Type | Public |
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Established | 1457 |
Dean | Kerstin Krieglstein, PhD |
Academic staff | 2,900+ |
Students | 2,606 Medicine 174 Molecular Medicine 535 Dental Medicine |
Location | , , |
Research Funding | €71,000,000 annually |
Website | www |
The University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine (German Medizinische Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) is the medical school and dental school of the University of Freiburg and forms university's biomedical research unit together the University Medical Center Freiburg. The faculty was founded in 1457 as one of Germany's oldest and is regarded among its most distinguished.[1][2] Institutes and buildings are located at the Medical Center campus in Freiburg's Stühlinger district and in the Institute Quarter in the Neuburg district. The Faculty of Medicine consistently ranks very highly in a variety of national and international rankings, such as those published by the German periodicals Der Spiegel and Focus.[3][4] The University of Freiburg is ranked 4th in Germany in funding for life sciences research by the German Research Foundation overall and ranked 2nd in funding per professor.