History of enterprises and industries

A teaching programme

Since 2016, the « History of Enterprises and Industries» programme, established at the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Fribourg, has led to the following achievements:

• The development of Bachelor's and Master's courses in a variety of fields, ranging from historical methodologies of working in company archives to the history of the watchmaking industry, the history of Swiss companies in Asia, etc.
• The organisation of six themed public mini-colloquiums on the history of businesses, involving students, guest professors and lecturers from various European universities.
• The establishment of a cooperation agreement between the universities of Fribourg and Osaka in the field of contemporary history, enabling Master's level students to spend one semester or two semesters at the respective partner university.
• The conducting of six days of documentary research in the archives of Longines and the "Centre jurassien d'archives et de recherches CEJARE", as part of the Bachelor's course on company archives and their processing. 

For the period 2024 - 2027
The University of Fribourg is seeking donors interested in supporting this teaching programme.

Thanks to your support

• The development of interesting and promising topics can be offered to students at the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Fribourg.
• Students at the University of Fribourg have the opportunity to study in Osaka for one semester or two semesters.

The University of Fribourg Foundation is committed to

• Ensuring excellent visibility to its donors.
• Submitting an annual report at the end of each academic year.