Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration | |
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| Established | 1898 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Professor Christoph Badelt |
| Staff | 723 |
| Students | 21,766 |
| Location | Vienna, Austria |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.wu-wien.ac.at |
The Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien) or Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is the largest University focusing on business and economics in Europe and, in terms of student body, one of the largest universities in Austria. Its current rector is Christoph Badelt.
History. The WU was founded on October 1 , 1898 as k.u.k. Exportakademie to provide professional training to future businessmen and thus stimulate the Austro-Hungarian economy
The University of Vienna was the cradle of the Austrian School of economics . The founders of this school who studied here included Carl Menger , Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk , Friedrich von Wieser , Joseph ...
Contains a searchable research database, listing of faculty, and department information.
The University was renamed again in 1975, this time to Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration). In 1983, foreign language teaching was expanded at WU ...