Free University of Berlin

NUMBERS IN A NUTSHELL
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Approx.
30,000
students
Approx.
4,500
doctoral
students
Over
450
professors
Over
4,000
members
of staff
From around
150
countries in
the world
NUMBERS IN
A NUTSHELL
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HISTORY
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University of Berlin (later Humboldt-
Universität zu Berlin) revokes teaching and
study permits of critics of the
Soviet regime
On December 4, with support from the
USA, students and professors found a
free university to teach, learn and
conduct research free of political influence
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● 1948
● 1963
John F. Kennedy visits
Freie Universität Berlin

Name Nachname | XX.XX.2017 | Hier steht der Veranstaltungsname
● 1963

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● 1963
»The Free University must be
interested in turning out citizens
of the world and men who are
willing to commit their energies
to the advancement of a free
society.« John F. Kennedy, 1963

Freie Universität Berlin becomes a
focal point of the student movement
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● 1966
● From
1975
Freie Universität Berlin develops
into a large-scale university with
65,000 students

Financial and structural support for
the development and redefinition
of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Name Nachname | XX.XX.2017 | Hier steht der Veranstaltungsname
● After
1989
● 2007
and
2012
Freie Universität Berlin awarded
the status of
German University of Excellence

FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
IN THE
EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
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Excellence for Freie Universität Berlin,
2007 and 2012 and 2019
University of Excellence status
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INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK UNIVERSITY
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Internationalization at Freie Universität Berlin:
a basic orientation guiding all activities and
a tool to further advance the university’s
performance
Specific goals:
Recruit and retain outstanding talent from
abroad
Foster international mobility for all university
members
Develop innovative programs and projects
in research and teaching
Focus on selected, mutually beneficial
partnerships
Create a campus of diversity
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Direct Exchange Programs
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Programs
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The Direct Exchange Program offers
Study abroad at the leading universities in the respective countries
Preferential enrollment and a waiver of tuition fees at all partner universities
Additional benefits such as free housing or stipends of up to 20,000 USD at some universities
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95 direct
partnerships
350 partnerships
within the
ERASMUS
network
450
universities in
the world

Example: USA Program
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Undergraduate
Columbia University, NY
Duke University, NC
Indiana University, IN
Reed College, OR
Western Michigan University, MI
University of Chicago, IL
University of Pennsylvania, PA
University of Minnesota, MN
Hampshire College, MA
Johns Hopkins University, MD
Tulane University, LA
University of California System, CA
UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Riverside,
UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced
University of Colorado, CO
University of Maryland, MD
Graduate
Cornell University, NY
Dartmouth College, NH
Duke University, NC
Emory University, GA
Indiana University, IN
New York University, NY
Johns Hopkins University, MD
Vanderbilt University, TN
PhD
Princeton University, NJ
Stanford University, CA
University of Michigan, MI
Yale University (FOX-Program), CN

LIAISON OFFICES
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São Paulo
New Delhi
Beijing
Moscow
Freie Universität Berlin
Cairo

CAMPUS
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