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Klagenfurt University
The University of Klagenfurt (german: Universität Klagenfurt or ''Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt'', AAU) is a federal Austrian research university and the largest research and higher education institution in the States of Austria, state of Carinthia. It has its campus in Klagenfurt. Originally founded in 1970 and relaunched in 1993, the university today holds faculties of arts, humanities & education, management, economics & law, social sciences, and Technology, technical sciences. It is listed in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, THE, and QS World University Rankings, QS global rankings and held rank 48 worldwide in THE's ''Young University Rankings'' 2021. The university has defined three research priority areas, ''Social Ecology'' (until 2018, transferred to University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, BOKU Vienna), ''Networked and Autonomous Systems'', and ''Multiple Perspectives in Optimizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Aspera Ad Astra
''Ad astra'' is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his ''Aeneid'': "''sic itur ad astra''" ('thus one journeys to the stars') and "''opta ardua pennis astra sequi''" ('desire to pursue the high hard to reachstars on wings'). Another origin is Seneca the Younger, who wrote in ''Hercules'': "''non est ad astra mollis e terris via''" ('there is no easy way from the earth to the stars'). Etymology ''Ad'' is a Latin preposition expressing direction toward in space or time (e.g. ''ad nauseam'', ''ad infinitum'', ''ad hoc'', '' ad libidem'', ''ad valorem'', ''ad hominem''). It is also used as a prefix in Latin word formation. ''Astra'' is the accusative plural form of the Latin word ''astrum'' 'star' (from Ancient Greek ἄστρον ''astron'' 'star', from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂ster-''). Mottos ''Ad astra'' is used as, or as part of, the motto of many organizations, most prominently, air forces. It has also been adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
