University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

BOKU University (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien) is a public research university located at Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria, founded in 1872. It is one of Europe's leading universities in the fields of life sciences and sustainability, uniting natural sciences, engineering, and social and economic sciences in the service of sustainable resource use. BOKU offers more than 40 study programmes including 7 Bachelor's, 31 Master's, and Doctoral programmes spanning agricultural sciences, forestry, landscape planning, environmental engineering, wood and natural fibre technology, food and biotechnology, ecosystem management, and economics and social sciences. Since January 2025, the university is structured into six departments: Agricultural Sciences; Biotechnology and Food Science; Landscape, Water and Infrastructure; Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources; Ecosystem Management, Climate and Biodiversity; and Economics and Social Sciences. BOKU has 10,478 enrolled students, maintains 360 international partner universities, and holds a current institutional accreditation from AQ Austria valid until January 2029.