The oldest component college was the former Teachers' Educational Institute dating from 1870, and was located at Burggasse 13 in Graz.

Bundesminister für Bildung und Frauen), and not the Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy (Bundesministerin bzw.

Ongoing research at the University College involves a wide range of cooperating institutions and schools.

[7][8] A number of qualified academic staff attain the title of Professor with a permanent contract and complete a mid-career Habilitation degree.

However this is an individual title - they do not chair university-funded research groups of junior staff and Ph.D. students, as in the larger Austrian universities or in Germany.