Innsbruck Medical University facts for kids
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| Type | public |
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| Established | 2004 |
| Endowment | 147 Mio. Euro |
| President | Herbert Lochs |
| Students | ca. 3,800 |
| Alumni | 1,700 (ca. 1.200 scientific alumni) |
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Austria
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| Website | www.i-med.ac.at |
The Innsbruck Medical University (German: Medizinische Universität Innsbruck) is a university in Innsbruck, Austria. It used to be one of the four historical faculties of the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, but it became an independent (by itself) university in 2004.
History
The medical tradition dates back long before the university began. The first hospital began in the silver-mining city of Schwaz nearby in 1307. Because people grew as years went by, a medical faculty was added to the university, begun in 1669 by Emperor Leopold I, making it the first of its kind in the Alpine region.
Nobel Prize laureates
- Fritz Pregl, 1923 (chemistry - for his contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis)
- Adolf Windhaus, 1928 (chemistry - for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins)
- Hans Fischer, 1930 (chemistry - for the synthesis of haemin)
Images for kids
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Bishop Stanislav Pavlovský, who donated the Mace now held by Innbruck in 1588 to the University of Olomouc
See also
In Spanish: Universidad Médica de Innsbruck para niños
