Free University of Berlin Freie Universität Berlin – FU Berlin (FUB) 

IAU-006426

Germany

top General Information

Address

Street:Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18

City:Berlin

Post Code:14195

WWW:http://www.fu-berlin.de

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1948 in response to the demand for the creation of a University in West Berlin. Reorganized and faculty structure replaced 1970. An independent body financially supported by the State of Berlin

Academic Year

October to July (October-February; April-July)

Admission Requirements

Secondary school certificate (Reifezeugnis). Certificate of excellent knowledge of German

Language(s)

German;English

Accrediting Agency

Akkreditierungsrat; Akkreditierungsagentur AQAS

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Günter M. Ziegler

Job title:President

Years of office:2018-


Senior Administrative Officer : Andrea Bör

Job title:Kanzler


International Relations Officer : Herbert Grieshop

Job title:Director, Office of International Affairs

top Divisions

Centre : Area Studies

Fields of study:Regional Studies

More details:Interdisciplinary


Centre : Complex Quantum Systems (DCCQS)

Fields of study:Physics

More details:Dahlem - Interdisciplinary


Centre : French Studies

Fields of study:French

More details:Interdisciplinary


Centre : Humanities

Fields of study:Arts and Humanities

More details:Dahlem


Centre : Italian Studies

Fields of study:Italian

More details:Interdisciplinary


Centre : Modern Greece (CeMoG)

Fields of study:Central European Studies

More details:Interdisciplinary


Department/Division : Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy

Fields of study:Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy


Department/Division : Earth Sciences

Fields of study:Earth Sciences, Geology, Meteorology


Department/Division : Economics

Fields of study:Business Administration, Economics


Department/Division : Education and Psychology

Fields of study:Educational Sciences, Primary Education, Psychology, Sports


Department/Division : History and Cultural Studies

Fields of study:History, Philosophy, Social Sciences


Department/Division : Law

Fields of study:Law


Department/Division : Mathematics and Computer Science

Fields of study:Mathematics and Computer Science


Department/Division : Philosophy and Humanities

Fields of study:Film, German, Music, Philosophy, Theatre


Department/Division : Physics

Fields of study:Physics


Department/Division : Political and Social Sciences

Fields of study:Advertising and Publicity, Communication Studies, Ethnology, Political Sciences, Sociology


Department/Division : Veterinary Science

Fields of study:Veterinary Science


Faculty : Medicine

Fields of study:Medicine

More details:Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin


Graduate School : Literary Studies

Fields of study:Literature

More details:Friedrich Schlegel


Graduate School : Mathematics

Fields of study:Mathematics

More details:Berlin


Graduate School : Muslim Cultures and Societies

Fields of study:Islamic Studies

More details:Berlin


Graduate School : North American Studies

Fields of study:American Studies


Graduate School : Regenerative Therapies

Fields of study:Rehabilitation and Therapy

More details:Berlin-Brandenburg


Institute : Eastern Europe Studies

Fields of study:Eastern European Studies


Institute : Latin American Studies

Fields of study:Latin American Studies


Institute : North American Studies

Fields of study:American Studies

More details:John F. Kennedy


Research Division : Languages ​of Emotion

Fields of study:Arts and Humanities

More details:Interdisciplinary

top Degrees

Bachelor's Degree

Fields of study:Advertising and Publicity, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Biology, Business Administration, Catalan, Chemistry, Computer Education, Computer Science, Contemporary History, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, East Asian Studies, Economics, Educational Sciences, Film, French, Geography, Geology, German, Greek, Greek (Classical), Health Sciences, Hebrew, History, Humanities and Social Science Education, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Korean, Latin, Latin American Studies, Law, Literature, Management, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Medicine, Meteorology, Modern Languages, Oriental Studies, Pharmacology, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Prehistory, Primary Education, Psychology, Religious Studies, Science Education, Social Sciences, Spanish, Special Education, Theatre, Veterinary Science


Master

Fields of study:Accountancy, Administrative Law, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Art History, Art Management, Biochemistry, Biology, Business Administration, Business Computing, Chemistry, Child Care and Development, Classical Languages, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Sciences, Commercial Law, Comparative Literature, Computer Education, Computer Science, Contemporary History, Dance, Dutch, Earth Sciences, East Asian Studies, Eastern European Studies, Ecology, Economics, Educational Sciences, English, English Studies, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, European Languages, European Studies, European Union Law, Film, Finance, Foreign Languages Education, Gender Studies, Geography, Geology, German, Germanic Studies, Greek, History, Humanities and Social Science Education, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Business, International Relations and Diplomacy, Islamic Studies, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Korean, Latin American Studies, Law, Literature, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Medieval Studies, Meteorology, Modern History, Musicology, Native Language Education, Neurosciences, Persian, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Prehistory, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Public Health, Publishing and Book Trade, Religion, Religious Education, Romance Languages, Science Education, Social and Preventive Medicine, Social Sciences, Sociology, Taxation, Theatre, Turkish, Veterinary Science


PhD

Fields of study:African Studies, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Languages, Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Arabic, Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine, Botany, Business Administration, Business Computing, Cardiology, Catholic Theology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Crystallography, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, Dutch, Earth Sciences, East Asian Studies, Ecology, Econometrics, Economics, Education, Educational Sciences, Engineering, English, Ethics, Ethnology, Film, Finance, Genetics, Geography (Human), Geophysics, German, Greek (Classical), Health Sciences, History, Immunology, International Relations and Diplomacy, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Latin, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Medicine, Meteorology, Middle Eastern Studies, Molecular Biology, Musicology, Neurology, Neurosciences, Oncology, Oriental Languages, Oriental Studies, Paediatrics, Persian, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Plant Pathology, Political Sciences, Prehistory, Protestant Theology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology, Regional Studies, Religion, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Social Sciences, Sociology, Solid State Physics, South and Southeast Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Statistics, Surveying and Mapping, Theatre, Turkish, Veterinary Science


Habilitation

Fields of study:Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Cultural Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, History, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Medicine, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Veterinary Science

Note

Also Double Bachelor and Master's Degrees with other international universities (in France, China, Romania, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, Switzerland, Greece, Thailand). Combined Bachelor's Degree Programmes; Combined Bachelor's Degree Programmes with Teacher Training Option (Lehramt); Staatsexam in Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, Dentistry; First Exam (Erste juristische Prüfung) in Law. English-language Master's Degree Programmes in areas such as: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics and Computer sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration

top Student & Staff Numbers

Staff

Statistics Year:2018-2019

Full Time Total:358

Students

Statistics Year:2019-2020

Total:40867

Updated on 24-05-2020