The university began operating as a university in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the second university in Austrian-Habsburg territory after the University of Vienna.
ວິທະຍາໄລໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນ 1457 ໂດຍລາຊ  ະວົງ Habsburg ເປັນວິທະຍາໄລຄັ້ງທີສອງໃນອານາເຂດ Austrian, ເບີກຫຼັງຈາກວິທະຍາໄລວຽນນາ.