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The first 93 students enrolled in 1995, when the institution began operation with programs in European Studies and journalism. In 2004, the Austrian parliament passed the Danube University Act (DUK-Gesetz) granting the institution the rights of a full university (such as appointing its own professors). In 2019, the University for Continuing Education Krems was fully incorporated as a public university into the Universities Act 2002 (UG 2002). The University for Continuing Education Krems Act ceased to be in force, while the institution’s specialization in postgraduate university programmes remained unchanged. More than 32,000 students have graduated from the university.
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