University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

The University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (German: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien - in short: VUW) was founded in 1767 as the world's third school for veterinary medicine (after Lyon and Alfort) by Milan's Ludovico Scotti, originally named k. k. Pferde-Curen- und Operationsschule (literally, "Imperial-Royal School for the Cure and Surgery of Horses"). Today, it has c. 2,800 students and c. 600 employees.

University of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Type	Public
Established	1767
Administrative staff	670
Students	2800
Location	Vienna , Austria
Website	http://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/

Spin-offs

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

Since 2002, universities in Austria can found spin-off companies. Most of the spin-off companies are still located on the university's grounds: Animal Health IT, Biomodels Austria, Innovaphyt, Marinomed, Mycosafe, Novelix, VetWIDI, VirBiomed, ViruSure

The university also operates the Teaching and Research Farms outside of Vienna.^[1]

See also

• Schools of veterinary medicine

Notable alumni

• Herbert Haupt - Austrian politician