Christa Neuper ( 12. February 1958 in Graz, Austria) is a psychologist graduated at the University of Graz. Christa Neuper is the first woman in the 426 years of history of the University of Graz to be its rector (election in 29.April, 2011).After her doctorate in 1984, Neuper worked on the research and teaching at the Institute of Psychology, from the University of Graz and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, from the Graz University of Technology.