Salzburg University

University of Salzburg

Universität Salzburg
Type	Public
Established	1622
Budget	€ 112.8 million (2007)
Rector	Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schmidinger
Administrative staff	2,800 (2013)
Students	18,000 (2013/2014)
Location	Salzburg, Austria
Website	www.uni-salzburg.at/

The University of Salzburg, also known as Paris Lodron University (German Universität Salzburg) named after its founder, the Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron, is located in the Austrian city of Salzburg, and is divided into four Faculties: Catholic theology, law, humanities and the natural sciences. Founded in 1622, the university has around 18,000 students and 2,800 employees and is largest educational institution in the Land Salzburg.

Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, was founded by Prince Archbishop Paris von Lodron () in 1622, five years earlier had previously established a "Gymnasium", a secondary school.

The University was initially built and maintained by a federation of Benedictine abbeys from Salzburg, Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria. In its early years, courses taught were theology, divinity, philosophy, law, and medicine.

As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, Salzburg University was secularized, with Prince Ferdinand, a brother of Emperor Francis I of Austria, establishing a Faculty of Medicine.

After Bavaria annexed Salzburg in 1810, the university was closed on 24 December and replaced by a Lyzeum (akin to a polytechnic university). The Lyzeum had sections for divinity, philosophy, and medicine and surgery. In 1816 Salzburg became part of the Austrian Empire again. Austria converted the divinity section to a Faculty and closed the Lyzeum in 1850.