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© Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg | |
| Motto: Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus erbaut | |
| Official name | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Alberto-Ludoviciana) |
| Founded | 1457 |
| School type | State university (Baden-Württemberg) |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jäger |
| Location | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Enrollment | 20,000 students |
| Sports teams | USC Freiburg |
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Kollegiengebäude I, as viewed from the library | |
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2 Students 3 Faculty 4 Organization 5 Noted Alumni and Professors 6 History 7 External link |
Campus
As an old university, Freiburg University is deeply entwinned with the city of Freiburg. There are three greater ensembles of university buildings (the university centre next to the historical city of Freiburg, the institutes quarter and the applied sciences campus), but other buildings can be found nearly anywhere in Freiburg. Students
Today there are c. 20,000 students at Freiburg University, graduate as well as post-graduate. C. 10-15 % of the students are foreigners.Faculty
In 2001 c. 360 professors, c. 2,800 scientific employees and c. 7,700 non-scientific employees were working at Freiburg University, making it one of the biggest employers in Freiburg.Organization
The university is headed by a rector and divided into 11 faculties:
It is part of the regional EUCOR federation with Karlsruhe, Basel, Mulhouse and Strasbourg.
| Students eating in the central mensa |
Noted Alumni and Professors
History
The university started with four faculties (theology, philosophy, medicine and law). At the founding, the university was named only after Erzherzog Albrecht I. In 1820 the future of the university was unsure, and Großherzog Ludwig von Baden saved it by co-financing it. Since then the university is named Albert-Ludwigs-Universität.
Since the 1880s the number of students and faculties started to grow quickly. Just before World War I the university counted 3,000 students. In the beginning of the 20th century a lot of new university buildings in the inner city of Freiburg were built. After WW II the university was re-opened. New buildings for natural science were erected in the Institutsviertel (institute quarter).
In the 1960s, Freiburg university was part of the mass education campaign. Student numbers climbed to 10,000 students, arriving at 20,000 students in 1980.
In the 1970s, the faculty structure was changed to 14 departments, with the Faculty for applied science becoming the 15th faculty in 1994. In 2002, the number of faculties was reduced to eleven.