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University of Fribourg
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The university owes its earliest origin to the foundation of the Jesuit College St. Michel on Belze Hill by <a href="/facts/Peter_Canisius/NsBTAIux">Peter Canisius</a> in 1580 at the invitation of the government of Fribourg.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> In 1763, an Academy of Law was founded, housed in the Albertinium (now a Dominican residence). In 1834, the cantonal library was formed from works brought to Fribourg (from Catholic monasteries) for safekeeping.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The College St. Michel was closed following the expulsion of the <a href="/facts/Jesuits/n0PeYBB8">Jesuits</a> from Fribourg after the canton's defeat in the Sonderbund war.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>In 1886, Georges Python, founder of the cantonal bank and State Counsellor for Fribourg (M.P. in the upper house of the Swiss parliament) became Director of Public Education. He raised funds through a lottery and was granted some 2,500,000 CHF by the canton.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The cantonal library became integrated with that of the university and the academy became the Faculty of Law. In 1939, the university moved to a new campus constructed on the former cemetery of Misericorde, ceding St. Michel to one of Fribourg's gymnasia, which took the name College St. Michel. During the Second World War, the university set up "university camps" along with the <a href="/facts/University_of_Z%25C3%25BCrich/BXmxTYKh">University of Zürich</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_St._Gallen/Q2r2RYIx">Handels-Hochschule</a> in <a href="/facts/St._Gallen/TncCJpU8">St. Gallen</a> and a Lycée camp at Wetzikon provided a wide variety of courses to educate Polish prisoners of war.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>The Perolles campus was constructed on the site of a former wagon factory.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p><p>Although many lectures were originally in Latin, Fribourg is now the only French/German bilingual university in the world (45% French and 55% German).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> The town itself is 70% French and 30% German. This fact, coupled with the traditional dominance of French as the language of the city aristocracy explains why French has remained so dominant in university administration and in the AGEF (Association Générale des Etudiants Fribourgois), the Student's Union. To commemorate the centenary of the university, La Poste issued a stamp depicting the figures Science and Sagesse. </p> <h2 id="recent-developments">Recent developments</h2> <p>In 2005, the university inaugurated its Perolles 2 campus, to which the Faculty of Economics and Social Science relocated. The university has the third largest collection of Biblical antiquities in the world after the British Museum and the Cairo Museum. Fribourg has also developed FriMat, a centre of excellence in nanotechnology. As part of the BeNeFri association comprising the Universities of Berne, Neuchâtel and Fribourg, students at any one of these universities may take courses at another in the association and still receive credit at their home institution. The <a href="/facts/Academic_degrees/jGIm3uPW">academic degrees</a> were the Demi-Licence, Licence, <a href="/facts/DEA_(former_French_degree)/Qxt0oC0j">DEA</a> / DESS, <a href="/facts/Doctorate/hb3AGQ6A">Doctorate</a>. The university now follows the requirements of the <a href="/facts/Bologna_process/CemnzCXl">Bologna process</a>. </p><p>The University of Fribourg launched for the 2009–2010 academic year a new postgraduate law programme, the <a href="/facts/Master_of_Laws_in_Cross-Cultural_Business_Practice/kqYhdS11">Master of Laws in Cross-Cultural Business Practice</a> (MLCBP), an <a href="/facts/LL.M/a7Igvr42">LL.M</a> taught entirely in English. </p> <h2 id="campuses">Campuses</h2> <p>Fribourg has no central campus and its buildings are located throughout the city. The main sites are:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Misericorde - Humanities and central administration (including the famous Senate room)</li> <li>Perolles - Science</li> <li>Perolles 2 - Economics & Social Sciences</li> <li>Regina Mundi - Psychology</li> <li>BCU centrale - Main Library (<a href="/facts/Cantonal_and_University_Library_of_Fribourg/BCFR0bEx">Cantonal and University Library of Fribourg</a>)</li> <li>Pierre Aeby - Department of Classical Philology</li> <li>Bonnesfontaines - Pedagogy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stade_St._Leonard/UzB2nSVp">Stade St. Leonard</a> - University Stadium</li></ul> <h2 id="faculties">Faculties</h2> <p>The Fribourg University is divided into five faculties:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>The <i>Faculty of Humanities</i> is the largest faculty with about 4,600 students. They follow courses and seminars in the fields of philosophy, historical sciences, languages, literature, education, psychology or social sciences.</li> <li>The <i>Faculty of Law</i> has about 1,900 students. The program includes national and international law; both subjects areas can be followed bilingual.</li> <li>The <i>Faculty of Theology</i> is the largest and the most international of Switzerland, and, with Lucerne, it is the only state university in Switzerland to have a Faculty of Catholic Theology.</li> <li>Approximately 1,400 students are enrolled in one of the four Bachelor programmes and one of the seven Master programmes of the <i>Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences</i>. The faculty is composed of four departments: business management, economics, computer science, media and communication. In addition, the <i>international institute of management in technology (iimt)</i> and the <i>Verbandsmanagement Institute (VMI)</i> are attached to the Faculty.</li> <li>The <i>Faculty of Science and Medicine</i> was founded in 1896 and comprises seven departments: biology, chemistry, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine and physics. These cover 14 fields: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, geography, computer science, human medicine and dentistry (Bachelor), mathematics, neuroscience, pharmacy, physics, biomedical sciences, environmental sciences, earth sciences (geology) and sport. The <a href="/facts/Adolphe_Merkle_Institute/sKDAamuN">Adolphe Merkle Institute</a> (AMI) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Faculty of Sciences devoted to fundamental and application-oriented research and teaching in the domain of soft nanomaterials.</li></ul> <h2 id="traditions">Traditions</h2> <ul><li>Dies Academicus - On this day in November every year, no lectures are held. Festivities begin with Mass in the Chapel of the Collège St. Michel. The members of the university then proceed to the Aula Magna (Great Hall) in solemn procession. After an address by the rector and a prominent guest speaker, honorary degrees are awarded. The student guilds attend in ceremonial dress including swords.</li> <li>Corporations - These are similar to the <a href="/facts/Studentenverbindung/shmLgBtE">Studentenverbindungen</a> in Germany and Austria, but there is no de facto constraint to participate as it is in the <a href="/facts/Student_nations/DwATmFp2">student nations</a> at the universities of <a href="/facts/Uppsala/X3HzSeYN">Uppsala</a>, <a href="/facts/Lund/t67P9nm8">Lund</a> and <a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a>. They maintain Central European student traditions and meet at least once a week around a <i>Stammtisch</i> ("regulars’ table") in order to socialise, drink and sing together. They tend to be organised on linguistic lines. One of them is still engaged in dueling, while the other corporations in Fribourg already rejected this tradition at the time they were founded, amongst others for religious reasons. Membership has often been considered advantageous for those wishing to pursue a career in business, politics or law. Most of Fribourg's student corporations belong to the formerly Catholic <i><a href="/facts/Schweizerischer_Studentenverein/sr2EKJMg">Schweizerischer Studentenverein</a></i>. An example is <a href="/facts/AV_Fryburgia/hDqkUr24">AV Fryburgia</a>.</li> <li>The Day of Welcomes (<i>Jour D’Accueil</i>) - Similar to Freshers’ Week in anglophone universities. New students are invited to the Aula Magna, where they are welcomed to Fribourg by the Rector and the Syndic (Mayor of the City of Fribourg). This is followed by a meal in the university mensa provided by the city, where new students are expected to dine with the rest of the faculty to which they have been admitted.</li> <li>Every year, the Catholic Church holds collections during masses throughout Switzerland. Known as Fribourg Sunday, the funds raised are mainly used to award scholarships to foreign priests by the Faculty of Theology.</li></ul> <h2 id="branding">Branding</h2> <p>The university seal depicts a cross and bishop's ring representing the university's Catholic ethos on a shield of black and white, representing the canton of Fribourg. The logo of the university is a blue stylized "F" (with triangles echoing the facade structure of the Miséricorde Building and symbolizing the Alps) and the name of the university in Latin. </p> <h2 id="notable-alumni-and-faculty">Notable alumni and faculty</h2> <h3>Writers and academics</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Patrick_Aebischer/M2NrsPCx">Patrick Aebischer</a>, former president of the <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589cole_Polytechnique_F%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9rale_de_Lausanne/IBPANwjM">École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pietro_Balestra_(economist)/Ewx5aQHP">Pietro Balestra</a>, Swiss economist specialized in econometrics</li> <li>Hans Wolfgang Brachinger, German mathematician and econometrician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Daly/rwtk8bF6">Mary Daly</a>, feminist theologian and advocate of parthenogenesis</li> <li>Reiner Eichenberger, Chair of the Center for Public Finance at the University of Fribourg</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lionel_Groulx/f8aAbn75">Lionel Groulx</a> (1878–1967), <a href="/facts/Qu%25C3%25A9b%25C3%25A9cois_people/dFhjjICb">Québécois</a> priest and historian</li> <li>Chantal Martin Soelch, Swiss clinical psychologist, academic, and author.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vincas_Mykolaitis/mMrGrmpm">Vincas Mykolaitis</a>, Lithuanian poet and writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerome_Murphy-O%2527Connor/PGa5Xagf">Jerome Murphy-O'Connor</a>, Professor of <a href="/facts/New_Testament/k066sDIn">New Testament</a> at the <a href="/facts/Ecole_Biblique/UlAHsIeR">Ecole Biblique</a> in <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hugo_Obermaier/9HkomClj">Hugo Obermaier</a>, prehistorian and anthropologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kazys_Pak%25C5%25A1tas/3uPBQqFC">Kazys Pakštas</a>, geographer, founder of Lithuanian Geographical Society</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michel_Plancherel/tgru9BYV">Michel Plancherel</a>, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eleanor_Purdie/qUvLyf7d">Eleanor Purdie</a> (1872–1929), philologist; first woman to obtain a doctorate from the University of Fribourg</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gonzague_de_Reynold/fdyC6Vxg">Gonzague de Reynold</a>, writer and academic, author of <i>Cités et pays suisse</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/L%25C3%25A9on_Savary/8l39l0PW">Léon Savary</a>, writer and journalist</li> <li>Csaba Szabo, pharmacologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Schmidt_(linguist)/u9fGKQfE">Wilhelm Schmidt</a>, Austrian linguist, anthropologist, and ethnologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Winfried_Sebald/LWSabf9H">Winfried Sebald</a>, German writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Thullen/aQbvacwX">Peter Thullen</a>, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Trudgill/3jSNwb5f">Peter Trudgill</a>, British sociolinguist and dialectologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Werner_Ulrich/eWMw8DBp">Werner Ulrich</a>, Swiss social scientist and practical philosopher, one of the originators of "<a href="/facts/Critical_systems_thinking/a77Ne3Uz">critical systems thinking</a>" (CST)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eliseo_Ver%25C3%25B3n/Ix2QDdCz">Eliseo Verón</a>, sociologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luc_E._Weber/fSgn8Vzl">Luc E. Weber</a>, Rector Emeritus of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Geneva/qXnRaoK5">University of Geneva</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Zermatten/pdqfSgSv">Jean Zermatten</a>, academic and Chair of U.N. Commission on the Rights of the Child</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maurice_Zermatten/Hor4CPqn">Maurice Zermatten</a>, writer, winner of the Schiller International Prize</li></ul> <h3>Clergy</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gilberto_Agustoni/Mk4EWGQz">Gilberto Agustoni</a>, Prefect Emeritus of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Browne_(cardinal)/KczrWbnm">Michael Browne</a> O.P., Master General of the <a href="/facts/Order_of_Preachers/n9l5y8Yk">Order of Preachers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Georges_Cottier/gYtq6dMd">Georges Cottier</a>, official theologian to the Papal Household (under John Paul II), Secretary of the International Theological Commission</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clemens_August_Graf_von_Galen/cf8dbakK">Clemens August Graf von Galen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernard_Genoud/luQ7UXKu">Bernard Genoud</a>, Bishop of Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg</li> <li><a href="/facts/Basil_Hume/4DR8B4Ll">Basil Hume</a>, former <a href="/facts/Archbishop_of_Westminster/nyb0lwW2">archbishop of Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Franciszek_Macharski/CSCd1152">Franciszek Macharski</a>, former <a href="/facts/Archbishop_of_Krak%25C3%25B3w/uvoDqLzJ">archbishop of Kraków</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rupert_Mayer/84sQwXSE">Rupert Mayer</a> Blessed, Jesuit critic of the Nationalist Socialist Regime</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Hildebrand_Meienberg/hL4KTcKx">Peter Hildebrand Meienberg</a>, East African missionary.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gaspard_Mermillod/lLqs3cVH">Gaspard Mermillod</a>, attended the Jesuit Seminary that was the forerunner of the university; Cardinal Beer takes its name from him</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aloisius_Joseph_Muench/XHlVljAD">Aloisius Joseph Muench</a>, Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christoph_Sch%25C3%25B6nborn/0Yy9tUt5">Christoph Schönborn</a>, Archbishop of <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Henri_Schwery/zQ3SknBs">Henri Schwery</a>, Bishop of <a href="/facts/Sion%2c_Switzerland/169PqBDu">Sion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Angelo_Scola/jssB9aW2">Angelo Scola</a>, Patriarch of Venice</li> <li>Prince Max von Sachsen, Bishop, Prince of <a href="/facts/Saxony/PrKscwCP">Saxony</a> and son of King George of Saxony and Donna Maria Anna, the <a href="/facts/Infanta/GHKBTLUX">Infanta</a> of Portugal</li> <li>Dom <a href="/facts/Henry_Wansbrough/wRFjMQr9">Henry Wansbrough</a> OSB</li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert_Ziegler_SJ/UheyyVRk">Albert Ziegler SJ</a>, Swiss theologian, ethicist and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anton_Rohner/FLg1k7Wb">Anton Rohner</a> <a href="/facts/Dominican_Order/n9l5y8Yk">ON</a>, Swiss clergy, philosopher and professor</li></ul> <h3>Politics</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Elijah_Malok_Aleng/zKf9DHUx">Elijah Malok Aleng</a>, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan and President of the Bank of Southern Sudan (2005–2011)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gerard_Batliner/EQxREyUd">Gerard Batliner</a>, former Head of Government (Regierungschef) of Liechtenstein (1962–1970)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Bech/e2GdfhkS">Joseph Bech</a>, Luxembourgish politician and 15th prime minister of <a href="/facts/Luxembourg/vRN04l7f">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Juan_Carlos_I/NTpVb9pt">Juan Carlos I</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_Spanish_monarchs/Yzaze8UM">King of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Corina_Casanova/R8KrKE8X">Corina Casanova</a>, <a href="/facts/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland/zfed4djJ">Federal Chancellor of Switzerland</a> 2008–2015</li> <li><a href="/facts/Enrico_Celio/BxQK3tlz">Enrico Celio</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1943, 1948</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flavio_Cotti/NIzTbEsk">Flavio Cotti</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1991, 1998</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Deiss/U8gdusuy">Joseph Deiss</a>, <a href="/facts/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland/zfed4djJ">Federal Chancellor</a> 1999–2006, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 2004, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly/DrG0F7PG">President of the United Nations General Assembly</a> 2010–11</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kurt_Furgler/Ukn5lgDz">Kurt Furgler</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1977, 1981 and 1985</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martine_Brunschwig_Graf/5GpCd6jc">Martine Brunschwig Graf</a>, Swiss politician, member of the <a href="/facts/Swiss_National_Council/J34xtmMK">Swiss National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Otmar_Hasler/Yw7mA4un">Otmar Hasler</a>, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein 2001–09</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hans_H%25C3%25BCrlimann/Vx3g22PA">Hans Hürlimann</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1979</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arnold_Koller/5f55Dwzx">Arnold Koller</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1990, 1997</li> <li><a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Lepori/n4JU194X">Giuseppe Lepori</a>, <a href="/facts/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland/zfed4djJ">Federal Chancellor</a> and Consigliere del popolo (M.P.) for <a href="/facts/Ticino/KX7Ite1h">Ticino</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Thomas_McCormack/p29xnD5E">Richard Thomas McCormack</a>, US Ambassador to the Organization of American States 1985–1989, US Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs 1989–1991</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Metzler-Arnold/76vudmCD">Ruth Metzler</a>, Federal Chancellor, Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1999–2003, Vice President of the Swiss Confederation 2003</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stanis%25C5%2582aw_Mieroszewski/6gXlPwD7">Stanisław Mieroszewski</a>, member of the Imperial Council of Austria</li> <li><a href="/facts/Juli_Minoves/QGYBvgyY">Juli Minoves</a>, Andorran ambassador, plenipotentiary, and political scientist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ignacy_Mo%25C5%259Bcicki/Y8Vr7js0">Ignacy Mościcki</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_Poland/Vf63YkoM">President of Poland</a> 1926–1939</li> <li><a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Motta_(politician)/GqPPzU1N">Giuseppe Motta</a>, <a href="/facts/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland/zfed4djJ">Federal Chancellor</a> (Swiss Cabinet member) 1911–40 (<a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1915, '20, '27, '32, '37), President of the <a href="/facts/League_of_Nations/PQlcKzXs">League of Nations</a> 1924–25</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean-Marie_Musy/BELQ0PVB">Jean-Marie Musy</a>, Federal Chancellor, Member of the Swiss Federal Council</li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert_Pintat/U03UJ0N1">Albert Pintat</a>, head of the government of <a href="/facts/Andorra/VItvtXBe">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Press/G16yGP7K">Bill Press</a>, U.S. political commentator and former chairman of the Democratic Party of <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Schmutz/8yIcPzhD">Judith Schmutz</a>, Swiss politician, president of the Lucerne Cantonal Council [de] 2023–2024<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simonetta_Sommaruga/JpeSaqpG">Simonetta Sommaruga</a>, Member of the <a href="/facts/Swiss_Federal_Council/D889pX2m">Swiss Federal Council</a> 2010–present, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 2015</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ludwig_von_Moos/t6bpdNPU">Ludwig von Moos</a>, <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation/osKTM4f9">President of the Swiss Confederation</a> 1964, 1969</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chaim_Weizmann/L2f0zrIA">Chaim Weizmann</a>, first <a href="/facts/President_of_Israel/KwVP7Dnt">President of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A9rgio_Vieira_de_Mello/bHA9Xev5">Sérgio Vieira de Mello</a>, <a href="/facts/UN_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights/s43BaRNL">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> 2002-2003 and UN Special Representative for Iraq 2003</li></ul> <h3>Business and economics</h3> <ul><li>Jean-Marie Ayer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> co-founder of Dartfish, chairman and CEO 1999–2003</li> <li>Albert M. Baehny,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Geberit Group since January 1, 2005</li> <li>Heinrich Burk, former CEO of <a href="/facts/ACNielsen/SatUcnFz">ACNielsen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Urs_Felber/oSVR1CDM">Urs Felber</a>, Swiss industrialist, philanthropist and design pioneer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephan_Klapproth/83xjB3Ts">Stephan Klapproth</a>, Swiss journalist and television presenter</li> <li>Adolphe Merkle,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> founder of Vibro-Meter International AG, Adolphe Merkle Foundation</li> <li>Marc Moret, former chairman of <a href="/facts/Sandoz/jDregKez">Sandoz</a>, uncle of <a href="/facts/Daniel_Vasella/9Gq6bh0m">Daniel Vasella</a>'s wife</li> <li><a href="/facts/Klaus_Martin_Schwab/WxY2kVQw">Klaus Martin Schwab</a>, German economist, the founder and executive chairman of the <a href="/facts/World_Economic_Forum/91KlC7Cb">World Economic Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Dunkel/Wf6qWK3V">Arthur Dunkel</a> (1932–2005), Swiss (Portuguese-born) administrator and a professor at the University of Fribourg; director-general of <a href="/facts/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade/7HFfEsah">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a>, 1980–1993</li></ul> <h3>Sports</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ren%25C3%25A9_Fasel/ucSHXuAV">René Fasel</a>, president of the <a href="/facts/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation/9X05tzpo">International Ice Hockey Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gianni_Infantino/eTV6NKBl">Gianni Infantino</a>, current <a href="/facts/FIFA/wC2aqLnn">FIFA</a> president</li></ul> <h3>Architecture</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mario_Botta/Xorr16Sp">Mario Botta</a>, founder of the Academy of Architecture at Mendrisio (Honoris Causa)</li></ul> <h3>Judiciary</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Giusep_Nay/YYu0Ywpr">Giusep Nay</a>, president of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland/n1ALvFNN">Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland</a> 2005–2006, 1988–2006</li> <li>Alois Pfister, member of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland/n1ALvFNN">Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Antonin_Scalia/t2gBrPj2">Antonin Gregory Scalia</a>, <a href="/facts/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/K88lDBQu">U.S. Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Luzius_Wildhaber/GLwd2s0r">Luzius Wildhaber</a>, Swiss judge; first president of the <a href="/facts/European_Court_of_Human_Rights/rKo4SK5m">European Court of Human Rights</a></li></ul> <h3>Media</h3> <ul><li>Andrea Jansen, journalist, Swiss National Television</li></ul> <h3>Arts</h3> <ul><li>Three of the members of the medieval ensemble Freiburger Spielleyt are graduates of the university's early music program.</li></ul> <h3>Royalty</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Karl_Friedrich%2c_Prince_of_Hohenzollern/vc0VSjNL">Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_largest_universities_by_enrollment_in_Switzerland/HmI0hjEw">List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_modern_universities_in_Europe_(1801%25E2%2580%25931945)/MTDHncl6">List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_universities_in_Switzerland/Alyz7lmN">List of universities in Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Education_in_Switzerland/MSm1gsa4">Education in Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bible_and_Orient_Museum/oLggwh3n">Bible and Orient Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Science_and_technology_in_Switzerland/PTznRjSI">Science and technology in Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_colleges_and_universities_by_country/46MjW44o">List of colleges and universities by country</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_colleges_and_universities/RnyC7rTs">List of colleges and universities</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes-and-references">Notes and references</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Fribourg. <ul><li><a href="https://www.unifr.ch">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717170619/http://www.universitieshandbook.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&link_id=17&task=viewlink&Itemid=53">Information's about the University of Fribourg</a>[<i>usurped</i>]</li> <li>See <a href="https://archive.today/20130115184110/http://www.mlcbp.ch/">Master of Laws in Cross-Cultural Business Practice</a>, the University of Fribourg's new LL.M Programme</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Fribourg University Law Faculty". www.llm-guide.com. <a href="http://www.llm-guide.com/university/776/fribourg-university-law-faculty" target="_blank">http://www.llm-guide.com/university/776/fribourg-university-law-faculty</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Saint Peter Canisius - The Windmill of Wisdom". www.dailycatholic.org. <a href="http://www.dailycatholic.org/apr27doc.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dailycatholic.org/apr27doc.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"University of Fribourg". www.newadvent.org. <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"University of Fribourg - Universities Handbook". www.universitieshandbook.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101020140157/http://www.universitieshandbook.com/directory/canton-fribourg/university-of-fribourg" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101020140157/http://www.universitieshandbook.com/directory/canton-fribourg/university-of-fribourg</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Université de Fribourg". www.fr.ch. <a href="https://www.fr.ch/safu/fr/pub/universite_fribourg.htm" target="_blank">https://www.fr.ch/safu/fr/pub/universite_fribourg.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Université de Fribourg". 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Retrieved 2007-02-18. <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"University of Fribourg (Switzerland)". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-18. <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06302a.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"The polish Army in France & 2DSP internment in Switzerland 1939 - 1940". www.polandinexile.com. <a href="http://www.polandinexile.com/franceand2dsp.html" target="_blank">http://www.polandinexile.com/franceand2dsp.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"University at miséricorde". www.fribourgtourisme.ch. 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