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.
We are kicking off the pharmacy lecture series for the 2026/2027 winter semester with an exciting lecture: on October 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Lecture Hall 4, presented by Dip.Ing. Rudolf Marchart from the company WALDLAND (Friedersbach, Austria).
Look forward to our exciting lectures in the winter semester; you can find the full program on the poster as well as under "Lectures". Start is October 8, 11:30, HS 4.
Are you passionate about developing and applying cutting-edge Metaproteomics, advanced data analysis, and Microbiology methods to tackle relevant skin health challenges? Join Dr. David Gomez-Varela at the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Centre…
Assoc.Prof. Julien Orts and his team have launched a collaboration with AI drug discovery company Elix to combine advanced NMR structural biology with AI‑driven molecular design for tackling challenging “undruggable” protein targets.
The LEO Foundation has awarded DKK 61.9 million (EUR 8.3 million) to 16 international research projects, supporting scientists whose work has the potential to deepen our understanding of the skin and pave the way for better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment…
Identifying strategies for measuring thousands of microbial and host proteins and revealing what microbes are doing and how the host responds
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
