Medical University of Innsbruck
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck | |
W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker | |
| Students | ca. 3,800 |
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| Website | www.i-med.ac.at |
The Medical University of Innsbruck (
History
The medical tradition dates back long before the foundation of the university, with the foundation of the first hospital in the nearby silver-mining city
Ceremonial equipment
In the 1850s the Habsburgs gradually closed the
The ceremonial mace currently used by the Medical University of Innsbruck was given by
Within the framework of the University Act of 2002, the medical faculty was separated from the Leopold-Franzens University, and the Medical University of Innsbruck was established as a university in its own right. Today, the Med-Uni has some 3,000 students and 1,800 employees. It is the most important medical research and training facility in western Austria and the home university of many Tyroleans, South Tyroleans and students from the Province of Vorarlberg.
Nobel Prize laureates
- Fritz Pregl, 1923 (chemistry - for his contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis)
- Adolf Windhaus, 1928 (chemistry - for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins)
- Hans Fischer, 1930 (chemistry - for the synthesis of haemin)
References
- ^ Fiala, Jiří (12 July 1998). "Původní žezlo rektora olomoucké univerzity [Original mace of Olomouc University's Rector]" (PDF). Žurnál Univerzity Palackého (in Czech). 7 (28). Olomouc: Palacký University of Olomouc. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ISSN 0379-0231. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
External links
- Medical University of Innsbruck
- University of Innsbruck
- Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
- Study in Austria: A Guide
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