CONTENT ―

Slide II

4 Numbers in a Nutshell

5-10 HISTORY

11 Freie Universität Berlin in the

Excellence Initiative
International Strategy

Direct Exchange Programs
Programs
Example: USA Program
Liaison Offices

´16-7 CAMPUS

Fair, Spbu
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 ―

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

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

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● 1966
● From

1975

Freie Universität Berlin develops into a large-scale university with 65,000 students

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

2007 and 2012 and 2019
University of Excellence status
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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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Spbu

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

Spbu

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

Paulo
New Delhi
Beijing
Moscow
Freie Universität Berlin
Cairo