Editing Freiburg im Breisgau (section)

==Education==
[[File:Universität Freiburg Kollegiengebäude I (Altbau).jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[University of Freiburg|Albert-Ludwigs University]]]]
Freiburg is a center of academia and research, in which numerous intellectual figures and [[Nobel Laureate]]s have lived, worked, and taught.

The city houses one of the oldest and most renowned of German universities, the [[Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg]], as well as its [[University Medical Center Freiburg|medical center]]. Home to some of the greatest minds of the [[western culture|West]], including such eminent figures as [[Johann Eck]], [[Max Weber]], [[Edmund Husserl]], [[Martin Heidegger]], and [[Friedrich Hayek]], it is one of Europe's top research and teaching institutions.

Freiburg also plays host to various other educational and research institutes, such as the [[University of Education Freiburg|Freiburg University of Education]], the [[Protestant University for Applied Sciences Freiburg]], [[Hochschule für Musik Freiburg|Freiburg Music Academy]], the [[Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg]], the International University of Cooperative Education IUCE, three [[Max Planck Society|Max Planck institutes]], five [[Fraunhofer Society|Fraunhofer institutes]], and one [[Leibniz Association|Leibniz institute]].

The city is home to the [[Institute for the International Education of Students|IES Abroad]] European Union program, which allows students to study the development and activities of the [[European Union|EU]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iesabroad.org/IES/Programs/EuropeanUnion/EuropeanUnion/europeanUnion.html|title=European Union|date=27 April 2012|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504211801/https://www.iesabroad.org/IES/Programs/EuropeanUnion/EuropeanUnion/europeanUnion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lawyer Freiburg |url=http://www.pohl-sitzler.de/ |access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> This is in addition to an Environmental Science and Sustainability program focused on Freiburg's famed green lifestyle and infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freiburg – Environmental Studies & Sustainability |url=https://www.iesabroad.org/programs/freiburg-environmental-studies-sustainability |website=IES Abroad|date=9 November 2023 }}</ref> IES Abroad also offers a German Language and Area Studies program where visiting students get to take classes at the [[University of Freiburg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Freiburg – Language & Area Studies |url=https://www.iesabroad.org/programs/freiburg-language-area-studies |website=IES Abroad|date=9 November 2023 }}</ref>

The [[DFG / LFA Freiburg]], a French-German high school established by the 1963 [[Élysée Treaty]], is in the city. [[Robert Bosch United World College|UWC Robert Bosch College]] is among the newest members of the United World Colleges (UWC) movement, one of its eighteen colleges around the world, having started accepting students in September 2014.