Educational Transfer
Educational transfer is an integral part of studies and teaching. In transfer-oriented learning settings, the University and society come together to develop solutions to challenges on topics of strategic relevance for our future (such as sustainability, digitalization, or peacekeeping). The Department of Educational Transfer is managed by the University of Freiburg’s vice president of academic affairs and includes both continuing education and the Center for Key Qualifications.
Continuing education is a core responsibility of the University. Our continuing education unit supports mutual transfer with society as well as industry and uses the positive interactions with undergraduate university teaching, master’s programmes, and research to design a diverse and innovative programme of in-service module and certificate courses for targeted qualification and transfer-oriented networking among specialists and managers.
Answers to the transformation of professional worlds – enabling orientation
The University of Freiburg teamed up with the University of Furtwangen from 2015 to 2020 to develop the platform Südwissen, on which it is possible to browse and register for continuing education programmes offered by universities in the region. Within the context of the statewide continuing education offensive Weiter.mit.Bildung@BW, this platform is now being expanded to include all 48 of Baden-Württemberg’s public higher education institutions and academies by the end of 2024. The University of Freiburg’s Department of Educational Transfer is in charge of the project.
The practically oriented course programme of the Centre for Key Qualifications (ZfS) for the acquisition of professional skills is a recognized strength of teaching at the University of Freiburg. More than 250 experts from industry, science, and society – one-third of them alumni – design a programme of around 360 courses per year. In transfer-oriented formats like service learning or the Sustainability Certificate, students receive direct insight into the possibilities for shaping our society and learn to take on responsibility.
