Press Releases
University of Freiburg can now be seen at the SC Freiburg stadium
Helmut Laaff transfers his communication rights with the Bundesliga club to the University
“Signs of the Future. East-West: Dialogues and Points of View”: a series of events focusing on Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe
The University of Freiburg’s Tsvetaeva Centre and the Research Training Group Cultural Transfer and Cultural Identity are once more hosting renowned intellectuals and artists
University of Freiburg awards prizes for research, teaching, doctoral supervision, community service and start-up ideas
Junior researcher awards, the ‘Pfiffikus’ Award for Start-up Ideas, the University Teaching Award, the special award for an exceptional student initiative and the Bertha Ottenstein Prize
Events for Everyone: The University of Freiburg’s new Studium generale and Colloquium politicum programmes
During the Winter semester the charm of wine and the 75th birthday of Germany’s Basic Law will be among the topics
Higher crisis awareness among the population on the topic of migration
The University of Freiburg’s political panel survey also reveals a continued high level of perceived division in society
Statement on the terror attack against Israel
The University of Freiburg condemns the terrorist attacks and endorses the statement of the German Rectors’ Conference
Trinational Summer School develops recommendations for Emmendingen in the field of climate adaption
The Summer School’s focus is the exchange between scientific theory and practice
THE World University Rankings 2024: University of Freiburg takes 11th place in German universities
Maximum score in industry category
A better understanding of gene regulation in embryonic stem cells
Freiburg researchers show that transcription factors can enhance or inhibit each other, depending on the DNA sequence
Raw material requirements for reducing global poverty calculated for the first time
Researchers at the University of Freiburg quantify the amount of material needed to enable people to live without poverty
Two new DFG research units at the University of Freiburg
The research units are aiming to reveal the potential of enzymatic catalysis and investigate the biological mechanisms that underlie bladder cancer.
University of Freiburg among the best ten universities in Germany in the QS World University Rankings Europe 2024
Ranked 4th in sustainability - 6th among comprehensive universities - 3rd in citation rates
DAAD provides annual scholarship funding to eight students from the Global South for the master’s programme in Environmental Governance
Funding extended until 2032
How citizens can help to shape research
Register now for the Sixth Citizen Science Forum on November 29 and 30, 2023, in Freiburg
The University Library will remain closed on Thursday, September 14, 2023
Routine inspections and technical equipment maintenance
Charalampos Pappas receives ERC Starting Grant
Chemist from Freiburg will do research on self-assembling materials in the project “PhosphotoSupraChem”
Drought stress alters the function of rainforest soil
Extensive measurement campaign in the experimental rainforest of the Biosphere 2 highlights the effects of drought and rewetting on soil biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) fluxes
Tree mortality in the Black Forest on the rise - climate change a key driver
Forest scientists at the University of Freiburg are analysing the impacts of climate change on the region’s trees in a long-term study
Previously unknown function: Noelin proteins central for learning ability in mammalian brains
German-American research team reveals the fundamental importance of Noelin proteins for the activity-dependent plasticity of nerve cells
Accurate data on dynamic molecular aggregates in cells for the first time
Using a newly developed microscopy method, researchers from Freiburg and Cambridge have been able to quantify how small, dynamic molecular aggregates form in living cells for the first time. Such aggregates play an important role in signal processing