Facts & Figures

From the founding of the Medical Faculty at the University of Graz in January 1863 to the establishment of an autonomous Medical University of Graz in January 2004 to the opening of Module 1 in October 2017 and Module 2 in May 2023, the Medical University of Graz has experienced impressive, dynamic development. Here are the main facts and figures concerning the Medical University of Graz.

The university and its core competencies at a glance

The university

Founded: 2004
Employees: around 2,500
Rector: Andrea Kurz
Global budget (2022-2024): 530,928,270 euro
Additional clinical expenditure (2022-2024): 223,800,000 euro
Third-party funds (2023): 77,606,604 euro

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Studies and teaching

Students: around 5,000
Graduates/year (including postgraduate courses): around 1,000
Teachers: around 1,950
Courses/academic year: around 2,500
Degree programs: Medicine, Dental medicine, nursing, PhD and doctoral studies, postgraduate courses
Internationality:
- Outgoing students/year: around 300
- Incoming students/year: around 200
- Incoming observers/year: around 300

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Research

Academic university staff/researchers: around 1,500
Scientific publications/year: around 2,500
Clinical trials: around 530
Ongoing research projects with external funding: around 440
Centers for basic research: 3
Preclinical institutes unaffiliated with research centers: 5
Nobel laureates: 3

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Patient care

University departments: 18
Divisions: 38
Clinical institute: 1
Inpatients/year: around 87,400
Outpatients/year: around 414,900
Beds: around 1,500
Day clinics: 7

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Forward-looking infrastructure for dynamic development

Campus Module 1 and 2

Total area: around 4.3 ha
Module 1
- Usable area: around 21,000 m²
- Investment volume: 180 million euro
- Start of construction: 2013
- Completion: 2017
Module 2
- Usable area: around 20,000 m²
- Investment volume: 190 million euro
- Start of construction: 2019
- Completion: 2022

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Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Medicine

ZWT I
- Usable area: around 6,000 m²
- Investment volume: 20 million euro
- Tenants: 14
- Start of construction: 2012
- Completion: 2014
ZWT II
- Usable area: around 1,600 m²
- Investment volume: 11.6 million euro
- Start of construction: 2021
- Completion: 2023

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Center for Medical Research

Usable area: around 6,000 m²
Investment volume: 33.7 million euro
Core facilities: 7
Start of construction: 2001
Completion: 2004

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Biobank Graz

Establishment: 2007 (part of the Med Uni Graz Institute of Pathology from 1985 to 2007)
Biological specimens: Tissue, blood and blood components, other body fluids (cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, urine, etc.) as well as isolated cells
Tissue specimens and histological sections: around 20 million
Cryopreserved tissue specimens (–160 °C): around 35,000
Frozen body fluids (–80 °C): around 1.5 million
Defined specimen collections of different medical indication: around 40
Networks: BBMRI.at, BBMRI-ERIC, ISBER, ESBB
Certification: ISO 9001:2015

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University Library

Area: 1,900 m²
Seats for working and reading: 180
Computer workstations: 52
Textbooks: around 220 titles/around 4,700 copies
Basic titles: around 2,000
Medical e-books: around 830
Electronic journals: more than 5,500
Databases: 11
Journal volumes: around 70,000
University publications: around 1,700 in print and a growing collection of electronic theses and dissertations

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