  webster vienna private university is the austrian branch of webster university in st. louis, usa and is the only american university in austria. ==history== thumb|webster vienna at marokkanergasse in 1991 webster university was founded in st. louis, missouri, usa in 1915. after being impressed by a visit to the webster geneva campus, vienna mayor leopold gratz invited webster university to open a campus in vienna as the countryâs first and only american university beginning in 1981. originally located on the schubertring in viennaâs first district, the campus soon moved to marokkanergasse, occupying a full three-story building. during this time in 1985, webster vienna became the first institution to offer an accredited mba program in austria. the university also became the first university in austria to be run by a woman; elisabeth chopin served as webster viennaâs director from 1988 to 1999. due to a growing student population, in 1996, the campus relocated a second time to the 22nd district, donaustadt, close to the united nations office at vienna. in the same year, webster vienna granted honorary doctorates to kardinal kÃ¶nig and former austrian-jewish holocaustsurvivor, simon wiesenthal, a monumental event.{{cite web|title=honorary doctorates|url=http://www.simon-wiesenthal-ar
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