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WP 20300 Meeting 28 April 2006 Freiberg
University of Mining and Technology 09599
Freiberg, Germany Alte Mensa, Obermarkt,
Petersstr. 5, Bergmannszimmer
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• Some facts about Freiberg
• 800-year-old mining and university town
• built on the silver mining industry
• at the foot of the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge)
• about 46.000 inhabitants today

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The University Freiberg University of Mining and
Technology is with its 3,750 students the
smallest of the technical universities in Saxony.
Founded in 1765 as a Mining Academy the oldest
university of mining and metallurgy in the
world. Highlights

• Freiberg is the only university in Germany that
  runs a mine for teaching, research and exhibition
  purposes
• Freudenstein Castle will host the biggest
  mineralogical collection from 2008.
• Faculties on Mathematics and Computer Science /
  Chemistry and Physics / Geosciences,
  Geotechnology and Mining / Mechanical
  Engineering, Process and Energy Engineering /
  Materials Science and Materials Technology /
  Economics and Business Administration /
  Interdisciplinary Ecological Center

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AGENDA
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