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Karl Landsteiner University in Krems Training the health specialists of tomorrow Growing populations, longer life expectancies and escalating costs of health are just some of the problems which need to be tackled by future generations. Based on an integrative approach, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in the Austrian town Krems is educating a new generation of highly qualified doctors and health specialists, creating access to modern professions in the health sciences. TEXT: CORDELIA MAKARTSEV | PHOTOS: KARL LANDSTEINER UNIVERSITY
Opened in 2013, the Karl Landsteiner University is one of the youngest and most modern institutions in the field of higher education. The founders of the University established a new definition of the health sciences. To prepare the young experts for their future role the University has brought together four disciplines that have a decisive impact on health policy – health science, human medicine, psychotherapy and counselling, and neurorehabilitation – under the banner of health sciences. It is an ambitious vision of future higher educa-
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tion:“Based on an integrative approach, we aim to combine all public-health relevant key areas with human medicine. We want to become the leading provider for interdisciplinary higher education for innovative professions in the field of Health Sciences,” says Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mallinger, Rector and CEO at the Karl Landsteiner University. Integrative, interdisciplinary studies with an international outreach The Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences is the first Austrian university to offer a comprehensive medical education which satisfies the objectives of the Bologna process. The 6-semester Health Sciences Bachelor programme is followed by a 6semester Master in Human Medicine. Biomedical engineering and health economics are key focus areas at Karl Landsteiner Uni-