From music school to university
Music education in Linz has a tradition of more than 200 years. The Anton Bruckner Private University was originally founded in 1823 as a singing school. In 1932 it was appointed as a conservatory. The Bruckner Conservatory was transformed into a private university supported by the state of Upper Austria in 2004. In October 2015, the Anton Bruckner Private University began its studies in the new university building in Linz-Urfahr, at the foot of the Pöstlingberg, which was built by the Federal State of Upper Austria.
Martin Rummel has been President of the Anton Bruckner Private University since October 2021.
| 1823 | Founded as the Linz Music Association's singing school |
| 1863 | Unsuccessful negotiations with Anton Bruckner to take over the management of the music school |
| 1908 | The industrial magnate Karl Franz donates the Spiegelfeld'sche house at Waltherstraße 24 to the music association on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I's reign |
| 1909 | The Imperial and Royal Ministry of Education and Culture approves the title “Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Jubiläums-Musikschule” |
| 1932 | Conversion of the music association school into the Bruckner Conservatory of the federal state of Upper Austria |
| 1970 | Relocation to a dedicated building at Wildbergstraße 18 |
| 2004 | The conservatory is accredited as a private university owned by the federal state of Upper Austria |
| 2011 | Ground-breaking ceremony for the new building on the Hagen grounds at the foot of the Pöstlingberg in Linz |
| 2015 | Start of studies at Hagenstraße 57 |
| 2018 | Full university expansion with the introduction of two doctoral programmes |