Chronological tables of the University of Innsbruck
1669
Foundation of the University of Innsbruck by Leopold I from the Jesuit grammar school that had existed for 100 years.
1669/1670
The Jesuits start teaching. First university course in logic is held.
1677
Pope Innocent XI confirms the establishment of the university, giving it full legal validity. Innsbruck was to become the Catholic bulwark between Germany and Italy against the backdrop of flourishing Protestant universities.
1781
Emperor Joseph II downgraded the University of Innsbruck to a lyceum in favour of the central universities of Vienna and Prague.
1792
Re-established by Leopold II.
1809
Student companies take part in the Tyrolean fight for freedom.
1810
Cancellation by the Bavarians
1826
Re-established by Franz I under the name of its two founders: Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck
1826 until 1848
The entire university operation - studies, lectures, appointments to chairs - is controlled by state directors of studies.
1848/1849
In the course of the major Austrian university reform by Education Minister Count Leo Thun-Hohenstein, the University of Innsbruck regains more freedom of teaching and learning as well as extended autonomy.
1938 to 1945
The University of Innsbruck becomes the "German Alpine University" under the Nazi regime. Following the "cleansing" of the professorial staff, a numerus clausus was introduced for Jewish students.
1945
Reopening of the University of Innsbruck: Karl Brunner became the first rector of the university after the Second World War. He had attracted attention in 1938 for his outspoken opposition to the annexation of Austria by Hitler's Germany.
1945 until today
The University of Innsbruck develops into the regional university for Tyrol, South Tyrol and Vorarlberg. In 1999, the University Organisation Act (UOG 93) came into force and gave the university partial legal capacity. Five years later, the Universities Act 2002 and the autonomy of Austrian universities were introduced.
1669
The Faculty of Philosophy is founded as the first faculty of the University of Innsbruck.
1670
The Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law commence operations. In 1687, law professor Sebastian Mayr was appointed the first rector from among the professors.
1674
The Faculty of Medicine becomes one of the four founding faculties of the University of Innsbruck after its head, Gaudenz von Sala, quickly expands his knowledge of anatomy.
1969
The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture is founded at the instigation of the then Governor of Tyrol, Eduard Wallnöfer.
1975/1976
The university reform led to the separation of the Faculty of Arts into a Faculty of Humanities and a Faculty of Natural Sciences as well as the founding of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences and the Faculty of Law as successors to the Faculty of Law and Political Science.
2004
With the introduction of the Universities Act 2002, a new organisational plan was drawn up with fifteen smaller, focused faculties. An overview of the faculties can be found at http://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten. The spin-off of the Faculty of Medicine and the associated establishment of the Medical University was completed on 1 January 2004.
2012
With the founding of the Faculty of Teacher Education (formerly the School of Education), the University of Innsbruck gains its 16th faculty.
1878
Admission of women as guest students for selected lectures
1897
Formal admission to study at the Faculty of Philosophy
1900
Admission to study at the Faculty of Medicine
Admission to the pharmaceutical profession
1907
First doctorate for a woman at the University of Innsbruck: Adelheid Schneller, historian
1919
Formal admission to technical universities in Austria
Admission to the Faculty of Law and Political Science
1945
Admission to the Faculty of Catholic Theology