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  • End of the year message 2022

    …verall strategy, which is geared toward mastering these challenges as a university and assuming responsibility for the essential questions and issues of our time. To this end, I wish us all enthusiasm, innovative ideas and the willingness to engage in constructive discussion with one another. But for today above all, I wish you and us a relaxing Chr…

  • Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus

    …gosterol, and explained the structure and function of vitamin D, also a steroid. In cooperation with an industrial partner, he clarified the structure of vitamin B1. After his years as a lecturer in Freiburg, Windaus spent several years in Innsbruck (1913–1915) before being appointed to the prestigious Otto Wallach Chair in Göttingen. In 1928 he was…

  • Travel

    …sity of each individual international trip is to be critically examined. In particular, also with regard to the CO2 impact of flights. Please also refer to the information sheet on the regulations for the approval and execution of business trips/travel. Approval of the business trip must be given with due regard for the interests of the service and…

  • Anna Köttgen

    …bioinformatics, statistics, genetics and nephrology. The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts highlighted that the Landesforschungspreis jury had been especially impressed by her knowledge of the genetic principles of kidney diseases and gout, her output of publications and her involvement in national and international research associations –…

  • Honorary Senators

    …resolved in 2017 to dissociate itself from the appointment of six past honorary senators with a National Socialist past (pressrelease). The historical list of all honorary senators appointed since 1922 now includes footnotes calling attention to the dissociation next to the names of these six persons….

  • EPICUR – European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions

    …inary approach to tackle pressing research questions, so-called EPIChallenges. Inspired by the “Six Transformations to achieve the SDGs” as well as by the Green Deal, “Missions of Horizon Europe”, and the EU Skills Agenda, EPICUR has set three EPIChallenges to start with: Sustainability research (including Climate Change and Energy); Mobility, Migra…

  • Sustainability at the University of Freiburg

    …hey pass their knowledge on to students in lectures and seminars. All students have the opportunity to be exposed to sustainability issues, whether in a single course, a sustainability-focused degree program, or a cross-disciplinary course of study. And the university itself is of course also making efforts to become more sustainable: by gradually b…

  • Gender and Diversity

    …tanding of equal opportunity including equal treatment of all genders as well as non-discrimination regardless of ethnic and social background, age, religion and worldview, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, or combinations thereof. An annual highlight is the Day of Diversity [de] organized by the university. Equal opportunity and di…

  • Events

    …. aims to place the war beyond the current situation spatially and temporally into larger historical, economic, and political contexts, taking into account Europe, China, and the United States. Media representatives are also cordially invited and are welcome to contact the media contact for interview requests. Discussion participants include: Prof….

  • Studies

    …istance services listed on our website. We also encourage all students and employees of the University to support existing relief initiatives, like the city’s housing initiative you find on our website. All institutional teaching and study collaborations with Russia and Belarus are suspended, as are joint courses (including digital) with Russian ins…