University of Klagenfurt

The University of Klagenfurt was founded in 1971 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It started off as a College of Educational Studies (Hochschule für Bildungswissenschaften). Since October 2004 the official German name is Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt in order to stress the intercultural connections between the Alpine regions and the Adriatic Sea. (In English the university leaves out the cognomen Alpen-Adria.) It hosts about 7,000 students and about 400 academic staff and contract teachers (2004).

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1971 - Klagenfurt - Austria - 2004 - German - Adriatic Sea - Cognomen

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The University is situated on a beautiful campus in the attractive Wörthersee region of Klagenfurt. It hosts three faculties: (1) Humanities, (2) Economics, Business Administration and Computer Science and (3) Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education.

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Wörthersee - Klagenfurt

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Surprisingly for such a small and relatively unpopular university (Austrian students tend either to stay at home to study or to go to the big cities of Vienna and Graz), Klagenfurt University has come off very well in the regular rankings of courses and universities. Unlike practically all other universities in Austria, there are few courses where pressure of numbers leads to students being excluded. The student-staff ratio is also very favourable.

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Vienna - Graz

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