- Student-faculty ratios: 42.8
- Male to female ratio: 54 : 46
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uni-freiburg.de/start-en.html?set_language=en
- Address: Fahnenbergplatz,Freiburg, 79085,Germany
- Phone: -
Despite being founded more than 550 years ago, the University of Freiburg is only the fifth oldest university in Germany. Nonetheless, its long history teaching across sciences and humanities subjects has earned its reputation as one of Germany’s elite universities worldwide. The student population includes 120 different nationalities, with international students making up around 16 per cent of the total number of students. Many famous intellectuals, scientists and cultural figures attended or taught at the university, including physicist Martin Heidegger, philosophers Hannah Arendt and Rudolf Carnap and biologist Paul Uhlenhurth. Nineteen Nobel Prize winners are associated with the university, and many of the university’s academics have been awarded with highest German research prize for work done while at the university. The university offers 180 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programmes across 11 faculties. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and innovative studies, with the option to add an interdisciplinary year to a bachelor’s degree. University buildings are integrated within the city of Freiburg, on three large campuses next to the historical city centre. Some university buildings display historic architecture, like the old university library. A new university library was erected in the 1970s and is one of the largest in the country. In 2010, around 15 per cent of applicants were offered a place at the university – roughly 4,000 students. Tuition is free for both EU and non-EU students, but there is a small administrative fee each year, around 200 euros. Student dormitories are extremely popular as they offer more affordable options than renting privately. They are run both by the university and other institutions with specific focuses.
- Total number of students 22,005
- Number of international students 4,683
- Total number of academic staff 495
- Number of international staff 64
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 3,385
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,438
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 809
- Number of research only staff 492
- Number of new undergraduate students 4,923
- Number of new master's students 2,979
- Number of new doctoral students 2,115
- Global score 63
- Global research reputation #221
- Regional research reputation #89
- Publications #182
- Books #274
- Conferences #339
- Normalized citation impact #299
- Total citations #173
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #154
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #167
- International collaboration #356
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #195
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #155
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #240
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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42.8
No. of students per staff
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23%
Percentage of International Students
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54 : 46
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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21,475
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
132
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2012
189
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2013
144
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2014
152
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2015
163
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2016
84
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2017
95
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2018
82
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2019
76
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2020
86
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Arts & humanities
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2016
=56
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2017
64
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2018
47
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2019
=54
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
93
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2019
101–125
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Engineering & technology
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2011
38
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2016
89
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2018
88
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2019
101–125
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Life sciences
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2016
=68
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2017
84
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2018
70
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2019
59
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-
Physical sciences
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2016
94
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2018
99
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2019
=96
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Social sciences
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2016
91
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2017
99
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2019
96
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Computer Science
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2017
50
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2018
=58
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2019
69
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Psychology
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2018
75
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2019
126–150
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#131 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 45.9
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #94
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #26
- Arts and Humanities publications #203
- Arts and Humanities books #144
- Arts and Humanities conferences #151
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #156
- Arts and Humanities total citations #187
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #200
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #190
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #135
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #82
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#126 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 49.8
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #163
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #25
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #134
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #187
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #132
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #145
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #244
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #92
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #78
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #158
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #243
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#247 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 55.0
- Chemistry global research reputation #347
- Chemistry regional research reputation #165
- Chemistry publications #234
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #337
- Chemistry total citations #233
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #220
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #319
- Chemistry international collaboration #472
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #299
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #284
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #430
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#142 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 62.9
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #224
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #76
- Clinical Medicine publications #139
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #340
- Clinical Medicine total citations #153
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #124
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #193
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #86
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #130
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #134
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #245
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#437 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 42.6
- Engineering global research reputation #277
- Engineering regional research reputation #120
- Engineering publications #547
- Engineering normalized citation impact #212
- Engineering total citations #473
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #511
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #378
- Engineering international collaboration #471
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #277
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #515
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #456
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#95 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 64.0
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #191
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #70
- Environment/Ecology publications #176
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #38
- Environment/Ecology total citations #121
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #126
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #73
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #96
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #58
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #71
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #21
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#56 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 54.5
- Immunology global research reputation #55
- Immunology regional research reputation #21
- Immunology publications #97
- Immunology normalized citation impact #40
- Immunology total citations #79
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #77
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #41
- Immunology international collaboration #32
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #25
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #66
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #44
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#332 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 31.4
- Materials Science global research reputation #198
- Materials Science regional research reputation #63
- Materials Science publications #426
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #239
- Materials Science total citations #389
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #396
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #286
- Materials Science international collaboration #370
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #195
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #462
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #462
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#77 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 49.7
- Microbiology global research reputation #98
- Microbiology regional research reputation #32
- Microbiology publications #115
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #33
- Microbiology total citations #72
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #80
- Microbiology international collaboration #85
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #56
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #70
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #72
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#101 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 51.6
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #113
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #28
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #97
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #233
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #123
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #105
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #181
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #134
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #101
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #135
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #217
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#129 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 47.0
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #231
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #60
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #87
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #157
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #94
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #101
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #191
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #93
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #86
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #108
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #175
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#160 Physics
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- Physics overall score 66.5
- Physics global research reputation #249
- Physics regional research reputation #77
- Physics publications #183
- Physics normalized citation impact #292
- Physics total citations #179
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #152
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #227
- Physics international collaboration #296
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #188
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #192
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #322
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#47 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 76.1
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #53
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #28
- Plant and Animal Science publications #185
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #22
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #90
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #66
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #49
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #56
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
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#187 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 38.9
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #216
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #80
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #146
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #230
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #168
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #163
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #245
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #175
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #164
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #214
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #261
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#181 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 45.9
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #270
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #75
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #284
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #66
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #216
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #225
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #212
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #163
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #152
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #49