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Academic research opens up new perspectives and drives innovation – with benefits for all.

The University of Vienna brings research to the people with hands-on projects such as citizen science and engaging formats like the Semester Question. Highlights also include festivals such as the Long Night of Research, the Viennese Research Festival and Pint of Science.The Vienna Children’s University offers a whole host of wonderful formats and activities for the next generation.

Meet our researchers, discover how knowledge is generated – and how it changes the world.

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The benefits of research

Exciting collaborations with companies, new technologies, successful start-ups – the University of Vienna is home to many success stories which show how visions become ideas and how our research has a real impact on society through practical applications.

We take on challenges head-first, and our academics work on making sustainable improvements for us and the world we live in.

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Current insights

Internal clocks of deep-sea mussels tick to a day-night rhythm

02.11.2026 Press release

Picture of Deep-sea mussels on an hydrothermal vent edifice.

First-ever deep-sea mussel cell cultures reveal a 24-hour clock ticking in the cells, even in places that sunlight and moonlight never reach.

The Invisible Force of the Metal Triangle

28.10.2026 Press release

Picture of the conversion molecular nitrogen into ammonia.

Why a triangle of iron atoms can produce ammonia, but a triangle of chromium Atoms cannot: Uni Vienna and TU Wien solve a key catalyst puzzle.

The social credit system China never had – and what it built instead

27.10.2026 Research

China's social credit system is not what the media often portrays it to be. It's not a single nationwide scoring system that tracks every citizen.

What are the big questions of our time?

Semester question

Bild mit einem Fragezeichen als Symbol der "Semesterfrage".

Experiencing research made easy

Vienna STS Semester Talk 2026 Winter

Dienstag, 03. November 2026

Diskussion, Round Table

Recruiters Night

Dienstag, 03. November 2026

Tag der Wiener Spaziergänge

Samstag, 07. November 2026

Perspektivwechsel – Menschen, die auf Pflege angewiesen sind

Dienstag, 10. November 2026

Vortrag, Präsentation, Fortbildung

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