University of Klagenfurt
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| Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Through hardships to the stars |
| Type |
Flagship Public |
| Established | 1970 / 1975 / 1993 |
| Budget | € 55 million (annual federal funding) |
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Academic staff
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540 |
| Students | 10,600 |
| 1,170 | |
| Location | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Campus | Suburban, 27 acres (11 ha) |
| Colors | Shades of Blue |
| Website | www.aau.at |
| Data as of 2013[update] | |
The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU), or University of Klagenfurt, is a federal Austrian university and the largest research and higher education institution in the Austrian province Carinthia. It has its main campus in Klagenfurt, with additional facilities in Austria's two largest cities Vienna and Graz.
Efforts to found the university began in 1964 and succeeded in 1970, during the term of Governor Sima. Today, the university holds faculties of Humanities & Social Sciences, Management & Economics, Technology, and Interdisciplinary Studies.
The School of Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF) also runs departments in Vienna and Graz; the former Dean of IFF, Verena Winiwarter, was elected Austrian "Scientist of the Year" 2013. In addition to the departments and units of the four faculties, the university also hosts a number of central facilities such as the Robert Musil Institute (co-organizer of the Bachmann Prize), the University Cultural Centre (UNIKUM), the build! Gründerzentrum (a start-up facilitation centre), the University Sports Centre (USI), and the Klagenfurt University Library.
The incumbent President of the University is , a cognitive psychologist and former faculty member of the University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Larissa Krainer chairs the Academic Senate, Robert Rebhahn the Board of Trustees.
Klagenfurt is the southernmost university in the German-speaking countries (followed by the University of Bern, Switzerland), 30 km from the Slovenian and 60 km from the Italian border, and supports bi- and multilingualism, especially in the context of the Slovenian minority in Carinthia.
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