Guiding principles for learning and teaching

What values and principles does the University of Freiburg stand for in the areas of learning, teaching and studying? How can its teaching and learning culture be described? What are its aspirations – also for the future – by which it wants to be measured?

In a multi-stage process and with the involvement of all relevant stakeholder groups, a mission statement for learning and teaching was created in 2018, which will significantly shape teaching and studying in the coming years and provide guidance for students and teaching staff alike.

Digitalisation of teaching at the University of Freiburg

In 2019, a digitalisation strategy for teaching was developed as part of a co-creation process with a final university-wide workshop and adopted by the Rectorate on 20 May 2020. In addition to the mission statement for learning and teaching, the digitalisation strategy sets out the objectives and measures to be taken to exploit the potential of digitalisation to make teaching at the University of Freiburg more flexible and to expand internationalisation in the coming years. The University’s ad-hoc switch to online teaching triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen as the first test of the digitalisation strategy, which confirms the measures adopted therein for the future viability and competitiveness of the University of Freiburg in the digital age.