Organisation profile

Organisation profile

The Ignaz Semmelweis Institute is an inter-university institute for infection research, supported by the Medical Universities of Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck, the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. It conducts both basic and translational research in the field of infectious diseases – from epidemiology and diagnostics to therapies and vaccine development – under the aspect of "One Health".

Fields of science

  • 303041 Infectious diseases
  • 301213 Drug targeting
  • 301907 Biobanking
  • 301902 Immunology
  • 301903 Vaccine development
  • 302030 Internal medicine
  • 303031 Tropical medicine
  • 303034 Virology
  • 303014 Vaccine protection
  • 305907 Medical statistics
  • 303026 Public health