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75-600: The Dutch Higher Education Guide ( Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs ) ranked UCM the best bachelors programme in the Netherlands in 2015 and 2016; in 2012, 2014 and 2015 they ranked UCM the best university college in the Netherlands. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 Elsevier Magazine ranked UCM the best university college in the Netherlands in terms of student satisfaction. It is a member of the European Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences . Maastricht University , of which UCM

150-489: A letter of motivation , a CV , and an interview . The UCM student population includes about 50 different nationalities with approximately 70% of students originating outside the Netherlands . In recent years, 13.5% of applicants have gone on to study at UCM which is indicative of the highly competitive admissions process. Universalis is a multicultural and multidisciplinary study association directly affiliated with UCM. It

225-408: A 3D printing group, an arts collective, and a Model United Nations team. They represented by an elected board of twelve student office holders. Alumni are a part of a subgroup within the greater University of Freiburg alumni association. The University of Freiburg has a variety of graduate education and research opportunities. In an evaluation of European graduate programs, Freiburg was ranked among

300-624: A framework and didactic guidance for interdisciplinary higher education, the University of Freiburg has established two chairs at UCF: Epistemology and Theory of Science (Prof. Dr. Frieder Vogelmann, who is also the Dean of Studies) and Science and Technology Studies (Prof. Dr. Veronika Lipphardt). The College and the program are directed by Managing Director Paul Sterzel and the Academic Coordinator Thorsten Leiendecker. UCF

375-575: A gothic throne holding the gospel in his right hand with the temple curtain in the background. Christ offers the teachings of the gospel to the Jewish scholars who are crouched at his feet. To the left and right of Christ are structures resembling towers, most likely symbolic of the Temple of Jerusalem . Located to the right of Christ is the coat of arms of the Austrian duchies, a banner with five eagles. The shield on

450-796: A long tradition of teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences and technology and enjoys a high academic reputation both nationally and internationally. 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 18.2% of total student numbers. The University of Freiburg has been associated with figures such as Hannah Arendt , Rudolf Carnap , David Daube , Johann Eck , Hans-Georg Gadamer , Friedrich Hayek , Martin Heidegger , Edmund Husserl , Herbert Marcuse , Friedrich Meinecke , Edith Stein , Paul Uhlenhuth , Max Weber and Ernst Zermelo . As of October 2020, 22 Nobel laureates are affiliated with

525-475: A memorial dedicated to the victims of National Socialism among the students, staff, and faculty in 2003. In 2006, the University of Freiburg joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU) . One year later, the university was chosen as one of nine German Universities of Excellence. However, it did not receive the third line of funding in 2012. The seal of the University of Freiburg depicts Christ seated on

600-509: A new cluster called BrainLinks-Brain Tools, an interdisciplinary neurotechnology project. Citing insufficient evidence of integration of the FRIAS concept into the university's framework, the committee did not extend funding for the FRIAS and the institutional strategy line of funding, despite acknowledging the impressive research and advances achieved at FRIAS in the past years. The University of Freiburg

675-429: A new formula. The new editor in chief, André Spoor , formerly editor in chief of NRC Handelsblad , renewed the redaction, changed the layout and shortened the name to Elsevier . In the following years, the magazine lost its literary character and started focusing on journalism. It claims that while opinion pieces remained, it became less ideological and more factual. The magazine has several supplements, one of which

750-439: A requirement to complete a core curriculum, consisting of four courses, and a general education requirement, consisting of two courses per concentration the student did not choose. The aim of this curriculum is to provide students with the opportunity to develop their own academic preferences and talents and acquire the expertise and skills to enter a Master programmes (see Admissions and Student Population ). Since its inception

825-554: Is Elsevier Weekblad Juist , a monthly lifestyle and business magazine. Reed Business Information sold a majority stake in Elsevier to New Skool Media in 2016; the two companies created the joint venture ONE Business. In 2001 Elsevier Weekblad had a circulation of 129,000 copies. In 2010 the circulation of the magazine was 135,838 copies. It was 62,458 copies in 2018. University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially German: Uni Freiburg ), officially

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900-475: Is a member of the European Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences and of EPICUR, a group of eight universities in six countries that explore a modern and internationally connected university experience Students are able to participate in a double degree program with the University College Maastricht . Students at UCF organize a number of interest groups, for instance a magazine publishing group,

975-596: Is also associated with this theory. He directed the Walter Eucken Institut , an economic think tank in Freiburg cooperating with the university. Arnold Bergstraesser, considered a founding father or German political science after World War II, was also a professor at the University of Freiburg. His research group later formed what is now the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for sociocultural research at

1050-562: Is fully taught in English . The College is a liberal arts college . Classes put an emphasis on independent learning via a group process structured through the Problem-based learning (PBL) method. The courses of the UCM programme are contained within three concentrations namely the humanities , sciences and social sciences . Of these students are required to choose one, although a combination of two

1125-440: Is one of Germany's largest medical centers. It boasts 1,600 beds and handles 55,000 in-patients a year, with another 357,000 being treated as out-patients. It consists of 13 specialized clinics, five clinical institutes, and five centers (e.g. Center for Transplantation Medicine). The University Medical Center achieved many technical advances, such as the first implantation of an artificial heart Jarvik 2000 in 2002. Most recently,

1200-466: Is part, was founded in 1976, making it one of the youngest universities in the Netherlands, and as of 2014 has over 16,000 students and roughly 3,600 employees. University College Maastricht itself opened in September 2002, before moving to a new location in 2006, and currently has over 800 students. Education at University College Maastricht, providing Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees ,

1275-603: Is possible, in addition to a mandatory core curriculum and self-assembled general education , the latter picked from courses in a different concentration than the individual student's chosen concentration. The Humanities concentration includes the academic disciplines of arts and media studies , cultural studies , European studies , history , literature , philosophy and science and technology studies. The Sciences concentration, previously known as Life Sciences, includes biology , chemistry , computer science , mathematics , physics and sustainable development . Finally,

1350-656: Is recognized in several university ranking systems. In the QS World University Rankings 2024, it holds the 192nd position globally and the 9th position nationally. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 placed it 128th in the world and 11th in Germany. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023 ranks it between 101st and 150th globally, and 5th nationally. In university rankings published in 2007 and 2008 by German magazines and periodicals ( Der Spiegel , Die Zeit , Focus , etc. )

1425-443: Is run by UCM students for UCM students. Universalis contributes to both academic and social life at UCM. The association is involved in the organization of debates, poetry readings, parties, charity fundraisers, excursions and many other events. Elsevier (magazine) Elsevier Weekblad , abbreviated to EW , still known as Elsevier , is a Dutch weekly news magazine . With a circulation of over 68,000 copies as of 2018, it

1500-514: Is strictly merit based, with the average score of final secondary-school examinations (German Abitur ) or A-levels playing an important role. Overall, in the fall of 2010, roughly 4,000 of around 26,000 applicants were admitted: this means that the university's acceptance rate that year was equal to 15.38%. The University of Freiburg offers a large variety of undergraduate, graduate , and postdoctoral degree programs at its 11 faculties in 150 fields of study. As common among German universities,

1575-464: Is the Netherlands' most popular news magazine. Elsevier Weekblad focuses mainly on politics, international affairs and business. In terms of scope of articles it is most comparable to Germany's Focus , Belgium's Knack or America's Time . Like Time , Elsevier Weekblad runs a yearly cover story about a Person of the Year. Views expressed are generally conservative right wing. The predecessor of

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1650-409: Is the university's central facility for promoting and administering international, interdisciplinary teaching activities. It was established in 2012 and is situated in the historical buildings of the old university, the historical site of the artes liberales . UCF serves as a lab for innovative teaching approaches and instructional design at the University of Freiburg and works in close co-operation with

1725-691: The Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (German: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau , Baden-Württemberg , 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

1800-590: The Higgs boson in 2012. Today, about 430 professors, 3,695 academic employees, and 8,644 non-academic employees at the university are working for the Albert Ludwigs University, making it Freiburg's and the region's biggest employer. The university attracts many academics from abroad and was awarded excellent positions in the 2005 and 2009 Humboldt Ranking . The university is headed by a rector and divided into 11 faculties: University College Freiburg (UCF)

1875-588: The Institutsviertel ("institute quarter"). In the postwar years, the ideas of ordoliberalism, developed earlier by economists of the Freiburg School, such as Walter Eucken , Franz Böhm , Hans Grossmann-Doerth, and Leonhard Miksch, drove the creation of the German social market economy and its attendant Wirtschaftswunder . Nobel Prize winner and former professor at the University of Freiburg, Friedrich Hayek ,

1950-578: The Jugendstil Kollegiengebäude I , built in 1911 by Hermann Billing, and the gothic revival old university library. The current University Library is also located in the historical center; it is a monumental building erected in the 1970s, and was to be renovated and redesigned beginning in September 2008. It is one of the largest in Germany and placed fourth in an October 2007, German national ranking of university libraries. The University Church , located across from Kollegiengebäude II ,

2025-629: The Nature Publishing Index – 2012 Global Top 100 , the University of Freiburg was the highest-ranked German university and ranked 66th worldwide and 18th in Europe. A recent study, "Benchmarking China and Germany: An Analysis of Patent Portfolios of Universities and Research Organizations", was published in May 2013 and sought to evaluate leading universities and research institutions in Germany and China in regards to their patent applications. The study placed

2100-632: The Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft . The University of Freiburg, with its plans for future innovative teaching concepts, was selected as one of 10 winners from a field of over 100 higher education institutions. In 2012, in the third round of the Excellence Initiative, the university was able to successfully extend funding for the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, as well as bioss , while also gaining funding for

2175-589: The Studentenwerk . Additionally, further dormitories in Freiburg are operated by other institutions, such as the Catholic Archdiocese . Due to the affordable rent and limited spots, rooms in the various dormitories are very popular. Many students find private living arrangements, such as Wohngemeinschaften (shared apartments). However, the popularity of Freiburg for prospective students can make finding an apartment or room quite time-consuming, especially before

2250-560: The "county university" (German Landesuniversität ) for his territory until it was handed over to the Austrian House of Habsburg in 1490. The university soon attracted many students, such as the humanists Geiler von Kaysersberg , Johann Reuchlin , and Jakob Wimpfeling . When Ulrich Zasius was teaching law (until 1536), Freiburg became a centre of humanist jurisprudence. From 1529 to 1535, Erasmus of Rotterdam after having left Basel, lived and taught in Freiburg , however, never at

2325-481: The "uniONLINE" team which is responsible for the magazine. Because of the nearby French and Swiss borders and the adjacent Black Forest , where the university owns a retreat on Schauinsland Mountain, fine opportunities exist for leisure and outdoor activities. Students come from Central and Eastern Europe for language studies, the majority demographic category is females in age range 18–25 (58%). The university provides student housing in its various dormitories, run by

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2400-501: The Church's protests. The Church finally lost its predominant influence on the university when the Jesuits were suppressed following a decree signed by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Consequently, Johann Georg Jacobi (brother of the more famous philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ) in 1784 was the first Protestant professor teaching at the university in Freiburg. When Freiburg became a part of

2475-446: The EU or non-EU citizenship of students. Additionally, since autumn 2017, non-EU students are charged 1500 EUR tuition fee per semester. Numerous student clubs and organizations are active, among them a campus news station, uniCROSS which is a cross-media platform run by students. It consists of the "uniFM" team, which brings the news as a radio format, the "uniTV" team, producing videos and

2550-687: The Faculty of Engineering regularly competes with distinction in international tournaments. The University of Freiburg team has also repeatedly scored highly at the International Genetically Engineered Machine undergraduate synthetic biology competition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The team was supported by numerous university institutions, among them the recently established bioss cluster of excellence. The University of Freiburg also participates in

2625-589: The German-speaking world in the late Middle Ages , like the University of Tübingen and the University of Basel ( Switzerland ). Established by papal privilege ( papal bull ), the university in Freiburg actually was – like all or most universities in the Middle Ages – a corporation of the church body and therefore belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and its hierarchy. The bishop of Basel consequently

2700-485: The Jesuit church (nowadays the "University Church" or Universitätskirche ). In 1679, Freiburg temporarily became French territory, along with the southern parts of the upper Rhine . French King Louis XIV disliked the Austrian system and gave the Jesuits a free hand to operate the university. On 6 November 1684, a bilingual educational program was initiated. From 1686 to 1698, the faculty fled to Konstanz . After Freiburg

2775-648: The National Model United Nations held annually in New York City. The genetically engineered golden rice was developed by the University of Freiburg ( Peter Beyer ) and the ETH Zurich ( Ingo Potrykus ) from 1992 to 2000. It was considered a breakthrough in biotechnology at the time of publication and now can help to provide vitamin A to people lacking access to it in their diets. When previous rector Jäger retired in 2008, law professor Andreas Voßkuhle

2850-525: The Netherlands at the time, and the last issue of the magazine was issued in December that year. Henk Lunshof , a journalist of De Telegraaf , had thought of establishing a new news magazine since 1940. He was approached by Jan Pieter Klautz , director of the publishing company Elsevier , and the two secretly started preparing the establishment of the magazine. They were assisted by G.B.J. Hiltermann , another former journalist of De Telegraaf . The magazine

2925-594: The Professional Civil Service . He also informed the Gestapo of the pacifist leanings of a distinguished Faculty member, Hermann Staudinger . The Nazi geneticist Eugen Fischer promoted racist views while a member of the university, ideas which were used to support the notorious Nuremberg laws passed by the Nazis. After World War II , the university was reopened. New buildings for natural sciences were erected in

3000-724: The Social Sciences concentration includes business administration , economics , international law , international relations , political science , psychology , public administration and sociology . Courses are additionally structured in a 1000 to 3000-level grid, indicating an increasing level of complexity and necessary previous knowledge. In addition to courses, students are required to choose skills trainings including, but not limited to, argumentation , ethnography , languages and research methods . Thirdly, students are required to take one project, e.g. academic debating , per semester. An individual student's curriculum consists of

3075-474: The University of Freiburg as alumni, faculty or researchers, and 15 academics have been honored with the highest German research prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize , while working at the university. Originally Albrechts University, the university started with four faculties (theology, philosophy, medicine, and law). Its establishment belongs to the second wave of university foundings in

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3150-434: The University of Freiburg as the third-most innovative university in Germany in terms of total patent applications. Teams of the University of Freiburg frequently participate in academic competitions with considerable success. The moot court team of the Faculty of Law has been the most successful team in the history of the competition Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot . The humanoid robot team of

3225-470: The University of Freiburg has established itself as one of Germany's top universities. The faculties for law, medicine, economics, history, English studies, German studies, biology, dentistry, and pharmacology achieve especially high scores. In regards to the natural sciences, the University of Freiburg ranked sixth in Europe and second in Germany in a ranking from 2003 of the European Commission of

3300-467: The University of Freiburg purchased a large historic villa in the district of Herdern, which will house part of the literature and linguistics, as well as history departments of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies . In 2015, the University of Freiburg opened its new library , housed in a modern building with a large glass and chrome facade. The library features a section for quiet work and

3375-495: The academic year consists of summer and winter terms (semesters). The winter term runs from 1 October to 31 March, while the summer term runs from 1 April to 30 September. However, lectures and classes usually do not run for the full duration of these periods and allow for breaks in spring and fall. As a German university, tuition is mostly free. The University of Freiburg currently has a semester fee of 180 EUR for all undergraduate and most graduate and doctoral programs, regardless of

3450-420: The beginning of the 20th century, several new university buildings were built in the centre of Freiburg, such as the new main building in 1911. The university counted 3,000 students just before World War I . After World War I, the philosophers Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger (since 1928) taught at Albert Ludwigs University, as well as Edith Stein . In the field of social sciences, Walter Eucken developed

3525-456: The college has established a number of international partnerships, allowing its students to participate in exchange programmes with subsequent study points counting towards their UCM degrees. Partner universities include University of Freiburg (including a flagship Double Degree Programme), University of California, Berkeley , Seoul National University , University College London and Sciences Po Lille . After major renovations, UCM moved into

3600-607: The faculties and the Rectorate's departments for Instructional Development and International Relations. It is accredited by the University of Freiburg, which draws its authority from the Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency. The four-year, English-taught Bachelor program in Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is UCF's major offering, the first of its kind in Germany. It emphasizes a broad interdisciplinary education, while at

3675-502: The former Nieuwenhof convent in 2006. Located in the Jekerkwartier neighbourhood in central Maastricht, the building dates back to 1485 immediately adjacent to Maastricht's city fortifications. The 2000s (decade) renovation of the former convent included the creation of a common room , IT facilities and a reading room providing specific literature related to courses taught at the college. UCM's Jekerkwartier location makes it part of

3750-556: The idea of ordoliberalism , which subsequently is known as the " Freiburg School ". During the time of the Nazi dictatorship , the university went through the process of "political alignment" ( Gleichschaltung ) like the rest of the German universities. Under the rector Martin Heidegger , all Jewish faculty members were forced to leave the university in accordance with the Law for the Restoration of

3825-438: The larger city centre campus of Maastricht University including its inner city library, School of Business, Law faculty and Graduate School of Governance. New students at UCM enrol twice per academic year, in September and February. Both entry moments follow the same admission procedures. Compared to other undergraduate programs in the Netherlands, the admissions process is rigorous and extensive. New students are selected based on

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3900-544: The liberals of the VVD and the Catholics of the KVP . The magazine was an instant success and very profitable. The expansion of Elsevier in the scientific field after 1945 was funded with the profits of the newsweekly. Communists would later become enemies with Elsevier Weekblad . This and the increasingly old-fashioned image of the magazine sparked the demand for a new leadership and

3975-485: The magazine, Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift ( Elsevier's Illustrated Monthly ), was first issued in January 1891 and was modelled after Harper's Magazine . It was published by J.G. Robbers and his Elsevier company, which had been founded in 1880 and took its name from the famous (but unrelated) Elzevir family of the 16th to 18th centuries. In 1940, the magazine was prohibited by the German authorities, who occupied

4050-504: The newly established Grand Duchy of Baden (in German " Großherzogtum Baden ") in 1805 (after Napoleon occupied the area of the formerly Further Austria ), a crisis began for the university in Freiburg. Indeed, there were considerations by Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and Karl, Grand Duke of Baden to close down the university in Freiburg while both of them thought that the Grand Duchy could not afford to run two universities at

4125-634: The northwest of the city center, close to the University Medical Center. The campus is home to the Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik ( Department of Microsystems Engineering) and the Department of Computer Science. With the addition of the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Freiburg became the first classical university to combine traditional disciplines with microsystems technologies. The University Medical Center ( Universitätsklinikum Freiburg )

4200-456: The opposite side symbolizes the coat of arms used by the Habsburgs in conjunction with their territories. The coat of arms of the city of Freiburg is located at the bottom of the seal, displaying St George's Cross . The Latin inscription on the seal reads Sigillum universitatis studii friburgensis brisgaudie . The seal was slightly modified in 1913, but has otherwise been in continuous use since it

4275-418: The permanent collection as well as space for group work, where collaboration is encouraged. The building also includes a student cafe and an outdoor plaza with modern sculpture. The university has a combined undergraduate and graduate student population of around 21,600. About 16% of these students are foreigners, from about 120 countries. Admission largely depends on the faculty and program applied for and

4350-513: The position of rector with the start of the winter term 2008/2009. The University of Freiburg offers educational audio and video contents on the iTunes U software platform since January 2008. The University of Freiburg Institute of Physics is actively involved with research at the Large Hadron Collider and has contributed significantly to the ATLAS experiment , resulting in the discovery of

4425-597: The previously mentioned courses, skills trainings and projects. With UCM using the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) a BA or BSc at UCM will comprise a total of 180 ECTS. Students subsequently enrol in a maximum of 30 ECTS per semester, or 60 ECTS for a full year, with students receiving 5 ECTS for courses and projects and 2.5 ECTS for skills trainings. Students create their own curriculum, with help of academic advisors, by choosing courses located within their respective concentration in addition to

4500-520: The reconstruction of the institutes began. Today, the quarter houses the physics buildings, the tall main chemistry building, visible from afar, the famous Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry at the Hermann-Staudinger-Haus, various other science buildings, and the renowned preclinical institutes of the Faculty of Medicine . The engineering campus is located next to the small Freiburg airfield to

4575-522: The same time (the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg had existed since 1386). The university had enough endowments and earnings to survive until the beginning of the regency of Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden in 1818. Finally in 1820, he saved the university with an annual contribution. Since then, the university has been named Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg ( Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ) as an acknowledgement of gratitude by

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4650-447: The same time providing for individualized academic concentrations on a high academic level. Students have to complete 240 ECTS credits and are able to major in life sciences , environmental and sustainability sciences , culture and history and governance . Electives can be taken at UCF, in the greater University of Freiburg, during studies abroad or in the form of internships and self-directed practical projects. In order to provide

4725-529: The start of the academic terms. The university has its own career center , singled out as one of the best in Germany by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft . The university scored well with its submissions to the German Universities Excellence Initiative . The university received funding in all three categories. In the first category, funding for a new graduate school, the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine,

4800-468: The universities according to their overall impact on scientific research. The Centre for Higher Education Development, a German higher education think tank , periodically publishes comprehensive rankings of European Master's and PhD programs. In 2016, Freiburg garnered five spots in the top Excellence Group among seven subject fields examined. In a recent survey by the Nature Publishing Group ,

4875-498: The university and the citizens of Freiburg. In the 1880s, the population of the student body and faculty started to grow quickly. The scientific reputation of Albert Ludwigs University attracted several researchers such as economist Adolph Wagner , historians Georg von Below and Friedrich Meinecke , and jurists Karl von Amira and Paul Lenel . In 1900, Freiburg became the first German university to accept female students. Before there had been no women at German universities . In

4950-412: The university. In the late 20th century, the university was part of a mass education campaign and expanded rapidly. The student body grew to 10,000 by the 1960s, and doubled to 20,000 students by 1980. In the 1970s, the faculty structure was changed to 14 departments, with the Faculty of Engineering becoming the 15th faculty in 1994. In 2002, the number of faculties was reduced to 11. The university opened

5025-652: The university. From around 1559 on, the university was housed at the Altes Collegium ("Old College"), today called the "new town-hall". The importance of the university decreased during the time of the Counter-Reformation . To counter reformatory tendencies, the administration of two faculties was handed over to the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits in 1620. From 1682 on, the Jesuits built their college, as well as

5100-452: The world. To that end, the university founded the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). Being selected for the third category ranks Freiburg as one of nine "excellence universities" in Germany. The university is to receive over EUR 130 million in additional funds over five years (from 2007) from this third category of funding. In 2009, the university was also successful in a nationwide competition for excellence in teaching, held by

5175-443: Was adopted in 1462. Having grown with the city since the 15th century, the university's buildings are deeply intertwined with the city. The three large campuses are the university center next to the historical city center, the institutes quarter, and the engineering campus, but other buildings can be found scattered throughout Freiburg. The university complex in the historical center of Freiburg contains such picturesque buildings as

5250-493: Was built in 1683 by the Jesuit order . The church and the Jesuit college were handed over to the university after the Jesuit order was suppressed in 1773. The church was destroyed in the 27 November 1944, bombing raid on Freiburg, and reconstructed in 1956. The "institute quarter" ( Institutsviertel ) is home to the science faculties. This campus was destroyed almost completely in the Freiburg bombing raid in 1944. After World War II,

5325-541: Was chosen as his successor. However, shortly after the start of his term, the Social Democratic Party of Germany nominated Voßkuhle as vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany . Voßkuhle accepted the nomination, was confirmed, and took his seat on the court in May 2008. In July 2008, then vice-rector Hans-Jochen Schiewer was elected as successor to Voßkuhle. Schiewer has assumed

5400-422: Was finally introduced as Elseviers Weekblad ("Elsevier's Weekly") on 27 October 1945, and Lunshof became its editor. Its aim was to take an independent position, not linked to any political party or association. By the end of the 1940s, however, EW adopted a clear position against the independence of Indonesia , after which it developed a socially conservative and economically liberal signature, closely linked to

5475-458: Was granted; in the second, funding was granted for the excellence cluster Centre for Biological Signalling Studies ( bioss ); and in the third category, Institutional Strategy Line of Funding, open only to institutions with submissions qualified in the first two categories, the university is receiving funding for "Windows for Research", which aims to promote a high level of interdisciplinarity between research fields and attract scientists from all over

5550-592: Was its provost or chancellor ( Kanzler ), the bishop of Constance was its patron, and the real founder of the university was the sovereign, Archduke Albert VI of Austria , being the brother of Frederick III , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation . At its founding, the university was named after Albert VI of Austria . He provided the university with land and endowments , as well as its own jurisdiction . Also he declared Albrechts University as

5625-428: Was re-conquered and appointed as capital of Further Austria , a new time began for the university by the reforms of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria . The requirements for admission were changed for all faculties in 1767 (before that time only Roman Catholics were allowed to study) and Natural Sciences were added as well as Public Administration . Also in 1767, the university became a governmental institution despite

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