Knowledge: Our passion and our core competence
First-rate humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies disciplines are at the heart of the University of Freiburg. We draw on a rich tradition of natural sciences, life sciences renowned for their research, and internationally visible medicine with an outstanding medical centre. Our Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources is unique in the German higher education landscape. A law degree from Freiburg is amongst the most prestigious in Europe. The University of Freiburg is one of the few traditional universities to combine these strengths with an innovative Faculty of Engineering. All of our faculties contribute to the University-wide sustainability profile, which represents our interdisciplinarity and responsibility.
For us, science implies a continual striving for quality and reflection.
When studies and research are intrinsically motivated, they facilitate personal development and open up a space for discovery and cognition. Knowledge is generated and cultivated in laboratories and seminars, in the library between books, in discussions with one another, and in our own critical reflection.
Fakultäten
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Faculty of Theology
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Faculty of Law
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Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences
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Faculty of Philology
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Faculty of Humanities
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
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Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
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Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Biology
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Faculty of Medicine
We, together with numerous non-university research institutions and the surrounding universities, are part of an extraordinary academic landscape in the border region between Germany, France, and Switzerland. For us, science implies a continual striving for quality and reflection.
The University of Freiburg is a member of the Upper Rhine university network Eucor – The European Campus and the European university alliance EPICUR.
We see ourselves as part of society and seek to engage in dialogue with it.
We aspire to strengthen transparency, independence, and credibility in science and research. We protect plurality and scientific knowledge from anti-scientific and undemocratic currents. That is why it is so important for us reflect upon and communicate science and research.
The University of Freiburg pursues ambitious sustainability goals in all areas: in research and teaching, in operations and governance. What this means, for example, is that researchers examine sustainability in a broad range of disciplines. And they pass their knowledge on to students in lectures and seminars.