New Students
Are you just getting started with your studies? Welcome to the University of Freiburg! At our orientation events, you find out how you can use our course offerings specifically for your further development, how you can build up your own competency profile, and how you can gain insight into vocational and societal fields early on. This will get you off to a good start – and lay the foundations for a self-determined, successful course of study.
For bachelor’s and Law students:
Introductions to the BOK course area and SQ courses at the ZfS
In our orientation courses, you find out everything you need to know about our course offerings, e.g.:
- What is the BOK course area / SQ course area at the ZfS?
- What courses are offered? Can I choose freely from them?
- How many ECTS credits do I earn?
- How do I register for courses?
Dates
Here you will find the dates of our central orientation events as well as events held by the faculties at which we are present.
After the events on the various dates, you can download our presentations (PDF) here.
We inform students of the following degree programmes at events held by faculties:
Law Degree Programme
At the faculty’s central introductory event,
Mon., 13 Oct. 2025, 8:15 to ca. 9:45 a.m., Aula, KG I
B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tues., 21 Oct. 2025, 1:15 to 2 p.m., Pharmacy Lecture Hall, Hermann-Herder-Str. 9
B.Sc. in Mathematics and B.Sc. in Physics
Thurs., 11 Dec. 2025, 1 to 2 p.m., Weismann House Lecture Hall
B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration
At the Business Theory lecture course by Prof. Dr. Olaf Rank
Mon., 19 Jan. 2026, 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Paulusaal
B.Sc. degree programmes at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
Tues., 20 Jan. 2026, 12:15 1 p.m., Fahnenbergplatz Lecture Hall
B.Sc. degree programmes at the Faculty of Engineering
Mon., 20 Jan. 2025, 6 p.m., Lecture Hall 00 026 (ground floor), Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
B.Sc. in Biology
Mon., 2 Feb. 2026, 9:15 a.m., GHS Biology, Schänzlestr. 1
Central information event for students of bachelor of arts degree programmes:
Thurs., 9 Oct. 2025, 8:15 to ca. 9 a.m., Paulussaal
Central information event for students of the polyvalent dual major bachelor’s degree programme, individual programme option:
Thurs., 9 Oct. 2025, 9:15 to ca. 10 a.m., Pauluskirche Lecture Hall
Central information event for students in bachelor of science degree programmes (in addition to events held by the faculties):
Wed., 21 Jan. 2026, 4 to 5 p.m., Lecture Hall 01 007, Hermann-Herder-Str. 6
myUFR app
You can find our offers for new students on the helpful myUFR app. Information on the app and on further offers for getting started at the University of Freiburg is available at https://uni-freiburg.de/en/studies/getting-started/
Recommendation for the BOK course area
We recommend focusing on your core studies during your first semester. Ideally, you should not start taking courses in the BOK course area until the lecture-free period of the winter semester or until your second semester. This gives you time to orient yourself better in your degree programme and then take more targeted advantage of our general competencies courses.