University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)

Founded in 1457 by Archduke Albert VI of Austria, the University of Freiburg is one of Germany's oldest universities. Approximately 24,000 students. **23 Nobel laureates** affiliated. Distinguished alumni: Max Weber (sociologist), Edmund Husserl (founder of phenomenology), Martin Heidegger (philosopher — Rector during the Nazi period, complex and controversial figure), Hannah Arendt (briefly studied here), Edith Stein (Catholic philosopher and saint), Bertolt Brecht (briefly), Friedrich Hayek (Economics Nobel 1974). Member of LERU. Strong cross-border integration with Strasbourg and Basel via EUCOR alliance.

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