Press Releases
Statement about Alumni Day 2024 and the ongoing development of our concepts for events and security
Disputes about the Israel/Palestine conflict in public, in politics, in the media and also at universities in some cases become highly controversial and emotional.
ShanghaiRanking: University of Freiburg places highly again
Fifth place nationally, among the best 101-150 universities internationally from a total 2500: once again the University of Freiburg has achieved very good results in the prestigious ranking.
Vastly increased potentials for oxidation with modified solvents
A team of scientists headed by Professor Ingo Krossing from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Freiburg has succeeded in significantly increasing classic reagents’ potential for oxidation.
Protection from Discrimination and Abuse of Power
Annette Joggerst is the new anti-discrimination contact person at the University of Freiburg
Volkswagen Foundation Supporting Two University of Freiburg Research Projects
Dr. Axel Bohmann is examining linguistic variation at the level of the individual. Prof. Dr. Edoardo Milana is investigating how “neurofluidic” systems can be integrated into soft robots.
Analysing internal world models of humans, animals and AI
Freiburg researchers develop new formal description of internal world models, thereby enabling interdisciplinary research
Learning from Venus: Combining Earth System Sciences with Planetary Sciences
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding a new tenure track professorship in Earth and Planetary Geodynamics at the University of Freiburg.
University Administration Outing
The Central Administration (ZUV) of the University of Freiburg will have limited availability on 18 July 2024
University of Freiburg in Top 10 German universities in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025
The second QS World University Rankings: Europe compiled by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has been published. This year, the University of Freiburg took 9th place among the 53 German universities. Ranked against all of Europe, it took 76th place among the 684 institutions that made the list. Last year it took 10th place nationally and 79th place in Europe.
Unique characteristics of previously unexplored protein discovered.
Freiburg-Prague research collaboration achieves scientific breakthrough in understanding cell division.
How Cities Can Adapt to Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence
The Freiburg project ‘I4C – Intelligence for Cities’ has developed locally precise climate models and foundations for planning tools
CWTS Leiden Rankings: University of Freiburg ranks 11th nationwide in number of publications
In the research field “Biomedical and Health Sciences,” the University of Freiburg ranks 6th in the total number of publications.
Julia Gurol-Haller is the new speaker of the Junge Akademie
The University of Freiburg Political Scientist sees the societal role of research as a key issue of her term in office
The University of Freiburg has an Updated Partnership Concept
The University of Adelaide has now joined the close university partnership group alongside Penn State University and Nagoya University
Learn about research into heroes and heroization for yourself
At its conclusion, the University of Freiburg’s CRC 948 presents the results of its research in a special exhibition in Berlin and on an online portal
THE Impact Rankings: University of Freiburg places among the Top 100 in four SDGs
The University of Freiburg was able to improve on several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals compared to the previous year.
QS World University Rankings: The University of Freiburg is among the top 10 in Germany
The University of Freiburg has taken fourth place nationally.
How nature repurposes ammonium transporters as receptors
Research team at the University of Freiburg identifies new membrane protein Sd-Amt1
Honorary senatorship and university medals awarded for 2024
The University of Freiburg is honouring the merits and achievements of Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, Daniela Kleinschmit and Jörn Leonhard at the Dies Universitatis.
Statement on the protests at universities regarding the war in Gaza
In light of the protests at universities about the war in Gaza, an initiative organised by people identifying as students has also set up a camp in Freiburg.