Starting next academic year it will be obligatory to complete an admissions process for authorization to study secondary school teacher training (general knowledge). There will be an opportunity to complete this authorization process in one of three time slots at the University of Salzburg.

To promote scientific work, development or inventions, every two years the province of Salzburg awards Christian Doppler prizes of 3,000 euros. In June, Landesrätin Martina Berthold presented the Christian Doppler prize to three scientists.

On 21 June, 2016, the Senate of the University of Salzburg elected Labor Law expert Professor Rudolf Mosler as the new Chairman; First Deputy Chairman was Assoc. Professor Herbert Wagner and second was Tobias Neugebauer, LLB.oec. Terms last from 1 October, 2016 to 30 September, 2019.