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  • The University in the Rankings

    …here it received the third-highest score in Germany. This category includes a range of indicators measuring the impact of research in the relation to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), as well as on national statistics about the outcomes for research and development, and the presence of research centres with a focus on ecological sustain…

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

    …iz Prize for his work in the area of Experimental Physics. 1997 Georg Fuchs received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work in the area of Microbiology. 1996 Michael G. Reth received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work in the area of Immunology. 1993 Michael Frotscher received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work i…

  • State Teaching Award

    …9 Eveline Dürr received the State Teaching Award for her work in the area of Ethnology. 1999 Fred Krüger received the State Teaching Award for his work in the area of Cultural Geography. 1999 Frank Welz received the State Teaching Award for his work in the area of Sociology. 1998 Peter Jung received the State Teaching Award for his work in the area…

  • Nobel Prize

    …g in the years 1966 and 1967. CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD, 1995 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (* 20 October 1942 in Heyrothsberge near Magdeburg) is a German biologist. She received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research on the genetic control of early embryonic development. In 1977 she co…

  • Susanne Albers

    …n worked at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics until 1999, and made several research visits to the USA, Japan, and elsewhere in Europe. She was just 33 when she earned her habilitation in 1999 and was immediately offered three professorial appointments, accepting the one in Dortmund. Since 2001 she has held the Chair for Information and Coding…

  • Friedrich von Hayek

    …o Freiburg in 1977, where he was active until his death in 1992. In 1991 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hayek was among the most significant liberal thinkers of the 20th century and the most influential critics of socialism. He left behind a voluminous legacy of academic writings wh…

  • Jörn Leonhard

    …eceived his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in 1998. After a research fellowship at the University of Oxford between 1998 and 2003, he habilitated in 2004 at the University of Heidelberg in the field of modern history and initially accepted an appointment at the University of Jena in 2004 before moving to the University of Freiburg in 20…

  • EPICUR – European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions

    …? Then subscribe to our EPICUR mailing list at myAccount (category “European University”), which will regularly provide you with information. Current offerings & Informations Here you can find out more about current offers from EPICUR. Get to know our range of courses, find out about upcoming events or learn more about exciting ongoing projects. To…

  • Services for Researchers

    …search reports to be accessed directly on the Internet. In 1999 the Freiburg Bibliographic Directory was integrated into the research database, and in 2007 the content of the directory was assimilated into the category „Who is Who“ on the university homepage. On page Freidok plusyou can publish publications (including research data) and search for t…

  • History

    …on of the Faculty of Medicine and the natural sciences. In 1995, the Faculty of Engineering was established, further expanding the spectrum of disciplines offered at the university. By the end of the century, there were already 20,000 matriculated students at the University of Freiburg. Instruction and research were profiting from international exch…