Innsbruck Medical University
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| Innsbruck Medical University | |
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| Established | 2004 |
| Type | public |
| Endowment | 147 Mio. Euro |
| President | Herbert Lochs |
| Students | ca. 3,800 |
| Location | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Website | www.i-med.ac.at |
The Innsbruck Medical University (in German: Medizinische Universität Innsbruck) is a university in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. It used to be one of the fours historical faculties of the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck but became an independent university in 2004.
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[edit] 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 of Schwaz in 1307. Due to the population increase over the centuries, an academic education for the medical personnel became crucial. Therefore, a medical faculty was included in the initial university, established in 1669 by emperor Leopold I, making it the first of its kind in the Alpine region.
[edit] Ceremonial equipment
In the 1850s Habsburgs gradually closed University of Olomouc as a consequence of the Olomouc students' and professors' participation on the 1848 revolutions and the Czech National Revival. The ceremonial equipment of the University of Olomouc was then transferred to the University of Innsbruck. The original Olomouc ceremonial maces from the 1580s are now used as the maces of the Innsbruck Medical University and Theological faculty of University of Innsbruck, while the Olomouc Rector's Chain from the 19th century is nowadays used as the Innsbruck Medical University Rector's chain.
The ceremonial mace currently used by the Innsbruck Medical University was given by Olomouc bishop Stanislav Pavlovský to the University of Olomouc at 1590s. It is 163 centimeters high, it is made of silver and has gold plating. It inscription S. P. E. O. (Stanislaus Pawlowski Episcopus Olomucii) and other ornaments.
[edit] 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)
[edit] External links
- Innsbruck Medical University
- University of Innsbruck
- Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol
- Study in Austria: A Guide
Coordinates: 47°15′44″N 11°23′08″E / 47.26222°N 11.38556°E
