Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (German: Freie Universität Berlin, also known as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is one of eleven elite German research universities participating in the German Universities Excellence Initiative, and it is consistently ranked among Germany's top ten universities overall, with particular strengths in political science and the humanities. It is ranked as a top university in international university rankings. The Free University of Berlin maintains extensive international contacts with leading universities and organizations, which provide the critical impetus for research and teaching.
Since 2007, this university has been one of the leading institutions in science and education due to its diverse network. It has approximately 33,000 students across its departments, with 13 percent international students enrolled in bachelor's programs and 27 percent international students enrolled in master's programs. This university wishes to ensure a future worth living for by offering efficient programs and ensuring that its students acquire the necessary skills to meet the challenges that society faces today.
The Free University of Berlin maintains wide-ranging international contacts to top universities and organizations which provide key impulses for research and teaching. In the 1950s, the Free University of Berlin had already established partnerships with leading universities in the United States such as the University of California System (including University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Santa Cruz), University of Chicago, Cornell University, Stanford University (which also has a small campus within the FU), Duke University, Princeton University, Yale University, and Columbia University, as well as with Western European universities like the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Sussex and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
Website: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en
