Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) was founded in 1966 and consists of four faculties and six schools. With around 180 full professors at over 140 institutes and university clinics, JKU is an important factor in Linz and Upper Austria. Approximately 25,000 students are enrolled at JKU, 21% of whom are from abroad. JKU holds 13 company shares, 7 competence centers, and 7 Christian Doppler laboratories. (Source: https://www.jku.at/die-jku/ueber-uns/daten-fakten/)
What makes JKU unique is its campus on the outskirts of the city, which is a meeting place not only for JKU members and researchers from Austria and abroad, but also for local residents.