medical university of graz medical university of graz the medical university of graz is a public medical university located in graz, austria. medical university of grazmedizinische universität grazmottonachhaltig leben. lernen. forschenmotto in englishliving, learning, researching sustainablytypepublicestablished2004rectorhellmut samoniggstudents4,108locationgraz, styria, austriacolors green, whitewebsitewww.medunigraz.at history main building of the medical university of graz the faculty of medicine at the karl-franzens-university of graz was established in 1863 by franz joseph i. in 2004, the former faculty became an independent university. centre of medical research curriculum on 8 october 2012, the medical university of graz became the first university in austria to celebrate a white coat ceremony of its third-year students. white coat ceremony in graz (austria) 2012