University of Fribourg
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- For the German university, see Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
The University of Fribourg (French: Université de Fribourg; German: Universität Freiburg) is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland.
It was founded in 1889 by local businessman Georges Python, although the origns of the university can be traced to 1582 with the foundation of the Jesuit Seminary of St. Michel. Courses in this University are given in the French language and German language. Except for certain departments (such as history and law) where curricula are available in both languages, students are normally expected to understand both languages. Students number about 10,000. Traditionally, the university also attracts a strong contingent of students from Italian-speaking Ticino. The Misericorde Campus, constructed between 1939-42 was designed by the architects Honegger and Dumas, students of the famous Swiss architect Le Corbusier and as such is deemed to be of major architectural importance.
There are five faculties: Catholic theology, law, natural sciences, arts, and economics & social sciences.
[edit] Famous alumni
- Georges Cardinal Coittier
- Joseph Deiss
- Ruth Metzler
- Maurice Zermatten
- Cardinal Chirstophe Schonborn, Archbishop of Vienna
- Professor Tariq Ramadan
- Michel Plancherel
- The Very Reverend Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB
- Heinrich Burk former CEO of A.C. Nielsen
- Basil Cardinal Hume, former Archbishop of Westminster
- Antonin Gregory Scalia, US Justice
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