Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

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Located in Linz, Austria, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz is widely recognized for its strong academic focus on technology, business, social sciences, and law, with its business and engineering faculties standing out among the finest in the region. The campus offers an increasingly diverse, English-friendly environment that includes several English-taught master's degree programs tailored to the global academic market. International students benefit from the dedicated support of the JKU International Student Office, which assists with everything from orientation and bureaucratic formalities to housing and integration events. A particularly distinctive characteristic of the university is its exceptionally green, park-like campus—Austria’s first campus university—which integrates modern architecture with recreational spaces right along the Danube's surrounding area. This vibrant academic hub provides international scholars with a collaborative community, robust career connections to Upper Austria’s industrial sector, and a high quality of student life.

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The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, short: JKU) is a public university in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, diploma and doctoral degrees in business, engineering, law, science, social sciences and medicine. As of 2026, the university reports it has about 27,000 students at the park campus in the northeast of Linz, with one out of nine students being from abroad. The university was the first in Austria to introduce an electronic student ID in 1998. The university is the home of the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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