University of Freiburg

Where Creative Minds Make a Difference

What's to Discover?

A mystical Black Forest Picture. Find interesting hints about the history of the University and its beautiful surrounding. Discover some of them right here:

Ursula Wittwer-Backofen

Professor of Physical Anthropology

Ursula Wittwer-Backofen is a real Professor of Biological Anthropology and one of the world's leading experts in her field of research. Among other things, she owes her great reputation to her work on skull and skeleton research and her forensic expertise. At the University of Freiburg, she has also developed the Master's program Global Urban Health, a modular course that combines medicine, anthropology, health economics, humanities and social sciences. She has transcended boundaries in research and teaching in order to collaborate on creative ideas with colleagues from other scientific disciplines, to take inventive paths and to arrive at new insights.

Kim

Student, Microsystems Engineering

Kim is a fictional microsystems engineering student. She is studying at the Faculty of Engineering, which has given the University of Freiburg an enormous boost in development since its foundation 30 years ago. The new faculty has expanded its range of courses to include future technologies such as microsystems engineering, embedded systems, computer science and sustainable systems. In terms of research, it has enabled clusters of excellence and centers to emerge, particularly through the interaction among technology, medicine, life sciences and material sciences. In this creative environment of cutting-edge research at the University of Freiburg, Kim receives the optimal education to be able to solve the social and technical questions of the future.

Sidney

PhD-Candidate, Humanities

Sidney is a fictional doctoral student of the humanities, who are represented at the University of Freiburg at the Faculties of Philosophy and Philology with a broad spectrum of subjects. They have produced many important researchers and are characterized by a special culture of cooperation: Freiburg is one of the few universities in Germany that can boast two Collaborative Research Centers in the humanities with the topics “otium” and “heroes”. Sidney has discovered his area of research to be in medieval studies and at the same time benefits from an intellectually stimulating and creative environment in which the scientific disciplines provide each other with mutual academic stimulation.

Freiburg

Learn more about the beautiful Black Forest metropolis.

Engineering

A long regional tradition: from the cuckoo clock to microsystems technology

Humanities

Did you know that an Alumnus of Freiburg gave the two Americas their name?

Life Sciences

Freiburg has a long life science tradition and has been able to produce 22 Nobel Laureates

Black Forest

Study where others go on holiday? Get to know the Black Forest.

Your Study and Your Research:
Tri-national

Studying and researching in Freiburg enables you to use the full potential of the European Campus - one of the first European Universities.

5 universities, 3 countries, 1 campus

Eucor – The European Campus is a trinational alliance of five universities in the Upper Rhine, a border region between Germany, France and Switzerland.

Its members are the universities of

  • Basel,
  • Freiburg,
  • Haute-Alsace,
  • Strasbourg,
  • and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Together, these institutions crystallise the skills of some 15,000 researchers, 13,500 doctoral candidates and 117,000 students in a region that is economically strong and research intensive in the heart of Europe. They are building a scientific space with a clearly defined profile, without walls or borders and with international outreach.


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University of Basel

Founded in 1460

Within its seven faculties, the University of Basel cultivates a wide range of scientific disciplines.

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University of Freiburg

Founded in 1457

Today, the university is characterised by a mix of traditional disciplines and modern technology.

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University of Haute-Alsace 1975

Founded in

As a highly innovative multidisciplinary university, it is recognised for the quality of its professionalisation and cross-border teaching programmes.

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Founded in 2009

With some 9,200 employees and 26,000 students, the KIT is one of the largest scientific institutions in Europe. Through its research-oriented curricula, it prepares its students for assignments with responsibility in society, economics and science.

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University of Strasbourg

Founded in 1538

Benefiting from a exceptional heritage, it welcomes a cosmopolitan community into a creative cultural and scientific ecosystem. It develops relationships with its partners that allow it to develop, cultivate and transmit knowledge, share it and stay in touch with society.

Freiburg Career Advancement

Supporting academic careers and offering academics excellent prospects: The University of Freiburg's "Freiburg Career Advancement" (FCA) program combines various institutions and departments focusing on career development.

PhD

The University of Freiburg is committed to attracting talented young researchers and helping them get their academic careers off to an optimal start.

Postdocs

We take great care to ensure that you receive the best possible support on your career paths and that you enjoy an ideal environment to conduct your research.

Professorship

University of Freiburg professors are among the leading representatives of their fields worldwide. We support your career development by offering continuing education programs to develop your academic leadership skills.

Selected Study Programs

We have compiled a selection of our Bachelor's and Master's programs taught in English. You can find all our courses here.

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Liberal Arts and Sciences

“Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is a specific approach to Bachelor level education and offers an alternative to disciplinary study programs. We understand LAS education as a process of intellectual discovery and personal development in an interdisciplinary and international learning community.”

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Regio Chimica

“Two countries, two different societies, two different social expectations. For me, studying in the Regio Chimica program and my current Master in the neighboring country was much more than studying!”

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English Language and Linguistics

“Based on the state of the art in contemporary linguistic theory, the Master of Arts in English Language and Linguistics (MELLing) focuses on the structure, use and variability of the English language. The program emphasizes present-day English but includes the essential stages in the historical development of the language. The use of digitized language corpora for linguistic description plays a major role, reflecting Freiburg's position as a leading international centre in corpus-linguistic research.”

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Economics

“Our two years' master of science program in economics (M.Sc.) imparts broad analytical competence as well as specific techniques necessary to solve problems specific to the area of the chosen profile: Economics and Politics, Finance, Information Systems and Network Economics.”

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Global Studies

“The Global Studies Programme (GSP) is a two-year Master's degree programme in Social Sciences. The programme is jointly organized by Albert-Ludwigs-University (Freiburg), Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), FLACSO Argentina (Buenos Aires), Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and University of Cape Town (Cape Town).”

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Computer Science

“The technological developments of the past 20 years have changed our daily lives. Smartphones, navigation devices, search engines or data streaming have become indispensable in our everyday lives. Self-directed robots, autonomous vehicles, computers that learn to understand images or mind-controlled prostheses are our future.

We teach you the practical and theoretical skills you need to work on these and other innovations. The international master’s degree program in computer science is aimed at foreign and German students with a bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar subject. The curriculum is very flexible and offers many choices so that you can develop yourself individually and prepare for a career in science or business.”

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Environmental Governance

“Sustainable development and sustainability in the manifold relationships between humans and the environment have become integral rules of conduct in politics and society. One of the major challenges to the implementation of the overall concept of sustainable development concerns effective governance processes between various stakeholders within companies, administrations, organisations, and society at large. The M.Sc. ‘Environmental Governance’ (MEG) addresses this special need. Unique worldwide, its focus is on facilitating the institutionalisation of context-effective environmental governance arrangements that combine the regulation of market, state and civil society for sustainable development.”

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Microsystems Engineering

“Microsystems engineering is the engineering discipline with the broadest focus: elements from mathematics, physics, chemistry, electrical engineering and materials science form the cornerstones of exciting innovations.

Microsystems engineering- a versatile technology that industries can no longer do without

The products we deal with on a daily basis are becoming ever smaller, more powerful, smarter, more connected and more independent. Often, however, the sensors and systems that are in these everyday objects are so miniaturized that they are nearly invisible. That is precisely the reason they have taken a foothold in most industries.”

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Prospective scientists


International Office
Phone +49 (0)761 203 5431
Office hours are by appointment only. Please contact us in advance.
welcome.service@
io.uni-freiburg.de


Prospective students

Student Service Center
Phone +49 (0)761 203 4246
Mo – Thu 9am – 4:30pm
Fr 9am – 12noon
studienberatung@
service.uni-freiburg.de
Sedanstraße 6
79098 Freiburg
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