To promote scientific work, development or inventions, every two years the province of Salzburg awards Christian Doppler prizes of 3,000 euros. In June, Landesrätin Martina Berthold presented the Christian Doppler prize to three scientists.

On 21 June, 2016, the Senate of the University of Salzburg elected Labor Law expert Professor Rudolf Mosler as the new Chairman; First Deputy Chairman was Assoc. Professor Herbert Wagner and second was Tobias Neugebauer, LLB.oec. Terms last from 1 October, 2016 to 30 September, 2019.

Twenty-four pupils from Salzburg and Braunau attended a mathematics workshop in Turkey from 13 to 19 May, organized by the Department of Mathematics, University of Salzburg. In Nesin Mathematics Village they learned that mathematics can be facinating.