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Free University of Berlin 1 Introduction The Freie Universit t Berlin lit Free University of Berlin often abbreviated as FU Berlin sometimes FUB is a renowned research university located in Berlin and one of the most prominent universities in Germany It is internationally known for its research in the humanities and social sciences as well as in the field of natural and life sciences Founded in West Berlin during the early Cold War period and born out of the increasingly Communist controlled Humboldt University its name refers to West Berlin s status as part of the free world as opposed to the Soviet occupied areas surrounding the city Freie Universit t Berlin was one of nine German universities to win in the German Universities Excellence Initiative a national competition for universities organized by the German federal government Winning a distinction for five doctoral programs three interdisciplinary research clusters some of them in cooperation with other universities and its overall institutional strategy as an International Network University Freie Universit t Berlin was the single most successful university in the initiative 2 Motto in English Truth Justice Liberty 3 Academic environment Today the district of Dahlem is a hotspot for research and culture Beside several institutes of the renowned Max Planck Society amongst others The Max Planck Institute for Research in Education MPIB the MPI for the History of Science the MPI for Molecular Genetics the Fritz Haber Institute FHI working in the fields of molecular physics and physical chemistry and the archive of the MPG the campus is also home to the Zuse Institute Berlin as well as some federal institutions like the Federal Institute for Materials Research BAM and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR The Berlin Geography Society founded in 1828 the Berlin University for Professional Studies and the German Archeological Institute DAI are also located on the campus In addition Dahlem is an important location for the Berlin State Museums group housing the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and the Museum of Asian Art 4 Academics 1 Admissions With 33 000 applicants for the undergraduate programs Bachelor in 2013 admissions at Freie Universit t remain highly competitive as the university only offers about 4 300 places each year Due to the high numbers of applicants most undergraduate programs at Freie Universit t have limitations determined through the NC The general deadline for students directly from high school applying to limited programs in the coming winter semester is July 15 every year at all universities in Germany In some cases especially Medicine and Psychology the NC every year is as high as 1 0 see Grades in Germany and Abitur Critical applicants which just scored slightly below the NC can be invited to an selective interview or an entry exam depending on the department faculty Applicants at Charit medical school who do not directly fulfill the NC criteria have to pass an entry exam which covers the basic fields of Mathematics Biology Chemistry and Physics in addition to passing a selective interview Both results are then added to the Abitur grade The final decision depends on the results of the competitors 2 Administration The executive board consists of the president Prof Dr Peter Andr Alt an executive vice president Dr Monika Sch fer Korting and three other vice presidents as well as the Director of Administration and Finance Peter Lange There are also supporting offices for Public Affairs and the General Counsel for legal affairs 3 Academic organization With 12 departments FB and three interdisciplinary central institutes the university can be seen as a universitas litterarum a traditional university where studies in all basic sciences is possible a Department of Biology Chemistry Pharmacy The department is split into three different institutes The Institute of Biology which specializes primarily in molecular botany microbiology neurobiology ecological processes and biodiversity the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry where research is focused on structural formation function and chemical reactivity stereoselective macromolecular synthesis and molecular medical and structural biochemistry and the Institute of Pharmacy the largest pharmaceutical training facility in Germany b Department of Earth Sciences The department is divided into the Institute of Geographical Sciences the Institute of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Meteorology Research focuses mainly on the interactive physical chemical and biological processes taking place within the Earth on the Earth s surface and the Earth s atmosphere as well as on the interactions between humans and the environment Since 1954 the Institute of Meteorology is the only institution apart from the National Weather Service of the USA who names the low and high pressure systems of the world c Department of History and Cultural Studies It consists of eight subunits the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of History the Art History Department the Department of Ancient Studies the Department of East Asia and the Middle East the Institute of Jewish Studies the Seminar for Catholic Theology the Institute of Comparative Ethics and the Institute for the Scientific Study of Religion d Department of Law The Department of Law is organized into three academic units civil law private law criminal law and public law Key topics of research in legal studies include Europeanization and international interlinking of law with emphases in the European and international law and comparative law but also in the international economic and regulatory law the law in social practice and age and demographic change within the field of law School of Business and Economics which contains two academic units Business Administration which is divided into the departments of Finance Accounting and Taxation Information Systems Management and Marketing Economics consisting of the departments of Economic Policy Economic Theory Public Economics and Statistics Econometrics e Department of Mathematics and Computer Science The department consists of the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Computer Science The department is the only one in the Berlin Brandenburg region offering degree programs in Bioinformatics Research activities of the Institute of Mathematics focus on numerical mathematics algebra analysis discrete mathematics and geometry cooperating with the Institute of Computer Science which focuses in the fields of artificial intelligence robotics scientific computing telematics and information processing in neural and computer networks The FU Fighters a team of scientists and students of the Institute of Computer Science developing autonomous football playing robots were very successful in the international RoboCup competition placing second in 1999 2000 and 2003 They won in the small size league in 2004 and 2005 Since 2006 the FU manoids teams are competing in the category humanoid kid size and placed second in the 2009 and 2010 RoboCup winning the Technical Challenge in 2010 f Department of Education and Psychology The Department of Education consists of 19 subdivisions and lies its emphasis in research on the anthropology of education empirical research on education schooling and classroom instruction school development research and intercultural education studies The Department of Psychology is split into 16 subunits with a wide spectrum of research g Department of Philosophy and Humanities The department contains the Institute of Philosophy the Institute of Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures the Peter Szondi Institute of Comparative Literature the Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures the Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures the Institute of English Language and Literature the Institute of Theater Studies and the Institute of Arts and Media Management h Department of Physics Traditionally rooted in fundamental research the Department of Physics is divided into the institutes of experimental physics theoretical physics and physics education Major areas of focus in the research activities within the department are solid state physics cluster physics surface physics biophysics and physics education i Department of Political and Social Science The Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science is the biggest political science institution in Germany Divided into nine units research at the Institute of Media and Communication Studies focuses on media change uncertainty crisis and risk communication and political communication and transformation of the public sphere Institute of Sociology and the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology j Department of Veterinary Medicine The department is one of five sites in Germany offering veterinary education and training and contains 20 academic units The veterinary research performed within the department traditionally lies in emphasis especially on food safety and product quality in foods from animal sources Despite the variety of subjects apart from computer science studies in the field of engineering can only be done at the Technical University or universities of applied science 5 Graduate Schools 1 Berlin Mathematical School 2 Graduate School of North American Studies 3 Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies 4 Muslim Cultures and Societies 5 Berlin Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies 6 Berlin School of Integrative Oncology 7 Graduate School of East Asian Studies 6 Teaching and learning Freie Universit t operates on a semester calendar where the winter term begins on October 1 and ends on March 31 The exact same model can be found at almost every university in Germany The time where lectures are being held varies each year normally beginning around mid October and ending as early as mid February Freie Universit t offers a broad spectrum of subjects in over 150 degree programs A speciality of the FU is the possibility to study a vast amount of small subjects e g theater and film studies Egyptology Byzantine studies Jewish studies Turkology Sinology Communication studies Meteorology Bioinformatics Biochemistry with a high level of specialization Due to the Bologna process most of the undergraduate programs are now leading to the three year Bachelor s degree with 180 ECTS At Freie Universit t Bachelor programs are generally divided into three categories a regular Bachelor called Mono Bachelor a combined Bachelor Kombi Bachelor consisting of two fields of studies and a combined Bachelor with a teaching option Besides the core subject s all students are required to complete a series of courses related to general professional skills ABV The old Diplom and Magister artium programs are still running but do not accept new admissions anymore In the fields of Medicine Veterinary Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy and the law students enroll in programs with Staatsexamen Freie Universit t also offers a variety of graduate degrees from the Master s degree to doctoral degrees Apart from the regular Master s programs there are a variety of international programs taught in English especially in the life sciences 1 Natural Science and Mathematics Master in Mathematics Biochemistry Chemistry Bioinformatics Physics Master in Polymer Science a joint program of the Big 3 FU TU HU in Berlin and the University of Potsdam Master in Statistics a joint program of the Big 3 and the Charit 2 Life Sciences Master in Applied Epidemiology at Charti in cooperation with the Robert Koch Institute RKI Master in Cerebrovascular Medicine at Charti in cooperation with the Max Delbr ck Center for Molecular Medicine MDC Master in Consumer Health Care at Charti Master in International Health at Charti Master in Epidemiology at Charti taught in German Master in Medical Neurosciences at Charti Master in Molecular Medicine at Charti Master in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience SCAN Master in Toxicology at Charti and University of Potsdam 3 Earth Sciences Master in Environmental Earth Sciences 4 Political Science and Law Master in European and International Business Competition and Regulatory Law a double degree program with the Institut d tudes politiques de Strasbourg Master in Political Science European and International Affairs a double degree program with the renowned Institut d tudes politiques de Paris Master in Public Policy Master in Global History Master in North American studies Master in Sociology European Societies Master in Visual and Media Anthropology 6 Veterinary Medicine 7 International Partnerships The Freie Universit t maintains wide ranging international contacts to other universities and organizations which provide key impulses for research and teaching In the 1950s the Freie Universit t had already established partnerships with leading universities in the United States such as the University of California System includingUniversity of California Berkeley University of California Los Angeles University of Chicago C