University of Freiburg

The University of Freiburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, colloquially Uni Freiburg), sometimes referred to with its full title, the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 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. 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 16% of total student numbers.

University of Freiburg is confident of maintaining its leading position in the German university landscape.The infrastructural conditions for sustained top-level performance in teaching andresearch are optimal. The university`s leading position in research is simultaneouslythe basis for an excellent education, which makes the University of Freiburg one ofthe most attractive academic centers in Europe; its graduates have high recruitmentpotential as the elite of the academic, economic, and political world of the future.

Foundation year: 1457
Short name: Uni Freiburg
Type: Public
Students: 22010
Faculty: 500
Faculty/Students Ratio: 44:1
Region: Europe
Location: Freiburg