University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

university fribourg 1 University of Fribourg (dt. Universität Freiburg/Fribourg) is located in the French-speaking part of Switzerland in the canton of Fribourg, where both German and French are spoken. The University of Fribourg is famous for its ability to study in French and German, and many courses at this university are also offered in English. This university has 200 professors for every 10,000 students. The University of Fribourg is an international university as 39% of its students are international students.

The University of Fribourg focuses on making the learning process at this university as comfortable as possible and making the exchange of knowledge between students and professors as fast and efficient as possible. 

In addition, the city of Fribourg is a small student town in Switzerland with a population of 40,000, i.e. every fourth person in this city is a student. This, in turn, makes it very pleasant and interesting to study in such a city, where the entire infrastructure is built around students.

Since the University of Fribourg is an international university, it offers a large number of student exchange programs with over 100 universities around the world. These programs are designed for 1-2 semesters, during which students of the University of Fribourg can go to study at one of partner universities of the University of Fribourg and vice versa. There are also a large number of exchange programs for young scientists, postgraduates and doctoral students with the University of Fribourg to carry out a variety of research and work in various research projects.

At the University of Fribourg, you can study the following specialties:

  • theology
  • theological studies
  • interreligious studies

  • Law
  • Master of Laws
  • legal studies
  • LL.M.

  • management
  • economics
  • economic and legal studies
  • accounting and European business
  • marketing
  • ethics and economics
  • business communication

  • communication and media research
  • communication studies

  • philosophy

  • classics
  • comparative literature
  • English language and literature
  • French
  • French and German: bilingualism and cultural exchange
  • French: foundational curriculum
  • German
  • German literary studies
  • Greek studies
  • Italian
  • Latin studies
  • Rhaeto-romance
  • Slavic studies
  • Spanish

  • German as a foreign language
  • French as a foreign language
  • foreign language didactics
  • multilingualism studies

  • history
  • history of modern times
  • contemporary history
  • European studies
  • history didactics and public history

  • art history
  • musicology and history of opera
  • archaeology

  • sociology
  • social work and social policy
  • Eastern European studies
  • Ethics, responsibility and development
  • gender, society, social policy
  • politics and society
  • religious studies
  • social anthropology
  • special education and social pedagogy
  • speech-language therapy
  • remedial education at school
  • special education
  • educational sciences
  • education/psychology
  • psychology
  • biochemistry
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • dynamics in glaciology and geomorphology
  • earth sciences
  • environmental sciences and humanities
  • geography
  • geosciences
  • materials science
  • mathematics
  • nature, society and politics
  • physics

  • human medicine
  • biomedical sciences
  • sport sciences and motor control
  • experimental biomedical research
  • medical humanities

  • business informatics
  • computer science
  • data analytics & economics
  • bioinformatics and computational biology
  • digital neuroscience
  • data analytics

  • teacher education for secondary level
  • teacher education for baccalaureate schools
  • family, children and youth studies
  • islam and society
  • medieval studies

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