University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university founded in 1365 and based at Universitätsring 1 in Vienna, Austria. It has around 11,000 employees, including about 7,700 academic staff, and about 87,000 students in 20 faculties and centers, which makes it Austria's largest research and educational institution. Its central IT department, the Zentraler Informatikdienst (Vienna University Computer Center), operates ACOnet, the Austrian high-performance network for research, education, arts, and culture, with member institutions across Austria. The department has also operated the Vienna Internet eXchange (VIX), a neutral internet exchange point for Central and Eastern Europe, since 1996. VIX runs at three locations in Vienna and serves more than 170 participating organizations. Sebastian Schütze is the rector.
