connect & create
The University of Freiburg cooperates closely with partners in the region and further afield: We are active in university networks and maintain strategic relations with institutions in the Upper Rhine trinational research area and with partner institutions worldwide.
Ceremonial repatriation of human remains to Hawaii
The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg has returned human remains (Iwi Kūpuna, ancestors) from colonial times to representatives from the US state of Hawaii. Among them are human bones that were part of the Alexander Ecker Collection at the University of Freiburg.
More Visibility for Research Achievements
Vice President Stefan Rensing provides information on research data management at the University of Freiburg in an interview
“The ‘Position Statement of the Senate Regarding Assistants’ is a Super Result”
Student representatives to the Senate of the University of Freiburg Maya Rollberg and Jan Rahner take stock after one year
The 2022/23 Academic Year has begun
Rector Prof. Dr. Kerstin Krieglstein sets the tone about sustainability and the Sustainable University during the ceremony
Introducing the Mittelbau Initiative (Mid-Level Initiative)
Lea von Berg and Paul Meuleneers on the reasons and goals behind the interdisciplinary initiative
“We can and should count on the voices of ‘the other Russia’”
Three questions posed to Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Cheauré about the event series by the Tsvetaeva Center with the regime-critical intellectuals and artists
Christina Leib Takes Up Office as Head of Administration
Since April 1, 2022, Leib has been a member of the University Executive Board and is responsible for the departments of Organization, Finance, Human Resources, Construction and Infrastructure, and Legal Affairs.
The Rector’s video address about the New Year 2022
In her review, Kerstin Krieglstein thanks the University community for the joint year 2021
In a Dialog with Policymakers
The physician Hans-Martin Henning sits on the federal government’s Expert Council on Climate Issues
Freiburg is one of the top universities
The new Academic Ranking of World Universities places the University of Freiburg in 5th and 6th place in a nationwide comparison