
University of Freiburg
Freiburg
Germany
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Details
Type
Public
Budget
€ 3401 million
Year founded
1457
Staff and students
Academic staff
4,602
Administrative staff
2,136
Students
24,391
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Overview: Rankings 2022, Acceptance Rate, Tuition Fees, and Publications
The University of Freiburg, officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the second university in Austrian-Habsburg territory after the University of Vienna. Today, Freiburg is the fifth-oldest university in Germany, with a long tradition of teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences and technology and enjoys a high academic reputation both nationally and internationally. The university is made up of 11 faculties and attracts students from across Germany as well as from over 120 other countries. Foreign students constitute about 18.2% of total student numbers.
The University of Freiburg has been associated with figures such as Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Rudolf Carnap, David Daube, Johann Eck, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Friedrich Hayek, Edmund Husserl, Edith Stein, Friedrich Meinecke, Max Weber, Paul Uhlenhuth and Ernst Zermelo. As of October 2020, 22 Nobel laureates are affiliated with the University of Freiburg as alumni, faculty or researchers, and 15 academics have been honored with the highest German research prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, while working at the university.
University of Freiburg ranking through years
Bachelor degree study programs

Applied Political Science
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Archaeological Sciences
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Art history
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Biology
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Business Administration
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Business Administration (Public and Non-Profit Management)
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Care Management
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Catalan
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Catholic Theology Studies
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German

Chemistry
University of Freiburg
Bachelor degree
Germany
German
Master degree study programs

Applied Physics
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
English

Applied Political Science
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Archaeological sciences (with specialisation)
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Art history
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Biology
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Biomedical Sciences
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
English

British and North American Cultural Studies
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
English

Business Administration (Public and Non-Profit Management)
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German

Care Management
University of Freiburg
Master degree
Germany
German
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