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Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg was founded 1457 in Freiburg by the Habsburgs. One of the oldest universities in Germany, it has a long tradition of teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

1 History

The university started with four faculties ( theology, philosophy, medicine and law). At the founding, the university was named after Erzherzog Albrecht I. . In 1820 the future of the university was unsure, and Großherzog Ludwig von Baden saved it with a contribution. Since then the university is named Albert-Ludwigs-Universität.

In the 1880s the population of the student body and faculty started to grow quickly. Just before World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of the university counted 3,000 students. In the beginning of the 20th century19th century 20th century 21st century more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901- 2000 in the sense of the Gre several new university buildings were built in the centre of Freiburg. After WW II the university was re-opened. New buildings for natural scienceFor the scientific journal named Science see Science (journal). Science is both a process of gaining knowledge, and the organized body of knowledge gained by this process. The scientific process is the systematic acquisition of new knowledge about a syste were erected in the Institutsviertel (institute quarter).

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 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, and doubled to 20,000 students by 1980.

In the 1970s, the faculty structure was changed to 14 departments, with the Faculty for applied sciences becoming the 15th faculty in 1994. In 2002, the number of faculties was reduced to eleven.