Freiburg: Fraunhofer’s number one research location

Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. The Fraunhofer Institutes’ research work is oriented toward concrete applications and results.  

The five Fraunhofer institutes in Freiburg conduct research into the areas of energy, security, communications, environment, health, production technology and mobility. With a local staff of about 2700 employees Freiburg is the largest Fraunhofer location in Germany, followed by Berlin and Dresden.

 

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the Engineering Center for Sustainability (IZN)

The groundbreaking ceremony on July 22, 2025 marked the start of construction for the Engineering Center for Sustainability (Ingenieurzentrum Nachhaltigkeit – IZN) on Freiburg’s airport campus. The new building will foster closer collaboration between Freiburg’s five Fraunhofer institutes and the University of Freiburg under the umbrella of the Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH).

 

Sustainability Center Freiburg

a cooperation between the University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) and Freiburg's five Fraunhofer institutes.

 

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