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History
The University was officially opened in 1622 by its founder Paris Lodron, the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg. A confederation of 33 Benedictine monasteries from Salzburg, Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria were credited with building and maintaining the University. The University existed until 1810, when Salzburg was annexed to Bavaria. Since its reestablishment in 1962, Paris Lodron University has developed into a dynamic, modern university.
In 2004, the University of Salzburg implemented a new organisation chart in accordance with the 2002 University Organisation Act (UG 2002). The University Act of 2002 permitted all Austrian universities to become autonomous, and therefore, more self-dependent and performance-orientated. The University has since divided in to faculties and departments: the Faculty of Humanities has been renamed the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences.
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