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