Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften

What Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften does

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften (KL Krems) is an Austria-based private university founded in 2013 and headquartered in Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, operating under a non-profit GmbH structure owned equally (25% each) by the Medical University of Vienna, the Technical University Vienna, MedAustron, and the Province of Lower Austria. The institution delivers health-sciences education and clinical research, with a core academic portfolio comprising a Bachelor's in Medical Science, a Master's in Human Medicine, Bachelor's and Master's programs in Psychology, a doctoral school (including the newly accredited international Tumor Biology PhD), and the KL Academy continuing-education certificate program. Teaching is integrated with clinical training across three partner university hospitals in Krems, St. Pölten, and Tulln, plus the MedAustron ion-therapy center in Wiener Neustadt, supported by an on-campus Skills Lab (commissioned 2016), a Centre for Clinical Trials (ZKS), and a Department of Biostatistics and Data Science.

The university's revenue model is dominated by recurring per-semester tuition fees for degree programs, supplemented by non-refundable application fees (e.g., €1,000 for lateral-entry medical applications), research grants distributed through the Forschungsimpulse program, and a small branded merchandise line (KL Shop). Admissions are selective rather than numerus-clausus-based, with a two-stage process (written aptitude test plus personal interview for medicine; motivation letter plus interview for psychology) and approximately five applicants per available study place as of 2022. Marketing relies on a KL Ambassadors program, school-outreach events, social media (including TikTok), research publications, and Erasmus+ international mobility partnerships with institutions such as the University of Basel and IMC Krems.

Strategic posture is research-led and state-anchored: KL invests in clinical-research output (e.g., the RIP interventional-cardiology technique, HIFU prostate-cancer study, smartphone-based psychological research), maintains AQ Austria accreditation across all programs, and became the first Austrian private university to publish a comprehensive ESG sustainability report in 2026. The February 2026 transition from founding rector Rudolf Mallinger to Andrea Olschewski marks the end of the founder era and the start of an institutional phase emphasizing product expansion (e.g., the Tumor Biology PhD) while preserving the four-shareholder state-aligned ownership that underwrites the university's clinical-training capacity and EU-recognized credentialing.

Name

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften

Legal name

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften GmbH

Website

https://kl.ac.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften is an Austria-based private university, founded 2013 in Krems, offering Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD programs in Medicine, Medical Science, and Psychology with integrated clinical training at three Lower Austrian university hospitals, owned equally by four state-affiliated shareholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Krems An Der Donau

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees: Private university charging tuition fees for degree programs in Medicine and Psychology. Fees billed per semester after acceptance of study place.
2. Application and administration fees: Non-refundable processing fees charged for admission procedures. Lateral entry applications charged €1000 administration fee.
3. Research funding and grants: Funded through Forschungsimpulse (research impulses) providing grants for clinical research, science skills development, and conference participation for young researchers at university hospitals.
4. Merchandise and branded products: KL Shop sells branded merchandise including clothing, accessories, and lab equipment. Products ordered online with bank transfer payment and pickup at PR & Marketing department.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften (KL) is a private health sciences university in Krems an der Donau, Austria, offering bachelor's and master's degree programs in Medical Science, Human Medicine, and Psychology, plus PhD programs and KL Academy postgraduate certificates. Teaching is integrated with clinical training at three partner university hospitals (Krems, St. Pölten, Tulln) and MedAustron, and supported by a Skills Lab simulation facility, a Centre for Clinical Trials, and research services. The institution generates revenue primarily through per-semester tuition, application fees, research grants, and branded merchandise.

Product overview

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften (KL Krems) is a private university in Austria offering a portfolio of health sciences education programs. The core academic offerings include Bachelor's and Master's programs in Medical Science and Human Medicine, as well as Bachelor's and Master's programs in Psychology. The institution provides PhD programs through its Doctoral School, including the new Tumor Biology program. KL Academy delivers postgraduate continuing education through certificate programs in specialized areas. Research support infrastructure includes a Centre for Clinical Trials, Statistics Consultancy with REDCap tools, and Science Skills Services. Student development is supported through Skills Labs, Mentoring Programs, and KL Shop merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachelor's Programme Medical Science Three-year undergraduate program covering anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, and clinical sciences; serves as prerequisite for the Master's Programme Human Medicine at KL.
• Master's Programme Human Medicine Postgraduate medical degree following the Medical Science Bachelor's, leading to the Dr.med.univ. qualification, with practical clinical training at partner university hospitals in Krems, St. Pölten, and Tulln.
• Bachelor's Programme Psychology Undergraduate psychology degree with integrated practical training, qualifying graduates for the Master's programme in Psychology and supervised professional psychological work.
• Master's Programme Psychology Graduate psychology program qualifying students for professional psychologist certification under Austrian law (Psychologengesetz 2013).
• Doctoral School / PhD Programs Research doctorate programs including the new international 'TUMOR BIOLOGY: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Cancer Research' PhD program accredited by AQ Austria.
• KL Academy - Postgraduate Education Postgraduate continuing education programs making KL's medical, nursing, psychology, and health sciences expertise accessible, with certificate programs in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Applied Ethics, EPOCAN (Clinical Autonomic Neuroscience), Nutritional Medicine, and Water Quality.
• Centre for Clinical Trials (ZKS) Clinical research support center at University Hospital St. Pölten providing study coordination, eCRF implementation, research data management, and quality assurance for clinical studies.
• Statistics Consultancy Free statistical consultation service for KL researchers covering study design, statistical methods, and publication support, with REDCap-based KL eCRF tools and repository storage for research data.
• Skills Lab Simulation learning facility with practice rooms and examination/treatment rooms where medical students learn clinical skills using models, simulation programs, and acting patients before patient contact. Opened in 2016 at the KL building on Campus Krems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 94% of prostate cancer patients required no additional therapy two years after HIFU treatment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lower Austrian Landeskliniken-HoldingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization accompanying KL, operating university hospitals in Krems, St. Pölten, and Tulln for clinical training.
• Danube University KremsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university accompanying KL, located on same campus in Krems.
• IMC University of Applied Sciences KremsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university collaborating on Junge Uni project. Joint activities bring KL programs to broader audience.
• University of BaselminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university accompanying KL. Collaborated on RIP technique research with University Hospital Basel.
• AQ Austria (Agentur für Qualitätssicherung und Akkreditierung Austria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial accreditation body that accredited KL at end of 2013 and accredited new PhD program TUMOR BIOLOGY.
• ecoplus Plattform für GesundheitstechnologieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder the patronage of ecoplus Health Technology Platform, KL initiated the Lower Austrian Conference on Cancer Research (LACCR) at Campus Krems.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität: Austrian private medical university offering human medicine and other health programs with clinical training at partner hospitals. Directly comparable as another private medical university in Austria targeting the same applicant pool with similar tuition-based economics.
• Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität: Private university in Vienna offering medicine and psychology degree programs, including psychotherapy training. Closest direct peer in Austrian private higher education for both medicine and psychology with similar tuition-funded model.
• UMIT - Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology: Austrian private university focused on health sciences, medical informatics, biomedical engineering, and psychology with continuing education programs via UMIT Tirol. Closest direct private peer in Austrian health sciences education with parallel KL Academy offerings.
• Danube University Krems: Public university located on the same Krems campus as KL; offers continuing education and health-related programs. Direct peer for postgraduate, professional and continuing education in the same Austrian market and shared physical ecosystem.

Regional players

• IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems: Austrian Fachhochschule located on the same Krems campus, with joint activities including the Junge Uni program. Comparable as a co-located higher education institution sharing student life, infrastructure and brand in the same Lower Austrian geography.
• University of Basel: Swiss public university with medical faculty and a documented research partner (collaboration on RIP technique). Comparable as a research-active health sciences institution across the Austrian-Swiss corridor in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Medical University of Vienna: Austria's largest public medical university and 25% shareholder in KL. Largest incumbent in the same product category, but operates as a public, non-tuition-funded institution with broader research portfolio and significantly larger scale.
• Medical University of Graz: Public medical university in Austria with comparable medicine and doctoral programs. Competes for the same medical faculty candidates and research grants, but as a public institution does not compete on tuition-funded model.
• Medical University of Innsbruck: Third Austrian public medical university providing the Dr. med. univ. degree. Competes for the same domestic applicant pool, talent and research funding but does not replicate KL's private tuition-funded model.

Emerging players

• Central European University: Privately chartered university delivering graduate-level health and social sciences across Central Europe. Comparable as a private, English-medium higher education institution serving internationally mobile students in the Central European region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• TikToktiktok.com/@kl.university.krems
• Facebookfacebook.com/klprivatuniversitaet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/klpu

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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