Rankings, the university is ranked 287th in Arts and Humanities, while all other subject areas fall behind, with the Faculty of Social Sciences ranging 451–500 and the Faculty of Natural Sciences ranking 401–450.

• QS Ranking 2022: 651
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 601
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 401

Founded: 1585
Location: Graz , Styria
Website: www.uni-graz.at/en

The University of Salzburg, named after its founder, Prince-Archbishop Paris Lodron, is a public university located in Salzburg municipality, Salzburg state and among the Best-Known Universities in Austria. The University of Salzburg has no campus, instead occupying parts of the Salzburg Residenz building (Toskanatrakt) and Kapitelgasse, south of Salzburg Cathedral. The university library is situated between the Kollegienkirche and the Großes Festspielhaus, with the Große Aula, or ceremonial hall, next to it.

The institution was founded in 1622, closed in 1810, and reopened in 1962. It now has over 18,000 students and 2,800 personnel, making it the largest educational institution in the state of Salzburg. Catholic Theology, Law, Cultural and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences are the four faculties that make up the university.

• QS Ranking 2022801
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022–
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021901

Founded: 1622
Location: Salzburg
Website:plus.ac.at

The Medical University of Graz is an Austrian public medical university in Graz. Franz Joseph I created the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz's medical faculty in 1863. The previous faculty became a separate university in 2004. The Medical University of Graz became the first university in Austria to have a White Coat Ceremony for its third-year students on October 8, 2012.

Over 2,500 academic and general staff members, as well as 4,350 students, work at the Medical University of Graz to conduct research, teach, and learn in an innovative manner for the benefit of our patients' health and well-being.

Med Uni Graz, a hub of innovative, cutting-edge medicine in southern Austria, offers a welcoming employment and living environment for its employees and students, as well as a large portion of patient care on site.

• QS Ranking 2022: –
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 196
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 601

Founded: 2004
Location: Graz, Styri
Website: www.medunigraz.at

The Medical University of Innsbruck is an Austrian university located in Innsbruck. It was previously part of the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck's four historical faculties before becoming an autonomous institution in 2004. The medical legacy began even before the institution was founded, with the establishment of the first hospital in the nearby silver-mining city of Schwaz in 1307.

The first university, founded in 1669 by Emperor Leopold I, comprised a medical school. The medical faculty was separated from the Leopold-Franzens University under the University Act of 2002, and the Medical University of Innsbruck was created as a distinct university. The Med-Uni now has approximately 3,000 students and 1,800 employees. It is western Austria's most important medical research and teaching facility, as well as the home university of many Tyroleans, South Tyroleans, and students from the Vorarlberg Province.

• QS Ranking 2022: –
  
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 201
  
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 401

Founded: 2004
Location: Innsbruck
Website: www.i-med.ac.at