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Top research institutions in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria on research quality in 2022-now (#135 worldwide), followed by Austrian Academy of Sciences and Universität Innsbruck.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1University of ViennaUniversity · Vienna #135 12.4% 10,551 #1
2Austrian Academy of SciencesGovernment institution · Vienna #202 13.5% 2,879 #2
3Universität InnsbruckUniversity · Innsbruck #235 11.7% 5,785 #3
4Medical University of ViennaUniversity · Vienna #300 12.3% 6,666 #4
5TU WienUniversity · Vienna #530 8.6% 6,396 #5
6Johannes Kepler University of LinzUniversity · Linz #678 9.7% 3,684 #8
7University of GrazUniversity · Graz #768 10.1% 3,635 #9
8University of SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg #826 10.3% 2,443 #12
9Institute of Science and Technology AustriaUniversity · Klosterneuburg #829 13.9% 749 #6
10Vienna University of Economics and BusinessUniversity · Vienna #1,088 13.5% 1,639 #16
11BOKU UniversityUniversity · Vienna #1,133 13.8% 2,147 #11
12Graz University of TechnologyUniversity · Graz #1,175 8.4% 4,018 #7
13International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisNonprofit · Laxenburg #1,224 21.3% 611 #10
14Innsbruck Medical UniversityUniversity · Innsbruck #1,226 12.2% 1,863 #14
15Medical University of GrazUniversity · Graz #1,334 11.8% 2,470 #13
16Central European UniversityUniversity · Vienna #1,367 15.4% 1,045 #17
17University of KlagenfurtUniversity · Klagenfurt #1,430 9.3% 1,501 #18
18Vienna BiocenterInstitution · Vienna #2,089 23.8% 148 #15
19Montanuniversität LeobenUniversity · Leoben #2,149 9.7% 1,343 #25
20University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaUniversity · Wels #2,432 7.0% 748 #21
21Universität für Weiterbildung KremsUniversity · Krems #2,451 14.7% 464 #32
22Paracelsus Medical UniversityUniversity · Salzburg #2,771 12.9% 1,226 #20
23Austrian Institute of TechnologyResearch facility · Vienna #2,961 8.0% 1,070 #23
24Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienUniversity · Vienna #3,288 10.4% 575 #29
25University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaUniversity · Vienna #3,533 10.2% 1,116 #22
26Fachhochschule SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg #4,219 9.8% 346 #34
27Hochschule Campus WienUniversity · Vienna #4,570 8.6% 385 #26
28United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationGovernment institution · Vienna #4,613 8.0% 449 #43
29BioTechMed-GrazResearch facility · Graz #4,630 16.2% 260 #24
30Research Institute of Molecular PathologyResearch facility · Vienna #4,866 22.7% 88 #19
31UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und TechnikUniversity · Hall in Tirol #5,008 11.1% 311 #36
32Comprehensive Cancer Center ViennaHospital / health system · Vienna #5,095 18.6% 327 #30
33Management Center InnsbruckUniversity · Innsbruck #5,125 11.3% 356 #38
34Gesundheit ÖsterreichHospital / health system · Vienna #5,508 7.2% 283 #41
35Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesUniversity · Krems #5,553 13.1% 366 #39
36Tirol KlinikenHospital / health system · Innsbruck #6,147 9.1% 287 #33
37Mahle (Austria)Company · Rankweil #6,190 8.2% 412 #89
38FH JOANNEUM University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Graz #6,493 5.5% 279 #45
39University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaUniversity · Vienna #6,609 3.3% 463 #71
40International Atomic Energy AgencyNonprofit · Vienna #6,648 12.4% 308 #27
41University of Applied Sciences St PöltenUniversity · St. Pölten #6,681 9.8% 272 #48
42Complexity Science HubNonprofit · Vienna #6,749 22.7% 254 #40
43Austrian Research Institute for Artificial IntelligenceResearch facility · Vienna #7,340 21.5% 103 #37
44Pädagogische Hochschule WienUniversity · Vienna #7,394 9.1% 336 #51
45Austrian Foundry Research InstituteNonprofit · Leoben #7,416 9.5% 402 #100
46Statistics AustriaGovernment institution · Vienna #7,519 11.5% 193 #31
47Joanneum ResearchResearch facility · Graz #7,586 6.0% 272 #46
48Fachhochschule Wiener NeustadtUniversity · Wiener Neustadt #7,622 9.5% 217 #63
49Danube Private UniversityUniversity · Krems #7,651 12.6% 205 #75
50FH KärntenUniversity · Spittal an der Drau #7,687 7.5% 194 #73
51IMC University of Applied Sciences KremsUniversity · Krems #7,973 13.9% 153 #94
52Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List (Austria)Company · Graz #8,019 3.9% 286 #52
53Vorarlberg University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Dornbirn #8,351 7.7% 151 #49
54University of Applied Sciences BurgenlandUniversity · Eisenstadt #8,386 7.4% 171 #103
55Universitätsklinikum KremsHospital / health system · Krems #8,723 7.6% 220 #88
56University of Applied Sciences Technikum WienUniversity · Vienna #8,823 4.8% 312 #87
57Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and PreventionResearch facility · Salzburg #9,725 14.2% 167 #69
58Nawi GrazUniversity · Graz #9,843 15.3% 146 #28
59Akademie der bildenden Künste WienUniversity · Vienna #9,888 5.3% 203 #81
60Klinikum KlagenfurtHospital / health system · Klagenfurt #9,992 7.6% 197 #57
61MODUL University ViennaUniversity · Vienna #10,131 17.6% 210 #47
62University of Applied Arts ViennaUniversity · Vienna #10,266 6.6% 179 #50
63Landeskrankenhaus FeldkirchHospital / health system · Feldkirch #10,462 7.3% 194 #66
64University of Applied Sciences BFI ViennaUniversity · Vienna #10,750 5.1% 191 #141
65Pädagogische Hochschule NiederösterreichUniversity · Baden bei Wien #10,817 4.4% 222 #167
66Universitätsklinik für Kinder und JugendpsychiatrieHospital / health system · Vienna #11,367 3.5% 161 #82
67Karl Landsteiner SocietyInstitution · St. Pölten #11,652 11.3% 213 #62
68Know Center Research GmbH (Austria)Company · Graz #11,768 15.4% 115 #84
69Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)Company · Linz #11,841 10.1% 186 #80
70Silicon Austria Labs (Austria)Company · Graz #11,941 6.6% 361 #142
71Pädagogische Hochschule SalzburgUniversity · Salzburg #12,024 7.5% 118 #60
72Natural History Museum ViennaArchive · Vienna #12,564 8.5% 207 #65
73Wikimedia ÖsterreichNonprofit · Vienna #12,623 6.7% 130 #111
74St Anna Children's HospitalHospital / health system · Vienna #13,019 15.3% 91 #44
75Deutsche Telekom (Austria)Company · Vienna #13,055 9.5% 109 #120
76University of Applied Sciences KufsteinUniversity · Kufstein #13,130 5.6% 119 #109
77University of Education Upper AustriaUniversity · Linz #13,458 13.7% 121 #163
78Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbHNonprofit · Vienna #13,617 14.2% 115 #92
79Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)Company · Graz #13,675 5.5% 167 #112
80Unfallkrankenhaus SalzburgHospital / health system · Salzburg #13,973 9.0% 98 #85
81Voestalpine (Austria)Company · Linz #13,996 7.0% 165 #83
82Wiener KrankenanstaltenverbundHospital / health system · Vienna #14,224 6.0% 132 #133
83Institut für ökologische WirtschaftsforschungNonprofit · Vienna #14,235 6.0% 110 #78
84Computer Algorithms for MedicineResearch facility · Graz #14,331 6.3% 129 #70
85Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (Austria)Company · Graz #14,409 11.6% 124 #42
86LKH HochsteiermarkHospital / health system · Leoben #14,555 3.7% 112 #123
87Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese LinzUniversity · Linz #14,565 4.6% 124 #101
88University Clinic of TraumatologyHospital / health system · Innsbruck #14,632 5.3% 220 #124
89Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVAResearch facility · Vienna #14,825 14.1% 108 #56
90Austrian Agency for Health and Food SafetyInstitution · Vienna #15,097 12.9% 117 #98
91Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige SchwesternHospital / health system · Linz #15,314 4.0% 109 #90
92Linz Center of Mechatronics (Austria)Company · Linz #15,367 6.5% 123 #93
93Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)Nonprofit · Vienna #15,474 10.2% 126 #68
94SBA ResearchResearch facility · Vienna #15,502 8.7% 115 #113
95Kompetenzzentrum HolzCompany · Linz #15,992 5.6% 114 #116
96Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und GeburtshilfeHospital / health system · Graz #16,082 1.4% 122 #79
97Bundesamt für WasserwirtschaftGovernment institution · Vienna #16,269 5.4% 93 #64
98Austrian Institute of Economic ResearchNonprofit · Vienna #16,313 13.4% 120 #61
99Universitätsklinikum TullnHospital / health system · Tulln #16,321 13.6% 70 #129
100University of Music and Performing Arts GrazUniversity · Graz #16,360 7.6% 118 #132
101Austrian Cluster for Tissue RegenerationInstitution · Vienna #16,384 15.2% 95 #106
102University Hospital InnsbruckHospital / health system · Innsbruck #16,421 11.1% 103 #99
103Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)Company · Graz #16,612 10.5% 139 #77
104Anton Proksch InstitutNonprofit · Vienna #16,649 8.3% 69 #97
105Klinik HietzingHospital / health system · Vienna #17,163 10.5% 107 #59
106Orthopaedic Hospital SpeisingHospital / health system · Vienna #17,211 12.1% 100 #95
107Universitätsklinikum St. PöltenHospital / health system · St. Pölten #17,229 7.8% 107 #135
108University of Arts and Industrial Design LinzUniversity · Linz #17,254 9.1% 80 #149
109Chamber of LabourInstitution · Vienna #17,486 4.7% 120 #140
110Austrian Competence Centre of Food SafetyCompany · Vienna #17,652 9.0% 86 #147
111Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of GodHospital / health system · Vienna #17,858 7.9% 114 #126
112Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer ResearchResearch facility · Vienna #17,865 18.4% 62 #117
113Vienna Consulting Engineers (Austria)Company · Vienna #18,032 7.3% 91 #162
114University of Teacher Education StyriaUniversity · Graz #18,277 9.6% 83 #205
115Diplomatic Academy of ViennaUniversity · Vienna #18,354 25.9% 68 #138
116Seeburg Castle UniversityUniversity · Seekirchen am Wallersee #18,422 15.3% 68 #221
117Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)Company · Leoben #18,423 9.4% 104 #102
118Allergiezentrum Wien WestHospital / health system · Vienna #18,646 6.5% 72 #137
119Austrian Society of Dermatology and VenereologyNonprofit · Vienna #18,966 3.7% 109 #139
120Materials Center Leoben (Austria)Company · Leoben #18,978 7.4% 148 #108
121Hanusch HospitalHospital / health system · Vienna #19,041 9.8% 103 #74
122Institute of Human SciencesUniversity · Vienna #19,073 9.7% 69 #181
123Environment Agency AustriaGovernment institution · Vienna #19,196 10.9% 89 #72
124Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and NanoanalysisResearch facility · Graz #19,274 8.0% 85 #67
125Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle ArbeitsweltResearch facility · Vienna #19,344 6.9% 67 #152
126Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/NiederösterreichUniversity · Vienna #19,352 10.6% 97 #226
127Klinikum Wels-GrieskirchenHospital / health system · Wels #19,523 8.1% 93 #159
128Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition ResearchInstitution · Klosterneuburg #19,548 13.0% 77 #55
129KHM-MuseumsverbandArchive · Vienna #20,091 3.5% 76 #145
130AC2T Research (Austria)Company · Wiener Neustadt #20,417 10.5% 98 #125
131Krankenhaus der ElisabethinenHospital / health system · Linz #20,634 12.9% 76 #96
132MED-EL (Austria)Company · Innsbruck #20,656 8.0% 81 #161
133Fonds Gesundes ÖsterreichInstitution · Vienna #20,783 2.0% 68 #187
134Federal Ministry of Education, Science and ResearchGovernment institution · Vienna #21,286 8.6% 69 #174
135Austrian Research Centre for ForestsResearch facility · Vienna #21,457 14.1% 79 #177
136Federal Ministry of JusticeGovernment institution · Vienna #21,488 5.9% 65 #186
137Vienna Institute for International Economic StudiesNonprofit · Vienna #21,625 26.9% 63 #153
138MedAustronHospital / health system · Wiener Neustadt #21,763 9.5% 64 #224
139AGO AustriaNonprofit · Innsbruck #21,876 6.8% 65 #225
140Center For Biomarker Research In MedicineNonprofit · Graz #21,926 6.2% 64 #211
141Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and TreatmentNonprofit · Feldkirch #21,930 4.7% 61 #228
142Catholic Theological Private University LinzUniversity · Linz #21,950 1.4% 60 #237
143National Bank of AustriaInstitution · Vienna #22,217 11.1% 62 #146

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Austria on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): 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%.

0%10%20%30%mean 10.0245%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Austrian Academy of …University of ViennaMedical University o…Universität Innsbruck
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One dot per institution in the table above.

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