Free University of Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin

Seal of the Freie Universität Berlin
Latin: Universitas Libera Berolinensis
Motto	Veritas, Iustitia, Libertas (Latin)
Motto in English	Truth, Justice, Liberty
Type	Public
Established	1948
Budget	414 Mio. € (2012, without the Charité) State: 302 Mio. € External: 112 Mio. €
President	Peter-André Alt since 2010
Academic staff	430 professors (incl. 94 junior professors)
Students	34,518 (WS 2013/14)[1]
Address	Freie Universität Berlin Kaiserswerther Straße 16-18 14195 Berlin , Dahlem , Berlin , Germany
Campus	Suburban and Urban 1.8 km2 (180 ha)
Colors	Light Green   / Dark Blue
Nickname	FU, sometimes "FUB"
Affiliations	UNICA, EUA, German Excellence Initiative, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), German U15, Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Website	www.fu-berlin.de/en

The Freie Universität Berlin ("Free University of Berlin", often abbreviated as FU Berlin) is a university in Berlin. It is known for its research in the humanities and social sciences, as well as in the field of natural and life sciences. The university was founded in Berlin-Dahlem, a district in the south west of Berlin during the time of the Cold War in 1948. Today, the university has three bigger campuses: the main campus Dahlem, the Campus Düppel with animal clinics and other institutes related to veterinary medicine and the Geocampus in Lankwitz, which is home to the Department of Earth Sciences. The medical department of the FU Berlin is part of the Charité - University Medicine Berlin, a joint institution with the Humboldt University. The university library has a total of about 8.5 million volumes and is the biggest university library system in Germany.^[2] Freie Universität has over 400 partner universities all over the world, many of them through the ERASMUS programme. According to various international rankings, Freie Universität is one of the best universities in Germany.^[3][4] In 2007 (and 2012 again), the Freie Universität was one of eleven universities to be successful in the German Excellence Initiative, a national competition by the German government. University alumni include five Nobel Prize winners and 15 winners of the national Leibniz Prize.

1. ↑ "Facts and Figures". Freie Universität. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
2. ↑ "Universitätsbibliothek der FU". University Library of Freie Universität. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
3. ↑ "Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013". Times Higher Education. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
4. ↑ "QS World University Rankings 2013 Results". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved October 4, 2013.