ust rian ▁archiv ists ▁Category : A ust rian ▁male ▁writers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁Aust rian ▁writers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁male ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Music ▁and ▁Perform ing ▁Arts ▁Vienna ▁( , ▁abbre vi ated ▁MD W ) ▁is ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁university ▁located ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 7 . ▁ ▁Today , ▁with ▁a ▁student ▁body ▁of ▁over ▁three ▁thousand , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁institution ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁Austria , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁Music . ▁It ▁has ▁had ▁several ▁names : ▁Vienna ▁Conserv atory , ▁Vienna ▁Academy ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁it ▁was ▁national ized ▁as ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁Perform ing ▁Arts . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁the ▁University ▁assumed ▁its ▁current ▁name ▁to ▁reflect ▁its ▁university ▁status , ▁att ained ▁in ▁a ▁wide ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁reform ▁for ▁Aust rian ▁Arts ▁Academ ies . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁Universität ▁für ▁Musik ▁und ▁Dar stell ende ▁Kunst ▁Wien ▁( MD W ) ▁was ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" best ▁performing ▁arts ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁world " ▁by ▁the ▁CE OW OR LD ▁magazine . ▁ ▁The ▁University ▁ ▁With ▁a ▁student ▁body ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁Universität