University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (German: University Wien) is a state funded college situated in Vienna, Austria. It was established by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is one of the most seasoned colleges in the German-talking world. With its long and rich history, the University of Vienna has formed into one of the greatest colleges in Europe, furthermore a standout amongst the most eminent, particularly in the Humanities. It is connected with 15 Nobel prize victors and has been the scholastic home of a substantial number of figures both of chronicled and scholarly significance.

Substance 

1 History

1.1 From the Medieval Age to the Enlightenment

1.2 From the nineteenth century onwards

2 Location

3 Organization

3.1 Programmes

3.2 Faculties and Centers

4 Famous individuals

4.1 Faculty and researchers

4.2 Alumni

4.3 Nobel Prize Laureates

5 The University Library

5.1 Library history

5.2 Library insights

6 International praise

6.1 QS World University rankings

6.2 Times Higher Education World University rankings

6.3 Academic Ranking of World Universities

7 Gallery

8 See moreover

9 Notes and references

10 External connections

History

The University was established on 12 March 1365 by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, and his two siblings, Dukes Albert III and Leopold III, thus the extra name "Place of graduation Rudolphina". After the Charles University in Prague and Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the University of Vienna is the third most seasoned college in Central Europe and the most established college in the contemporary German-talking world; it remains an issue of definition as the Charles University in Prague was German-talking when established, as well. The University of Vienna was designed according to the University of Paris. Be that as it may, Pope Urban V did not endorse the deed of establishment that had been authorized by Rudolf IV, particularly in connection to the bureau of religious philosophy. This was probably because of weight applied by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to maintain a strategic distance from rivalry for the Charles University in Prague. Endorsement was at last gotten from the Pope in 1384 and the University of Vienna was conceded the status of a full college, including the Faculty of Catholic Theology. The main college building opened in 1385. It developed into the greatest college of the Holy Roman Empire, and amid the approach of Humanism in the mid-fifteenth century was home to more than 6,000 understudies.

In its initial years, the college had a mostly various leveled, halfway agreeable structure, in which the Rector was at the top, while the understudies had little say and were settled at the base. The Magister and Doctors constituted the four resources and chose the scholarly authorities from in the midst of their positions. The understudies, additionally all other Supposita (college individuals), were partitioned into four Academic Nations. Their chose board individuals, for the most part graduates themselves, had the privilege to choose the Rector. He managed the Consistory which included procurators of each of the countries and the staff senior members, and additionally over the University Assembly, in which all college instructors took an interest. Objections or requests against choices of staff by the understudies must be presented by a Magister or Doctor.


Being viewed as a Papal Institution, the college endured a significant misfortune amid the Reformation. What's more, the main Siege of Vienna by Ottoman powers effectsly affected the city, prompting a sharp decay, with just 30 understudies selected at the least point. For King Ferdinand I, this implied the college ought to be attached to the congregation to a significantly more grounded degree, and in 1551 he introduced the Jesuit Order there. With the authorizing of the Sanctio Pragmatica proclamation by head Ferdinand II in 1623, the Jesuits assumed control educating at the religious and philosophical personnel, and therefore the college got to be as fortification of Catholicism for more than 150 years. It was just in the Mid-eighteenth century that Empress Maria Theresa constrained the college back under control of the government. Her successor Joseph II helped in the further change of the college, permitting both Protestants and Jews to select and in addition presenting German as the obligatory dialect of direction.


Programmes

Understudies at the college can choose from 181 degree programs: 55 single man projects, 110 expert projects, 3 confirmation projects and 13 doctoral projects. In the scholarly year 2013/14, the college granted 7,745 first degrees (Bachelors and Diplomas), 1,424 Master's degrees and 568 Doctoral degrees. The college offers various Masters programs in English, to be specific:

Quantitative Economics, Management and Finance

Science-Technology-Society

Ecological Sciences

Center European interdisciplinary Master Program in Cognitive Science

European Master in Health and Physical Activity

English Language and Linguistics

Anglophone Literatures and Cultures

East Asian Economy and Society

Financial aspects

Organic science

Nature and Ecosystems

Sub-atomic Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Immunobiology

European Master in Urban Studies

Somewhere in the range of 6,900 researchers embrace the exploration and showing movement of the college. Of these, roughly 1,000 draw in effectively in undertakings financed by outsiders. The fundamental fields of examination at the college cover a wide range of subjects: Catholic and Protestant Theology, Law, Economic Sciences and Computer Science, Philological-Cultural Studies and Historical-Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Psychology, Life Sciences and Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Sports Sciences and Teacher Education.


Resources and Centers

Grounds of the University of Vienna

The University of Vienna comprises of 15 resources and four focuses:

Workforce of Catholic Theology

Workforce of Protestant Theology

Workforce of Law

Workforce of Business, Economics and Statistics (not to be mistaken for the Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Workforce of Computer science

Workforce of Historical and Cultural Studies

Workforce of Philological and Cultural Studies

Workforce of Philosophy and Education

Workforce of Psychology

Workforce of Social sciences

Workforce of Mathematics

Workforce of Physics

Workforce of Chemistry

Workforce of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy

Workforce of Life sciences

Place for Translation concentrates on

Place for Sport science and University Sports

Place for Molecular science

Place for Teacher Education

Baku State University

Baku State University (BSU; Azerbaijani: Baku Dövlət University) is a state funded college situated in Baku, Azerbaijan. Built up in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the University began with resources of history and philology; material science and arithmetic; law and pharmaceutical with an underlying enlistment of 1094. The primary minister of BSU was V.I.Razumovsky, a previous educator of surgery at Kazan University.

In 1930, the legislature requested the University close down as per a rearrangement of advanced education, and the University was supplanted with the Supreme Pedagogical Institute. In any case, in 1934 the University was restored once more, and kept on working through the troublesome years of World War II encountering a lack of employees.

By its 40th commemoration in 1959, the University as of now had 13 resources. The Azerbaijan Medical University and Azerbaijan State Economic University were both spun-offs of the first individual resources at BSU.

Among the alumni of BSU were two previous presidents of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey and Heydar Aliyev. The previous moved on from the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature, while the last mentioned, who commanded Azerbaijan's political life for more than 30 years, from the Faculty of History. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Lev Landau learned at BSU somewhere around 1922 and 1924.

BSU is the main college from Azerbaijan Republic positioned by worldwide positioning associations, for example, University Ranking by Academic Performance and right now positions at 1872 in the University Ranking by Academic Performance.

Substance

1 History

2 Faculties and organizations

2.1 Faculties

2.2 Research organizations

3 Partner colleges

4 Affiliations

5 Alumni

6 See too

7 References

8 External connections


History

BSU was built up on September 1, 1919 by the choice of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In its first year, the college had two resources — Faculty of Philology and the Medical Faculty — and an enlistment of 1094 understudies.

Among the main educators in 1920-40 were Azerbaijani essayist Abdurrahim bek Haqverdiyev, Orientalist Professor P.K. Juze, Professor A.O. Makovelski, Professor A.O. Mishel and different researchers. Amid that period the organization of the college welcomed to Baku such educators as N.Y. Marr, V.V. Bartold, the academician of the Eastern Science Academy Fuad bek Kuprulluzade.

In 1930 the college was exchanged by choice made by Council of the People's Commissar on redesign. The High Pedagogical Institute was made. Just in 1943 the state college continued its action and soon turned into the republic's logical pedagogical focus. Regardless of the considerable deficiency of college educators on the grounds that the greater part of instructors went to the Second World War, the college figured out how to keep its driving position. In 1945 the instructors took a dynamic part in establishing the Azerbaijan Academy of Science. A large portion of the republic's colleges —, for example, Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan University of Economy, Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University and others — were established on the premise of Baku State University.

The years after 1969 can be considered as the years of improvement toward information and science. Covering a wide verifiable period, in those years there were established resources on cutting edge strengths, offices and around 30 exploratory examination labs began. Thus, there was made a solid certification of future improvement.