Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is an international research institute in natural and exact sciences, located in Maria Gugging, Klosterneuburg, 20 km northwest of the Austrian capital of Vienna. It was established and inaugurated by the provincial government of Lower Austria and the federal government of Austria in 2009. ISTA was established on the model of the Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science by its former president Israeli physicist Haim Harari. Like in the Weizmann Institute, scientists are encouraged to pursue their own goals and ideas not restricted by government or economic interest and all research themes are interdisciplinary.
School Director: Martin Hetzer
Population: 1000
Population of Teaching Staff: 70