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Open House:
Every year in November (usually on the Day of Prayer and Repentance), the University holds its Open Day. On this day prospective students get a presentation of the courses offered, the opportunity to get a taste of a first-semester lecture, and the chance to talk to students.

• Mathematics' Program 2023

The current program of all subjects and the central information events can be found on the pages of the University's Central Student Advisory Service.

OSA Mathematics:
The "Online Study Choice Assistant" (OSA) offers

• Information on mathematics degree programs,
• videos with students, lecturers and advisors,
• an expectation matcher
• and a few tasks that you don't have to be able to solve, but which you can use to test whether you would enjoy tackling them and understanding the solution.

The Institute of Mathematicse organizes once a year, usually in September or October, the „Freiburger Mathematik-Tag“ (Freiburg Mathematics Day) a one or two-day program for students in grades 10 to 13, who enjoy puzzling over problems and solving them, who like to deal with mathematics, or who perhaps want to study mathematics or a natural science one day.

Trial course of study in natural science and technology:
The "Trial course of study in Science and Technology" for students in grades 10 to 13 takes place annually in the spring. It offers an insight into the subjects Chemistry, Embedded Systems Engineering, Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Microsystems Engineering and Physics.

Unfortunately, the offer had to be cancelled during the Corona period; we hope for a new start in 2023!

Accompaniment of a mathematics student for one day:
In order to give students the opportunity to experience the daily routine of studying in advance, we offer to take you to our events and everything else for one day. The lectures in the first semester are the best time to get a taste of what it's like, so a date in October/November is ideal. But we are also happy to give you an insight into our studies at other times. If you are interested, please contact the mathematics department.

Cooperation with schools:
Students or lecturers of mathematics are happy to come to schools to present the study programs or something from mathematics. If you are interested in a visit by students, please contact the mathematics student council. And if you are interested in a visit by a lecturer or a study advisor, please contact the study program coordinator.

Freiburg Seminar:
The Freiburg-Seminar promotes particularly qualified and interested students in the in the administrative district of Freiburg and, in special cases, enables them to study at school.

Scientific studies with degree:

• Study programs in mathematics
• Student advisory service of the Institute of Mathematics
• Information for prospective students
• Online Study Choice Assistant Mathematics

Pupil Studies:
Particularly gifted students may be able to take part in mathematics courses while still at school. Mathematics courses while still at school. This is organized by the „Freiburg Seminar“.

Guest auditor-Studies:
Interested personss can enroll as a guest student for a small fee. They participate in mathematics lectures and exercises and possibly also seminars. Which courses are suitable depends very much on the mathematical background. If you are interested, please contact the general student advisory service of the Institute of Mathematics.

• Course program of the Institute of Mathematicse
• Current events and news on the homepage of the Institute of Mathematics
• Calendar of events of the Institute of Mathematicse

YouTube channels:

• YouTube channel of the Mathematichen Institut, a.o. pre-course 2021 and many lectures.
• YouTube channel of Peter Pfaffelhuber, including pre-course 2020.

Videos on our focus areas:

• Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schmidt "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning" (YouTube)
• Prof. Dr. Patrick Dondl "Mathematical Structures in Shape Memory Metals" (YouTube).
• Brendan Stuber-Rousselle M.Sc. "Can a human prove more than a computer?" (YouTube).
• Prof. Dr. Nadine Große "Guitar or drum?" (YouTube)
• Luca Courte "What is Applied Mathematics?", presentation for the Open Day 2020.
  
  

Math songs (to prepare for an exam in summer 2020, via YouTube):

• Function Theory
• Numerics
• Algebra

Videos about the university and the study programs:

• Marius presents his study program
• Campus-Tour Natural Sciences Campus
• The university from above (via YouTube)
  (The Institute of Mathematicse is about three blocks to the left of the Rector's Office, starting at 0:22)
• More videos with students and lecturers in the Online Study Choice Assistant

Guest auditor-Studies:

• See under "Study Opportunities".

Scientific lectures:

• Current lecture announcements on the Mathematics Department home page.
• Longer-term dates in the Mathematics Department's calendar of events.

Didactic Seminar:
The didactic seminar takes place during the lecture period regularly every two weeks on Tuesdays during the lecture period and is aimed at teachers, students and all those who are interested in the topic of mathematics in schools.

• Link to the current program

Mathematics in Public:

• Freiburg Science Market: Every two years in the odd years.
• Science Days: Annually in the fall at Europark Rust.

Alumni/Alumnae Day and Summer Party
Annually, usually at the beginning of July in the lecture hall Rundbau and in the courtyard of the Institute of Physics.

Miscellaneous:

• Folding platonic bodies: Folding instructions (pdf)
• On the history of mathematics at the University of Freiburg

• The seven problems the Clay Institute is offering $1 million each to solve
• Mathematician of the day
• Mathematical quotation server
• Biographies of famous mathematicians
• Material on the history of mathematics
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• MathWorld
• And some recommended reading on the subject of mathematics!