BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Founded in 1872, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, known too by its acronym `BOKU`, now comprises 13 departments and four service centres in Vienna, as well as a number of experimental centres around Vienna. The principal university buildings are located in two areas, the Türkenschanze and Muthgasse. At Türkenschanze are located the departments which provide teaching and research and teaching in the agricultural sciences, forestry, wood technology, and landscape architecture and conservation, the departments concerned with food science, biotechnology, land and water management and civil engineering are based at Muthgasse.