More than 300 exchange students from 40 countries, with the beginning of the Winter Semester2015/16, have begun their studies at the University of Salzburg. Mayor Heinz Schaden, Vice Mayor Anja Hagenauer and Vice Rector Sylvia Hahn greeted and welcomed the students to “Salzburg, the City of Knowledge” last Thursday in the Marmorsaal of the Schloss Mirabell.

On 08 October, 2015, Salzburg’s Mayor, Heinz Schaden, welcomed the newly appointed professors from all departments of the Paris Lodron University with a reception and drink in the panoramic bar of the Stadtbibliothek in Salzburg.

The warm temperate climates in China, Japan and South Korea show a significantly higher plant diversity than other, climatically similar regions in the world, such as eastern North America.