Freiberg Alumni Network
Welcome to Freiberg Alumni Network.
You have studied, researched, taught or worked at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg? Then you have come to the right place. You are a part of the university and we would like to stay in touch with you. The Freiberg Alumni Network, FAN for short, is the link to your former university.
If you register, you will stay informed, receive regular newsletters and can participate in special alumni events.
The motto of the Freiberg Alumni Network is: We stay in touch!
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| Oct. 30, 2025
Fermentation residues from biogas plants to become green chemicals
In the innovation alliance biogeniV, TU Bergakademie Freiberg is working with partners to research a new process for converting regionally available residual materials, such as fermentation residues from biogas plants, into green chemicals based on methanol. Two new research projects have been launched as part of the "WIR! - Innovation and Structural Change" programme with funding approval from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space: the "Residue drying" project and the "Residue gasification" project. The innovation alliance biogeniV is coordinated by the Hanseatic city of Anklam.
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News
| Oct. 28, 2025
Special honour for exceptional commitment
The University Medal is one of the highest honours awarded by TU Bergakademie Freiberg to members of the university. Today (28 October 2025), the university awarded this honour to Professor Carsten Drebenstedt.
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| Oct. 27, 2025
Exceptional commitment to the Alma Mater Fribergensis: Doris and Hans-Joachim Jagnow establish endowment fund
Alumnus of the Bergakademie Dr Hans-Joachim Jagnow and his wife would like to contribute to research funding, particularly for future energy supply, with a foundation. The engineer studied at Freiberg University from 1955 to 1960. He has remained connected to his educational institution to this day and is now making a generous donation to the university foundation. The new "Doris und Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Jagnow-Stiftungsfonds" will be administered by the "Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg" foundation and will be used primarily for innovative research approaches in energy process engineering.
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| Oct. 23, 2025
"40 years of the Kustodie - preserving, researching and communicating knowledge": special exhibition shows highlights and unknowns
Since 1985, the Custody of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg has been preserving, documenting and researching twelve collections with around 15,000 objects from the university's 260-year history. With an exhibition at Freudenstein Castle, the Custody shows why these tasks are an essential part of a modern university. Highlights from the collections will be on display, as well as previously unknown objects.
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| Oct. 21, 2025
"Welcome to TUBAF": Ceremonial start of studies for around 1,500 first-year students
The TU Bergakademie Freiberg welcomed its new students on 21 October 2025 with a matriculation ceremony in the Alte Mensa in Freiberg city centre. For the first time, the new TUBAF Rector, Professor Jutta Emes, performed the ceremonial matriculation of the students. Around 1,500 students have enrolled for the 2025/26 winter semester so far. Enrolment is still possible until November.
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