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The congress will take place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences right in the historical city centre of Vienna from Monday 8 September to Thursday 11 September 2025.

The main building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The campus buildings, designated as historical monuments, are part of the historic Old Vienna University Quarter. Originally constructed in the 17th century alongside the Jesuit Church near Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz, the complex was expanded over the centuries to include the Neue Aula, which now serves as the main building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), as well as a library building. Following extensive renovations, the academy has transformed one of Vienna’s most traditional centers of knowledge, bringing it into the 21st century and making it accessible to both the scientific community and the public.

People relaxing in the inner courtyard of the Campus Building.

The Academy Campus is situated in the Stubenviertel district, an area closely tied to the academic life of Vienna since the late Middle Ages. Its origins date back to 1385, when Duke Albrecht III established the “Collegium Ducale” across from the Dominican monastery. Architectural archaeology has pinpointed the original buildings for this purpose along today’s Postgasse, near the so-called Stöckl building and the towering eastern wing of the later Jesuit College. What began as a few interconnected houses soon expanded into a sprawling, monastery-like complex centered around a Courtyard.

A room in the library of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has a classic fresco,

By the early 15th century, the university had added a southern building known as the “Nova Structura” or “Neue Schul,” which served not only the faculty of arts but also lawyers, physicians, and theologians. Student halls of residence, or bursen, including the Silesian Bursa, Sprenger Bursa, and Rosenbursa, quickly sprang up in the surrounding area, solidifying the district’s role as a hub of learning.