The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is part of the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna and aims to be recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in pharmaceutical research and education. We promote the discovery, development, and appropriate use of medications for the welfare and the safety of the public.
The range of topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences aims at the identification and the characterisation of both new biologically active natural products and synthetic drugs and at understanding their interactions with human targets on a molecular level using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo models.
Based on this knowledge, we investigate new lead compounds and disease-related targets and develop delivery systems for pharmaceutical active ingredients.
On June 11, 11:30 (HS6), we invite you to an exciting lecture by Ass.Prof. Lorenzo Albertazzi, PhD; Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, TU Eindhoven.
Anna Weinzinger has been awarded a €999,979 Precision Medicine grant from the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) for the project “Decoding GNB1E: Advanced Drug Repurposing for Personalized Treatment”.
The Weiss Prize is Austria's most prestigious privately funded research prize in the field of anesthesiology.
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences has filled a new tenure-track professorship for natural product research at the Faculty of Life Sciences.
Schwabe Pharma group launched a strategic research collaboration which aims to advance development of innovative therapies for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) - one of the fastest-growing challenges in liver health worldwide.
Department Meeting
05.03.2026 - 25.06.2026
The four divisions of the Department
Key Research Areas, Excellence and Collaborative Projects, List of Publications
Department Meeting (Lecture Series) & Announcements
Study Programmes and Education
Location and Entrances
Management and staff
Key figures of the Department in 2025
9 University Professors (44% ♀),
9 Associate Professors (33% ♀),
7 Tenure Tracks (71% ♀)
2,232 BSc and MSc Students (75 % ♀)
94 PhD Students (53 % ♀)
65 different countries, representing students from all over the world
82% published in Q1 journals
