The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) is a special university in many ways. Initially founded as a university of agriculture and forestry in 1872, it nowadays covers a unique scientific spectrum. It deals with various fields ranging from agrarian issues to biotechnological research. The interdisciplinary research and teaching approach is a distinguishing characteristic of BOKU.

As a university of life sciences BOKU assumes important social and political responsibilities. Its core competency is the research and communication of ways of sustainable use and the protection of natural resources. As a result, BOKU provides answers to issues of sociopolitical importance that affect us all.

BOKU enjoys an outstanding reputation and offers an exceptional environment: It has always been a place of encounter for different fields of science, research topics, opinions, attitudes, people and nationalities; openness and diversity characterise everyday life at our university.