On December 10, 2022, the Nobel Prize, probably the most prestigious international award in the field of science, was awarded to, among others, physicist Anton Zeilinger.
To date, nine other male scientists and one female scientist associated with the University of Vienna through research or teaching have been honored with the Nobel Prize: Robert Bárány, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Hans Fischer, Karl Landsteiner, Erwin Schrödinger, Viktor Franz Hess, Otto Loewi, Konrad Lorenz, Friedrich August von Hayek and Emmanuelle Charpentier.
Since 2006, in the entrance hall of the main building of the University of Vienna the installation Installation „Nobelpreis und Universität Wien – Gruppenbild mit Fragezeichen“"Nobel Prize and University of Vienna - Group Picture with Question Mark" is situated, designed by the artists Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard.
