University of Freiburg

In the 2021/22 winter semester, the University of Freiburg will launch the "Sustainability Certificate: interdisciplinary, reflective, practical" - a voluntary course for students of all disciplines. In seminars, lectures and practical…

The Investigative Commission on Academic Integrity of the University of Freiburg has presented a status report on allegations of misconduct in research in sports medicine at the university. In the report, the Investigative Commission…

High numbers of drop-outs are a serious concern to all, especially if they are from a degree program at the Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH) where sustainability is at the heart of everything they do. According to a…

True to the theme “Uniseum goes public,” the Uniseum is organizing city walking tours to scenes from the university’s history for the second time between 18 September and 9 October 2021. The five guided city walks are funded by the…

Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Pfanner, medical scientist and cell biologist at the University of Freiburg, has made a decisive contribution to the understanding of the membrane system of mitochondria. He has been honored for his work by the National…

For the scientists at the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Forest Sciences, bark beetles were an interesting object of research even before they were made responsible for the death of forests. Prof. Dr. Peter Biedermann, holder of…

Effective immediately, the Corona Ordinance on Study Operations from the State of Baden-Württemberg requires that all participants must prove they are vaccinated, recovered or tested for on-site events – students and event organizers…

Geography student Laura Quast had only wanted to ask the UNCCD, a subdivision of the United Nations that deals with combating desertification, whether she could use the United Nations (UN) logo for an infographic on sustainable land…

The University of Freiburg's commitment to equal opportunities has been recognized for the fourth time with the "TOTAL E-QUALITY" award for the years 2021 to 2023. This year, the university will also receive the additional rating for…

Plants need light to live and to grow – this has been known since time immemorial. And if you look carefully in the summertime, you can see how young sunflowers turn their heads from East to West each day, following the path of the sun,…