Top research institutions in Austria
University of Vienna ranks first in Austria on research quality in 2022–2025 (#178 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and Medical University of Vienna.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #178 | 22.9% | 9,931 | #1 |
| 2 | Universität InnsbruckUniversity · Innsbruck | #348 | 21.1% | 5,769 | #3 |
| 3 | Medical University of ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #382 | 19.5% | 6,144 | #4 |
| 4 | TU WienUniversity · Vienna | #396 | 15.7% | 6,396 | #2 |
| 5 | Graz University of TechnologyUniversity · Graz | #931 | 15.3% | 4,018 | #5 |
| 6 | Austrian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Vienna | #1,020 | 22.3% | 1,290 | #7 |
| 7 | Medical University of GrazUniversity · Graz | #1,159 | 18.5% | 2,470 | #14 |
| 8 | Institute of Science and Technology AustriaUniversity · Klosterneuburg | #1,200 | 29.5% | 749 | #16 |
| 9 | Johannes Kepler University of LinzUniversity · Linz | #1,204 | 18.2% | 3,287 | #8 |
| 10 | University of GrazUniversity · Graz | #1,292 | 19.6% | 3,507 | #6 |
| 11 | BOKU UniversityUniversity · Vienna | #1,586 | 27.0% | 2,087 | #11 |
| 12 | International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisNonprofit · Laxenburg | #1,692 | 40.2% | 611 | #12 |
| 13 | Innsbruck Medical UniversityUniversity · Innsbruck | #1,772 | 18.6% | 1,863 | #10 |
| 14 | University of SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg | #2,162 | 19.5% | 2,443 | #15 |
| 15 | Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information InnsbruckResearch facility · Innsbruck | #2,409 | 39.8% | 73 | #9 |
| 16 | Vienna Center for Quantum Science and TechnologyUniversity · Vienna | #2,586 | 30.8% | 83 | #18 |
| 17 | Montanuniversität LeobenUniversity · Leoben | #2,708 | 14.4% | 1,343 | #17 |
| 18 | University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #3,191 | 20.2% | 1,116 | #20 |
| 19 | Vienna University of Economics and BusinessUniversity · Vienna | #3,263 | 25.8% | 1,639 | #21 |
| 20 | Central European UniversityUniversity · Vienna | #3,450 | 25.5% | 1,044 | #31 |
| 21 | Vienna BiocenterInstitution · Vienna | #3,925 | 41.7% | 148 | #22 |
| 22 | University of KlagenfurtUniversity · Klagenfurt | #4,028 | 20.1% | 1,494 | #25 |
| 23 | Paracelsus Medical UniversityUniversity · Salzburg | #4,144 | 20.5% | 989 | #27 |
| 24 | Austrian Institute of TechnologyResearch facility · Vienna | #4,320 | 17.6% | 1,070 | #24 |
| 25 | Universität für Weiterbildung KremsUniversity · Krems | #4,775 | 30.2% | 464 | #43 |
| 26 | Max Perutz LabsResearch facility · Vienna | #4,839 | 30.1% | 139 | #30 |
| 27 | International Atomic Energy AgencyNonprofit · Vienna | #4,974 | 25.2% | 301 | #19 |
| 28 | BioTechMed-GrazResearch facility · Graz | #4,976 | 27.7% | 260 | #36 |
| 29 | Nawi GrazUniversity · Graz | #5,297 | 26.4% | 146 | #35 |
| 30 | CeMM Research Center for Molecular MedicineResearch facility · Vienna | #5,375 | 32.3% | 84 | #33 |
| 31 | UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und TechnikUniversity · Hall in Tirol | #5,466 | 20.6% | 311 | #41 |
| 32 | Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienUniversity · Vienna | #5,514 | 15.9% | 575 | #66 |
| 33 | Complexity Science HubNonprofit · Vienna | #5,671 | 39.1% | 254 | #74 |
| 34 | Comprehensive Cancer Center ViennaHospital / health system · Vienna | #5,815 | 25.6% | 327 | #49 |
| 35 | Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesUniversity · Krems | #6,055 | 21.1% | 366 | #82 |
| 36 | University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaUniversity · Wels | #6,107 | 16.6% | 748 | #52 |
| 37 | Research Institute of Molecular PathologyResearch facility · Vienna | #6,553 | 37.9% | 88 | #13 |
| 38 | Christian Doppler Laboratory for ThermoelectricityResearch facility · Vienna | #6,664 | 19.5% | 352 | #29 |
| 39 | Institute of High Energy PhysicsResearch facility · Vienna | #6,923 | 26.1% | 135 | #34 |
| 40 | Institute of Molecular BiotechnologyResearch facility · Vienna | #7,012 | 29.9% | 108 | #23 |
| 41 | Fachhochschule SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg | #7,323 | 20.0% | 346 | #63 |
| 42 | Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied MathematicsResearch facility · Linz | #7,792 | 13.9% | 161 | #62 |
| 43 | Danube Private UniversityUniversity · Krems | #8,200 | 17.0% | 205 | #105 |
| 44 | Vienna General HospitalHospital / health system · Vienna | #8,331 | 17.3% | 176 | #26 |
| 45 | Gesundheit ÖsterreichHospital / health system · Vienna | #8,427 | 13.5% | 283 | #77 |
| 46 | Joanneum ResearchResearch facility · Graz | #8,613 | 14.6% | 272 | #42 |
| 47 | Austrian Research Institute for Artificial IntelligenceResearch facility · Vienna | #8,831 | 32.9% | 103 | #91 |
| 48 | Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)Company · Linz | #9,122 | 26.3% | 186 | #95 |
| 49 | MODUL University ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #9,178 | 42.0% | 153 | #50 |
| 50 | Hochschule Campus WienUniversity · Vienna | #9,196 | 13.2% | 385 | #58 |
| 51 | Erich Schmid Institute of Materials ScienceResearch facility · Leoben | #9,244 | 16.3% | 116 | #44 |
| 52 | Kepler UniversitätsklinikumFunder · Linz | #9,488 | 13.5% | 397 | #134 |
| 53 | Management Center InnsbruckUniversity · Innsbruck | #10,004 | 23.7% | 356 | #72 |
| 54 | Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant BiologyResearch facility · Vienna | #10,268 | 42.4% | 102 | #47 |
| 55 | Boehringer Ingelheim (Austria)Company · Vienna | #10,431 | 23.1% | 86 | #70 |
| 56 | IMC University of Applied Sciences KremsUniversity · Krems | #10,669 | 21.8% | 153 | #143 |
| 57 | Silicon Austria Labs (Austria)Company · Graz | #10,749 | 11.6% | 361 | #176 |
| 58 | Natural History Museum ViennaArchive · Vienna | #10,853 | 17.0% | 207 | #71 |
| 59 | Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition ResearchInstitution · Klosterneuburg | #10,864 | 29.3% | 77 | #51 |
| 60 | Statistics AustriaGovernment institution · Vienna | #11,120 | 19.7% | 193 | #67 |
| 61 | Tirol KlinikenHospital / health system · Innsbruck | #11,519 | 13.6% | 287 | #93 |
| 62 | Materials Center Leoben (Austria)Company · Leoben | #12,026 | 8.7% | 148 | #60 |
| 63 | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and PreventionResearch facility · Salzburg | #12,099 | 18.3% | 167 | #32 |
| 64 | Austrian Research Centre for ForestsResearch facility · Vienna | #12,129 | 34.1% | 79 | #55 |
| 65 | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVAResearch facility · Vienna | #12,567 | 20.8% | 108 | #53 |
| 66 | Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)Company · Leoben | #12,627 | 15.9% | 104 | #121 |
| 67 | Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (Austria)Company · Graz | #12,964 | 20.0% | 124 | #84 |
| 68 | Karl Landsteiner SocietyInstitution · St. Pölten | #13,017 | 15.2% | 213 | #103 |
| 69 | Austrian Cluster for Tissue RegenerationInstitution · Vienna | #13,505 | 23.5% | 95 | #137 |
| 70 | Pädagogische Hochschule WienUniversity · Vienna | #13,566 | 14.1% | 336 | #28 |
| 71 | MED-EL (Austria)Company · Innsbruck | #13,715 | 6.4% | 81 | #114 |
| 72 | Austrian Agency for Health and Food SafetyInstitution · Vienna | #13,836 | 23.9% | 117 | #118 |
| 73 | Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and NanoanalysisResearch facility · Graz | #13,912 | 10.9% | 85 | #40 |
| 74 | Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbHNonprofit · Vienna | #13,943 | 28.9% | 115 | #128 |
| 75 | FH KärntenUniversity · Spittal an der Drau | #14,201 | 17.6% | 194 | #161 |
| 76 | Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)Company · Graz | #14,340 | 14.7% | 139 | #130 |
| 77 | University of Applied Sciences Technikum WienUniversity · Vienna | #14,468 | 9.9% | 312 | #48 |
| 78 | Infineon Technologies (Austria)Company · Villach | #14,565 | 8.2% | 225 | #57 |
| 79 | St Anna Children's HospitalHospital / health system · Vienna | #14,579 | 23.0% | 91 | #61 |
| 80 | Fachhochschule Wiener NeustadtUniversity · Wiener Neustadt | #14,675 | 19.2% | 217 | #117 |
| 81 | MedAustronHospital / health system · Wiener Neustadt | #14,699 | 13.0% | 64 | #140 |
| 82 | Universitätsklinikum KremsHospital / health system · Krems | #15,117 | 10.6% | 220 | #206 |
| 83 | AC2T Research (Austria)Company · Wiener Neustadt | #15,542 | 13.7% | 98 | #81 |
| 84 | SBA ResearchResearch facility · Vienna | #15,546 | 19.5% | 115 | #99 |
| 85 | Voestalpine (Austria)Company · Linz | #15,566 | 8.9% | 165 | #111 |
| 86 | Vienna Consulting Engineers (Austria)Company · Vienna | #15,783 | 9.3% | 91 | #185 |
| 87 | United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationGovernment institution · Vienna | #16,431 | 10.8% | 449 | #113 |
| 88 | University of Applied Arts ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #16,594 | 9.5% | 179 | #102 |
| 89 | Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese LinzUniversity · Linz | #16,597 | 7.7% | 124 | #159 |
| 90 | University of Applied Sciences St PöltenUniversity · St. Pölten | #16,626 | 13.4% | 271 | #154 |
| 91 | Krankenhaus der ElisabethinenHospital / health system · Linz | #16,749 | 17.5% | 76 | #127 |
| 92 | Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)Company · Graz | #16,904 | 9.7% | 167 | #142 |
| 93 | Linz Center of Mechatronics (Austria)Company · Linz | #17,084 | 14.2% | 123 | #94 |
| 94 | Space Research InstituteResearch facility · Graz | #17,351 | 19.1% | 86 | #88 |
| 95 | Unfallkrankenhaus SalzburgHospital / health system · Salzburg | #17,422 | 10.2% | 98 | #151 |
| 96 | University Hospital InnsbruckHospital / health system · Innsbruck | #17,426 | 19.6% | 103 | #54 |
| 97 | Klinikum KlagenfurtHospital / health system · Klagenfurt | #17,451 | 10.5% | 197 | #148 |
| 98 | Mahle (Austria)Company · Rankweil | #17,540 | 6.1% | 412 | #141 |
| 99 | Universitätsklinikum TullnHospital / health system · Tulln | #17,579 | 22.6% | 70 | #208 |
| 100 | Institute for Social AnthropologyResearch facility · Vienna | #17,908 | 20.5% | 117 | #98 |
| 101 | Vorarlberg University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Dornbirn | #17,956 | 16.0% | 151 | #152 |
| 102 | Christian Doppler KlinikHospital / health system · Salzburg | #18,032 | 18.7% | 99 | #83 |
| 103 | Know Center Research GmbH (Austria)Company · Graz | #18,187 | 28.0% | 115 | #138 |
| 104 | FH JOANNEUM University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Graz | #18,384 | 12.7% | 279 | #133 |
| 105 | University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #18,446 | 4.7% | 463 | #222 |
| 106 | Klinikum Wels-GrieskirchenHospital / health system · Wels | #18,518 | 9.9% | 93 | #207 |
| 107 | Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List (Austria)Company · Graz | #18,534 | 8.8% | 286 | #45 |
| 108 | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer ResearchResearch facility · Vienna | #18,610 | 21.7% | 62 | #76 |
| 109 | Universitätszahnklinik WienHospital / health system · Vienna | #18,669 | 5.3% | 338 | #65 |
| 110 | University of Applied Sciences KufsteinUniversity · Kufstein | #18,907 | 15.5% | 119 | #211 |
| 111 | Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of GodHospital / health system · Vienna | #19,110 | 11.1% | 114 | #160 |
| 112 | University Clinic of TraumatologyHospital / health system · Innsbruck | #19,683 | 4.8% | 220 | #59 |
| 113 | Universitätsklinikum St. PöltenHospital / health system · St. Pölten | #19,703 | 10.2% | 107 | #181 |
| 114 | University of Applied Sciences BFI ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #19,728 | 17.5% | 191 | #256 |
| 115 | Klinik HietzingHospital / health system · Vienna | #19,730 | 11.3% | 107 | #79 |
| 116 | Center For Biomarker Research In MedicineNonprofit · Graz | #19,983 | 9.5% | 64 | #201 |
| 117 | Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)Nonprofit · Vienna | #20,062 | 26.6% | 126 | #132 |
| 118 | Acoustics Research InstituteResearch facility · Vienna | #20,065 | 10.0% | 96 | #218 |
| 119 | Graz University HospitalHospital / health system · Graz | #20,076 | 12.0% | 128 | #73 |
| 120 | Seeburg Castle UniversityUniversity · Seekirchen am Wallersee | #20,152 | 33.4% | 68 | #236 |
| 121 | Institute of Technology AssessmentResearch facility · Vienna | #20,377 | 15.6% | 91 | #97 |
| 122 | Salzburger LandesklinikenHospital / health system · Salzburg | #20,542 | 10.0% | 120 | #85 |
| 123 | Akademie der bildenden Künste WienUniversity · Vienna | #20,633 | 10.6% | 203 | #108 |
| 124 | Institute for Urban and Regional ResearchResearch facility · Vienna | #20,747 | 20.0% | 147 | #129 |
| 125 | Wiener KrankenanstaltenverbundHospital / health system · Vienna | #20,757 | 6.3% | 132 | #217 |
| 126 | Computer Algorithms for MedicineResearch facility · Graz | #21,012 | 7.2% | 129 | #80 |
| 127 | Austrian Institute of Economic ResearchNonprofit · Vienna | #21,015 | 24.7% | 120 | #92 |
| 128 | Pädagogische Hochschule SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg | #21,079 | 14.1% | 118 | #170 |
| 129 | Vienna Institute for International Economic StudiesNonprofit · Vienna | #21,094 | 44.9% | 63 | #157 |
| 130 | Diplomatic Academy of ViennaUniversity · Vienna | #21,279 | 36.3% | 68 | #155 |
| 131 | Hanusch HospitalHospital / health system · Vienna | #21,316 | 14.3% | 103 | #104 |
| 132 | Austrian Foundry Research InstituteNonprofit · Leoben | #21,426 | 4.4% | 402 | #163 |
| 133 | Environment Agency AustriaGovernment institution · Vienna | #21,548 | 15.2% | 89 | #86 |
| 134 | Anton Proksch InstitutNonprofit · Vienna | #21,659 | 12.0% | 69 | #124 |
| 135 | Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige SchwesternHospital / health system · Linz | #21,665 | 6.3% | 109 | #194 |
| 136 | Deutsche Telekom (Austria)Company · Vienna | #21,732 | 9.4% | 109 | #212 |
| 137 | Landeskrankenhaus FeldkirchHospital / health system · Feldkirch | #22,028 | 7.5% | 194 | #115 |
| 138 | Austrian Competence Centre of Food SafetyCompany · Vienna | #22,106 | 11.7% | 86 | #219 |
| 139 | University of Education Upper AustriaUniversity · Linz | #22,506 | 24.9% | 121 | #234 |
| 140 | Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/NiederösterreichUniversity · Vienna | #22,745 | 17.0% | 97 | #249 |
| 141 | Siemens (Austria)Company · Vienna | #22,934 | 10.0% | 82 | #146 |
| 142 | Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle ArbeitsweltResearch facility · Vienna | #22,987 | 10.7% | 67 | #39 |
| 143 | KHM-MuseumsverbandArchive · Vienna | #23,071 | 8.9% | 76 | #204 |
| 144 | Universitätsklinik für Kinder und JugendpsychiatrieHospital / health system · Vienna | #23,254 | 4.4% | 161 | #196 |
| 145 | University of Applied Sciences BurgenlandUniversity · Eisenstadt | #23,456 | 8.5% | 171 | #247 |
| 146 | Kompetenzzentrum HolzCompany · Linz | #24,065 | 7.7% | 114 | #165 |
| 147 | Institute of Human SciencesUniversity · Vienna | #24,071 | 19.2% | 69 | #227 |
| 148 | Bundesamt für WasserwirtschaftGovernment institution · Vienna | #24,088 | 5.6% | 93 | #107 |
| 149 | University of Teacher Education StyriaUniversity · Graz | #24,180 | 23.6% | 83 | #231 |
| 150 | University of Arts and Industrial Design LinzUniversity · Linz | #24,298 | 21.1% | 80 | #237 |
| 151 | Orthopaedic Hospital SpeisingHospital / health system · Vienna | #24,446 | 14.9% | 100 | #221 |
| 152 | University of Music and Performing Arts GrazUniversity · Graz | #24,841 | 12.0% | 118 | #241 |
| 153 | Allergiezentrum Wien WestHospital / health system · Vienna | #25,121 | 6.4% | 72 | #175 |
| 154 | National Bank of AustriaInstitution · Vienna | #25,260 | 18.6% | 62 | #186 |
| 155 | Fraunhofer AustriaNonprofit · Vienna | #25,584 | 12.7% | 74 | #197 |
| 156 | Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and TreatmentNonprofit · Feldkirch | #26,193 | 6.7% | 61 | #259 |
| 157 | Austrian Society of Dermatology and VenereologyNonprofit · Vienna | #26,238 | 2.3% | 109 | #164 |
| 158 | Pädagogische Hochschule NiederösterreichUniversity · Baden bei Wien | #26,280 | 2.5% | 222 | #281 |
| 159 | LKH HochsteiermarkHospital / health system · Leoben | #26,570 | 8.6% | 112 | #271 |
| 160 | Federal Ministry of Education, Science and ResearchGovernment institution · Vienna | #26,620 | 20.8% | 69 | #245 |
| 161 | Institut für ökologische WirtschaftsforschungNonprofit · Vienna | #26,837 | 7.2% | 110 | #122 |
| 162 | AGO AustriaNonprofit · Innsbruck | #26,855 | 10.7% | 65 | #266 |
| 163 | Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und GeburtshilfeHospital / health system · Graz | #27,328 | 2.7% | 122 | #200 |
| 164 | Chamber of LabourInstitution · Vienna | #27,339 | 4.7% | 120 | #238 |
| 165 | Wikimedia ÖsterreichNonprofit · Vienna | #27,563 | 3.6% | 130 | #274 |
| 166 | Federal Ministry of JusticeGovernment institution · Vienna | #27,849 | 8.0% | 65 | #282 |
| 167 | Fonds Gesundes ÖsterreichInstitution · Vienna | #28,024 | 1.9% | 68 | #286 |
| 168 | Catholic Theological Private University LinzUniversity · Linz | #28,033 | 0.6% | 60 | #273 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Austria on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Austria
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
above the meannear itbelow it
One dot per institution in the table above.