Home | Faculty of Science and Medicine

Faculty of Science and Medicine

At the Faculty of Science and Medicine of the University of Fribourg, we teach the next generation of scientists and doctors, with a particular focus on life sciences, biomedicine, and nanomaterials. We train them to face the future challenges of our society.

BIOLOGY

Key role of the brain in the evolution of food choices in fruit flies

To survive in a new environment, animals have to be capable of adjusting their food preferences to the food available. By studying fruit flies, scientists at the University of Fribourg working in collaboration…

All news

HEALTH

Microscope imaging gets a smartphone boost

Physicists from the University of Fribourg have developed a groundbreaking iteration of the fluorescence microscope using smartphone technology. Both highly affordable and portable, their device could…

All news

DIES ACADEMICUS

Docteur honoris causa 2025

Le 14 Novembre, Alain Berset, le docteur honoris causa de la Faculté des sciences et de médecine a donné une conférence publique sur la campus. Le lendemain, lors du Dies Academicus, il a officiellement…