The University of Freiburg alone has:

•about 130 institutes

•20 scientific centres

Furthermore, among others, with the university cooperating

•5 Fraunhofer Institutes

•3 Max-Planck-Institutes

•Tumour Biology Clinic

•Freiburg University Hospital

à Technology transfer between the university research and the economy and as well between the research facilities.

Significant location and image factor:

Environment & sustainability in the Green-City Freiburg as a growth sector with a key position in environmental policy and in business development. The service-providing sectors and the research and development sector are of particular importance for the city's structural development.

Medicine & Health

•Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

•BioRegio Freiburg for cross-border cooperation

•Technology Foundation BioMed Freiburg

•German side of the trinational biotech cluster BioValley Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Technology

Technology & Innovation

•One of the strongest and most technology-intensive sectors is the field of microtechnology / electrical engineering / measurement and control technology / optics with global players and medium-sized companies.

•Institute for Microsystems Technology at the University of Freiburg is one of the largest teaching and research centres for microsystems technology in Germany