Innsbruck Medical University EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CARE
A young university with a long tradition
Mission
The Innsbruck Medical University, although one of the youngest
The Innsbruck Medical University stands for excellence in
universities in Austria, looks back on well over 300 years of
education, research and patient care. Together with the Uni-
tradition. Established in 1669 as the Medical Faculty of the Uni-
versity Hospital and its affiliated departments, it is the leading
versity of Innsbruck, it gained independent status in 2004. But
medical center in Western Austria.
the history of medicine in Tyrol goes back even longer: in 1307 the first municipal hospital opened in the Tyrolean town of
The mission of our highly qualified faculty members is to give
Schwaz, famous for its silver mines. The first Austrian chair of
students the very best medical education and training. The
surgery was established in Innsbruck in 1773.
results of scientists working at the Innsbruck Medical University are recognized internationally.
In 2002 the Austrian Parliament adopted a new University Act
The goal is to further advance Innsbruck as a scientific center
(UG 2002) to develop the universities into legally independent,
by focusing on innovative research in oncology, neuroscien-
special federal institutions with extensive autonomy. As an im-
ces, genetics, epigenetics and genomics as well as infectiolo-
portant part of this sweeping reform, the medical faculties of
gy, immunology and organ and tissue replacement, and to
Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck became independent universities.
promote the exchange of knowledge with other leading European universities.
Servicecenter Communication, Public Relations & Media Christoph-Probst-Platz, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria phone +43 512 9003 - 0, public-relations@i-med.ac.at, www.i-med.ac.at