The University of Klagenfurt was founded in 1960 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It began as a College of Educational Studies (Hochschule für Bildungswissenschaften). Since October 2004 the official German name is Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in order to stress the intercultural connections between the Alpine regions and the Adriatic Sea. (In English the university leaves out the cognomen Alpen-Adria.) It hosts about 10,000 students and about 800 staff, including about 500 academic staff. The University is situated on a campus in the Wörthersee region of Klagenfurt. It hosts four faculties: (1) Humanities and Social Sciences, (2) Management and Economics, (3) Interdisciplinary Studies and Continuing Education (with additional centers in Vienna and Graz), and (4) Technology. Klagenfurt University has come off very well in the regular rankings of courses and universities. Unlike at many other universities in Austria, there are few courses where pressure of numbers leads to students being excluded. The student-staff ratio is also very favorable. In 1964 the Kärntner Universitätsbund was founded, an association to develop a university for the Carinthian region.