The University of Leoben is a public university in Leoben, Styria, Austria. It was established on 4 November 1840 as the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt in Vordernberg, Styria, Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby Leoben. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled. The University of Leoben is a member of TU Austria, an association of three Austrian universities of technology and offers education and conducts research in the fields of mining, metallurgy and materials science.

Name

The university itself uses its German name Montanuniversität Leoben in its English communications, the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research calls the university the Leoben University Mining and Metallurgy [sic] in English and the English translation of the 2002 Universities Act calls the university the University of Mining Leoben.

Departments

Currently, the university has the following departments:

Rankings

In Shanghai Ranking Consultancy's 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the university attained rank 21 in metallurgical engineering. It is in the 301-400 range in mechanical engineering.