Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg | |
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| Latin:Universitas Salisburgensis[1] | |
Former names | Benediktineruniversität |
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| Type | Public |
| Active | July 23rd, 1622; 403 years ago (July 23rd, 1622)–1810 1962 (re-established) |
| Budget | € 112.8million (2007) |
| Rector | Bernhard Fügenschuh[2] |
Administrative staff | 2,800 (2013) |
| Students | 18,000 (2013/2014) |
| Location | ,, 47°47′50″N13°02′53″E / 47.79722°N 13.04806°E /47.79722; 13.04806 |
| Website | plus.ac.at |
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TheUniversity of Salzburg (German:Universität Salzburg,pronounced[univɛrsiˈtɛːtˈsaltsbʊrɡ]), also known as theParis Lodron University of Salzburg (Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, PLUS), is anAustrianpublic university inSalzburg municipality,Salzburg State, named after its founder, Prince-ArchbishopParis Lodron.
Established in 1622, the university was closed in 1810 and re-established in 1962. Nowadays, it has around 18,000 students and 2,800 employees;[citation needed] it is the largest educational institution inSalzburg State. It is divided into six faculties:Catholic Theology,Law andEconomics,Cultural Sciences,Social Sciences,Natural Sciences, Analytical and Life Sciences.
On 23 July 1622, ArchbishopParis Lodron appointed the scholar Albert Keuslin first rector of theBenedictine university. Keuslin, a graduate of the JesuitUniversity of Dillingen, had established theAkademisches Gymnasium, a secondary school, at Salzburg five years earlier. By resolution of EmperorFerdinand II, issued on October 8, the Gymnasium was raised to a university. While theThirty Years' War raged outside theArchbishopric of Salzburg, the university was built up and maintained by a federation of Benedictine abbeys from Salzburg,Switzerland,Bavaria andAustria. In its early years, courses taught weretheology,divinity,philosophy, law, and medicine.[citation needed]
During theNapoleonic Wars, the Prince-Archbishopric wassecularized as theElectorate of Salzburg in 1803. It was ruled by ArchdukeFerdinand III of Austria, a brother of EmperorFrancis I, who established a Faculty of Medicine. After Salzburg was annexed by theKingdom of Bavaria in 1810, however, the university was closed on 24 December and replaced by aLyzeum college with sections for divinity and philosophy, as well as a school for medicine and surgery. After the Napoleonic Wars, Salzburg became part of theAustrian Empire.[citation needed]
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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World[3] | =650 (2026) |
The divinity section was again converted to a faculty in 1850. InWorld War I, plans were evolved to relocate theFrancis Joseph University fromCzernowitz to Salzburg, though never carried out.[citation needed]
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The University of Salzburg was not re-established until 1962, with a faculty of Catholic theology and a faculty of philosophy. Classes resumed in 1964, with a faculty of law added the following year. In 1975, a new federal law regulated the organisation of all Austrian universities. The University of Salzburg created four academic divisions: the Faculty of Catholic Theology, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities, and the Faculty of Natural Sciences. A fifth division, theFaculty of Medicine, was not realized.[citation needed]
In 1995, the organisation of Austrian universities was further restructured with more faculty autonomy. The university gradually incorporated new academic programs through 2004 into 32Fachbereiche or “departments”, and again, decided not to create a Faculty of Medicine.[citation needed]
The University of Salzburg has no central campus, occupying several buildings in Salzburg'shistoric centre: parts of theSalzburg Residenz building (Toskanatrakt) and on Kapitelgasse south ofSalzburg Cathedral. The university library is located between theKollegienkirche (the University Church) and theGroßes Festspielhaus; attached to it is theGroße Aula, or ceremonial hall.[citation needed]
The traditional faculty building of Humanities (Communication Studies,Sociology andPolitical Science) is located by the Rudolfskai. The Faculty of Sciences is located just further south.[citation needed]
Completed in 2011, theUnipark Nonntal campus (replacing the old location at the Akademiestraße) is home to the departments of modern languages, and cultural and social sciences. The building is 17,000 square metres in size, with 5,500 students and 300 academic staff. There is a library and anAuditorium Maximum. Financing for the construction of the Unipark Nonntal was enabled by successful negotiations between Salzburg’s state governorFranz Schausberger and the Federal Ministry of Education.[4] Originally designed in 2002 by architects Storch Ehlers Partners, it was constructed in three years.[5][6]
Smaller university offices and institutes are scattered throughout the city, with arts and music being taught at theMozarteum University Salzburg.[citation needed]
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