The University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (German: "Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien" - in short: VUW) was founded in 1767 as the world's third school for veterinary medicine (after Lyon and Alfort) by Milan's Ludovico Scotti, originally named "k. k. Pferde-Curen- und Operationsschule" (literally, "Imperial-Royal School for the Cure and Surgery of Horses"). Today, it has c. 2,800 students and c. 600 employees.
Spin-offs.
Since 2002, universities in Austria can found spin-off companies. Most of the spin-off companies are still located on the university's grounds: Animal Health IT, Biomodels Austria, Innovaphyt, Marinomed, Mycosafe, Novelix, VetWIDI, VirBiomed, ViruSure
The university also operates the Teaching and Research Farms outside of Vienna.
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