About University College Freiburg

University College Freiburg (UCF) was founded in 2012 at the University of Freiburg and is situated in the historical buildings of the Alte Universität. Here, the Artes Liberales were taught centuries ago as a cornerstone of university education. Today, Alte Universität is home to exciting new explorations in higher education.

UCF facilitates interdisciplinarity, internationalization, and didactic-methodological innovation and is part of the university's self-understanding as an internationally competitive research and teaching institution. The four-year, English-taught Bachelor program in Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS), UCF's major offering, combines a broad interdisciplinary education with academic specialization.

The two professorships at UCF – Epistemology and Theory of Science and Science and Technology Studies – provide a framework and didactic guidance for interdisciplinary higher education. Together with UCF Teaching Staff and Teaching Fellows from within and beyond the university, the professorships are the backbone of the first Liberal Arts and Sciences program in Germany. 

LAS and UCs are new to German higher education. By taking up and adapting concepts from the North American and Dutch contexts, Freiburg is breaking new ground. Our initiative is part of a larger debate on the future of higher education in Germany after the Bologna Process. Documentation and publications on the development of UCF and on its context in higher education can be found under Media & Publications.

We invite you to explore our website and to learn more about UCF and our colleagues, programs, and projects.