Female enrolment

When the Philosophical Faculty was the first institution of the University of Vienna to open itself to the enrolment of women in the academic year of 1897/98, more than 500 years had already passed since the university’s founding.

At first, three women enrolled. The ratio of women to men at that point was 1:183. Today – varying by discipline – one can speak of a ratio of about 1:1. This article is a look at the developments in slightly more than a century in which women have had access to the University of Vienna, a societally highly respected educational and entitling institution.