Paracelsus Medical University

Paracelsus Medical University (PMU) is an institution organized as a private foundation with locations in Salzburg and Nuremberg. Teaching, research, and patient care – these are the three pillars on which the university was founded in 2002, and which continue to have the highest priority. With 22 university institutes, three research centers, and six research programs, it was possible to build – together with the Salzburg University Hospitals –a first-class educational offer and excellent research at the Salzburg location. In February 2014, the Paracelsus Medical University built, in cooperation with the Nuremberg Hospital, the second location in Nuremberg. Since August 2014, future doctors have been educated within the framework of the human medicine study program.
The education offer of Paracelsus University in Salzburg comprises the study of human medicine, the study in pharmacy and nursing science, and postgraduate doctorate study programs in medical science, molecular medicine, and nursing & allied health sciences well as several universities and further education programs.
The legal entity of PMU is the "Paracelsus Medical Private University Salzburg – Private Foundation." The legal form of a private foundation was selected in order to emphasize the durability and the non-profit status of the work and activities of Paracelsus University. The Foundation Board guarantees the funding and execution of all measures which contribute to the university's operation and maintenance or are necessary or appropriate. One half of the Foundation Board composition is delegated periodically upon the proposal of the sponsoring State of Salzburg. In contrast, the other half is elected at a meeting of the sponsors. The Foundation Board elects a Management Board of three members for a three-year term, which reports to the Foundation Board.
International networking in the study and research is one of the central characteristic features of Paracelsus Medical University. The cosmopolitan attitude of the university is expressed in many ways: from the intensive competence exchange, through the top-class networks – in particular in the other European countries and the United States – and up to the consistent support of the foreign language competence of the students. This clearly expressed that international self-perception has proved extremely attractive for students, teachers, and researchers.
In particular, the long and intensive cooperation with the Natural Science Faculty of the Salzburg University has to be mentioned, as well as the cooperation with the Salzburg University Hospital and the 21 teaching hospitals in Austria and the neighboring countries. At the Nuremberg location, the Paracelsus University cooperates with the Nuremberg Hospital and Georg Simon Ohm Technical University. International partners among many other institutions are the Mayo Medical School/Mayo Clinic (USA), Yale University (USA), Harvard University (USA), University of Milan (I), Capital Medical University (CN), University of Cambridge (GB) and Brock University (CA).
Joseph & Brigitta Troy Library, to satisfy the requirements of the medicine and the enormous annual knowledge growth, Paracelsus Medical Private University relies above all on the online access to specialized medical journals in equipping the 260 m2 vast library. Licensed journals and databases are activated on the Paracelsus Medical Private University campus and in the Salzburg University Hospital.
The Joseph & Brigitta Troy Library serves the students of Paracelsus Medical University and the Salzburg University Hospital's various educational units as a research library. The university library also fulfills several tasks as a convenient service for the university and the Salzburg University Hospital.
The university library, the printed journals offer, and the book inventory of the individual university clinics and the library of the natural sciences faculty of Paris Lodron University in Salzburg are available to the students of Paracelsus University.