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Albrecht Daniel Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute Thaer-Institute Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN CAMPUS MITTE AND CAMPUS NORD In the framework of many ex- change programmes the univer- sity sends students into the whole world and welcomes stu- dents from all regions on earth every year. THE MODERN CLASSIC OF THE REFORM UNIVERSITY The pioneering ideas of 1810 are as relevant today as they were two hundred years ago. Wilhelm von Humboldt and a select group of contemporaries were the first to call for the independen- ce of academia, to envision the integration of the natural, social sciences and humanities and to demand the unity of research and teaching: none of these concepts have lost their relevance. The university they founded developed into a forum for lively di- scussion among eminent scholars like the philosopher Hegel, the law professor Savigny and the medical scientist Hufeland. Following the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, the alma mater became the largest and most renowned university in Ger- many, home to 29 Nobel Prize winners like Max Planck, Robert Koch or Fritz Haber. Prominent historical figures like Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Heine and Karl Marx were students here. Owing to this newly gained attention, Humboldt’s ideas spread around the globe and inspired the creation of many akin universi- ties. During National Socialism (from 1933 until 1945), the university ex- perienced the most reprehensible period in its history: among its staff and students were many enthusiastic supporters of the Natio- nal Socialism regime. There are few examples of resistance to the regime or the countless crimes that were committed against huma- nity. This made a new beginning from the physical and moral ashes all the more difficult in 1945. Yet, as early as 1946, lectures were held again in the heavily damaged main building, albeit under the watchful eyes of the Soviet occupying power. In 1949, the universi- ty parted with its old name, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, and was renamed after the Humboldt brothers Wilhelm and Alexander. Under the influence of the higher education reforms in the GDR, the content and structure of degree courses as well as the condi- tions under which research was conducted altered increasingly and reflected the Communist ideology. It was not until German reunification in 1990 that the university could break new ground on the one hand and tie into older traditions on the other. CAMPUS ADLERSHOF Student's village UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS AND THE HUMBOLDT-FORUM In over three hundred years of research and teaching, the uni- versity has accumulated a true treasury of objects. One hund- red different scientific collections house over three million items - ranging from specimen collected during the travels of Alexander von Humboldt, to the Physical Cabinet, the Natural Sciences Collection and the Chemical Laboratory, to name but a few. Many are on permanent display, such as the impressive collection of ancient statues and reliefs cast in plaster. With over 25 million objects, the Natural Sciences Collection is located in the Natural History Museum, which was Founded in 1889 and became a member of the prestigious scientific asso- ciation G.W. Leibniz in 2009. The collection includes the best preserved fossil of the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx lithgografi- ca and the world's largest mounted dinosaur skeleton of a Bra- chiosaurus. Among the university's most treasured collections are also the Anatomical Collection, dating back to medical scientist Rudolf Virchow, the collection of ancient artefacts, the archive of sounds and the private library of the brothers Grimm. A large part of the objects came to the university when Wilhelm von Humboldt decreed that the scientific institutes of the Berlin Sozietät and the Academy of the Sciences should be merged with the university. Large parts of the art chamber of the former Berlin palace became property of the university for research and teaching purposes. Today, the art chamber is the core of the "Humboldt-Forum", a city-wide collaboration of Humboldt-Universität, the Central and Regional Library Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Once the city palace has been reconstructed in the vicinity of Humboldt-Universität's main building, the university will organise exhibitions and events there to provide a acade- mic context for the dialogue with non-European cultures and thus create a platform for the sciences. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS For a first-rate university, international exchange in research and study is a matter of course. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has academic partnerships with nearly 400 Erasmus partners in Eu- rope, with over 200 university partners worldwide, with partners in two Erasmus Mundus programmes and four Erasmus Mun- dus External Cooperation Windows Programmes with over 1,500 mobile students. All partnerships were formed on the basis of research collaboration at the faculty level. Among these over 500 partners, the university management cooperates closely with twenty strategic partners. This network spans the globe, as Humboldt-Universität has traditional ties with countries in most regions of the world: strong cooperation in research and tea- ching exists with North, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia, the USA, Asia, Cuba and Southern Africa. The intensifi- cation of relations with universities in South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand is currently being pursued. Humboldt-Universität is one of the leading German universities as far as internationalisation is concerned. For example, 16 % of its student body comes from abroad, it conducts the largest Eastern Partnership Programme of the German Academic Ex- change Service (DAAD) and boasts over 100 DAAD scholarship holders. In total more than 800 students complement their stu- dies abroad every year, and about 1,200 international students spend periods of their studies at HU. Every year, about 800 academics from abroad spend time at Berlin's oldest university and researchers from Humboldt-Universität are welcomed at many different international universities where they conduct projects or field studies and teach as guest lecturers. Humboldt-Universität helps students with the preparation of their study time abroad and provides consultation to internatio- nal students and academics on all questions relating to their stay in Berlin. Through the creation of international networks, intercultural research and teaching are thus being furthered. FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS Today, the former Palais of Prince Heinrich on the avenue Unter den Linden, is the representative seat of the university As an in- tegral part of Berlin's marvelous city centre, it draws many visi- tors every year. The institutes of the Humboldt-Universität are grouped into three main campuses. Campus Mitte – rich in tra- dition – is home to the Arts and Humanities, Law, Economics and Business Studies as well as Theology. On the picturesque Campus Nord, the Life Sciences are concentrated. Mathematics and the Natural Sciences are located on the modern, high-tech Campus Adlershof. The face of Campus Nord is still being developed, as several in- stitutions and facilities will be constructed or relocated here to be in the immediate vicinity of the medical school Charité. Once this process is complete, Campus Nord will be associated simul- taneously with modern, cutting-edge scientific institutions, such as the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, and with noteworthy artefacts of Berlin's architectural history, desi- gned by prominent architects such as Carl Gotthard Langhans. While historical buildings are being refurbished on Campus Nord, modern and functional buildings were recently construc- ted on the Mathematics and Natural Science Campus Adlershof. Nonetheless, the area is rich in scientific history: in 1909, the first German motor-propelled aircraft took off from an airstrip in Adlershof. In GDR times, the physical and chemical research in- stitutions of the Academy of Sciences were located in Adlershof. Today it is the venue of one of the largest technology parks in Europe and forms an important part of the "city for research, economics and the media", where academics of Humboldt-Uni- versität conduct their research in active exchange with twelve non-university research institutions and over 400 technology- oriented enterprises. The Erwin-Schrödinger- Zentrum is the university’s communication and congress centre on the Campus Adlershof. The mask of Agamemnon from the collections of the Winckelmann-Institute The "Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universität zu Berlin" around 1852. Engraving by F. Hirschheim after C. Würbs HU Education through learning 7-2014 EN_Flyer_english_100210.qxd 25.07.14 15:23 Seite 2
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HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN CAMPUS MITTE AND CAMPUS NORD
In the framework of many ex-change programmes the univer-sity sends students into thewhole world and welcomes stu-dents from all regions on earthevery year.
THE MODERN CLASSIC OF THE REFORM UNIVERSITY
The pioneering ideas of 1810 are as relevant today as they weretwo hundred years ago. Wilhelm von Humboldt and a selectgroup of contemporaries were the first to call for the independen-ce of academia, to envision the integration of the natural, socialsciences and humanities and to demand the unity of researchand teaching: none of these concepts have lost their relevance. The university they founded developed into a forum for lively di-scussion among eminent scholars like the philosopher Hegel, thelaw professor Savigny and the medical scientist Hufeland.
Following the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, the almamater became the largest and most renowned university in Ger-many, home to 29 Nobel Prize winners like Max Planck, RobertKoch or Fritz Haber. Prominent historical figures like Otto vonBismarck, Heinrich Heine and Karl Marx were students here.Owing to this newly gained attention, Humboldt’s ideas spreadaround the globe and inspired the creation of many akin universi-ties.
During National Socialism (from 1933 until 1945), the university ex-perienced the most reprehensible period in its history: among itsstaff and students were many enthusiastic supporters of the Natio-nal Socialism regime. There are few examples of resistance to theregime or the countless crimes that were committed against huma-nity. This made a new beginning from the physical and moral ashesall the more difficult in 1945. Yet, as early as 1946, lectures wereheld again in the heavily damaged main building, albeit under thewatchful eyes of the Soviet occupying power. In 1949, the universi-ty parted with its old name, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, andwas renamed after the Humboldt brothers Wilhelm and Alexander.
Under the influence of the higher education reforms in the GDR,the content and structure of degree courses as well as the condi-tions under which research was conducted altered increasinglyand reflected the Communist ideology. It was not until Germanreunification in 1990 that the university could break new groundon the one hand and tie into older traditions on the other.
CAMPUS ADLERSHOF
Student'svillage
UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS AND THE HUMBOLDT-FORUM
In over three hundred years of research and teaching, the uni-versity has accumulated a true treasury of objects. One hund-red different scientific collections house over three millionitems - ranging from specimen collected during the travels ofAlexander von Humboldt, to the Physical Cabinet, the NaturalSciences Collection and the Chemical Laboratory, to name buta few. Many are on permanent display, such as the impressivecollection of ancient statues and reliefs cast in plaster.
With over 25 million objects, the Natural Sciences Collection islocated in the Natural History Museum, which was Founded in1889 and became a member of the prestigious scientific asso-ciation G.W. Leibniz in 2009. The collection includes the bestpreserved fossil of the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx lithgografi-ca and the world's largest mounted dinosaur skeleton of a Bra-chiosaurus. Among the university's most treasured collectionsare also the Anatomical Collection, dating back to medicalscientist Rudolf Virchow, the collection of ancient artefacts, thearchive of sounds and the private library of the brothersGrimm.
A large part of the objects came to the university when Wilhelmvon Humboldt decreed that the scientific institutes of the BerlinSozietät and the Academy of the Sciences should be mergedwith the university. Large parts of the art chamber of the formerBerlin palace became property of the university for research andteaching purposes.
Today, the art chamber is the core of the "Humboldt-Forum", a city-wide collaboration of Humboldt-Universität, the Centraland Regional Library Berlin and the Prussian Cultural HeritageFoundation. Once the city palace has been reconstructed in thevicinity of Humboldt-Universität's main building, the universitywill organise exhibitions and events there to provide a acade-mic context for the dialogue with non-European cultures andthus create a platform for the sciences.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
For a first-rate university, international exchange in research andstudy is a matter of course. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hasacademic partnerships with nearly 400 Erasmus partners in Eu-rope, with over 200 university partners worldwide, with partnersin two Erasmus Mundus programmes and four Erasmus Mun-dus External Cooperation Windows Programmes with over 1,500mobile students. All partnerships were formed on the basis ofresearch collaboration at the faculty level. Among these over 500partners, the university management cooperates closely withtwenty strategic partners. This network spans the globe, asHumboldt-Universität has traditional ties with countries in mostregions of the world: strong cooperation in research and tea-ching exists with North, Central and Eastern Europe as well asRussia, the USA, Asia, Cuba and Southern Africa. The intensifi-cation of relations with universities in South America, Africa,Australia and New Zealand is currently being pursued.
Humboldt-Universität is one of the leading German universitiesas far as internationalisation is concerned. For example, 16 % ofits student body comes from abroad, it conducts the largest Eastern Partnership Programme of the German Academic Ex-change Service (DAAD) and boasts over 100 DAAD scholarshipholders. In total more than 800 students complement their stu-dies abroad every year, and about 1,200 international studentsspend periods of their studies at HU.
Every year, about 800 academics from abroad spend time at Berlin'soldest university and researchers from Humboldt-Universität arewelcomed at many different international universities where theyconduct projects or field studies and teach as guest lecturers.
Humboldt-Universität helps students with the preparation oftheir study time abroad and provides consultation to internatio-nal students and academics on all questions relating to theirstay in Berlin. Through the creation of international networks,intercultural research and teaching are thus being furthered.
FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS
Today, the former Palais of Prince Heinrich on the avenue Unterden Linden, is the representative seat of the university As an in-tegral part of Berlin's marvelous city centre, it draws many visi-tors every year. The institutes of the Humboldt-Universität aregrouped into three main campuses. Campus Mitte – rich in tra-dition – is home to the Arts and Humanities, Law, Economicsand Business Studies as well as Theology. On the picturesqueCampus Nord, the Life Sciences are concentrated. Mathematicsand the Natural Sciences are located on the modern, high-techCampus Adlershof.
The face of Campus Nord is still being developed, as several in-stitutions and facilities will be constructed or relocated here tobe in the immediate vicinity of the medical school Charité. Oncethis process is complete, Campus Nord will be associated simul-taneously with modern, cutting-edge scientific institutions, suchas the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, andwith noteworthy artefacts of Berlin's architectural history, desi-gned by prominent architects such as Carl Gotthard Langhans.
While historical buildings are being refurbished on CampusNord, modern and functional buildings were recently construc-ted on the Mathematics and Natural Science Campus Adlershof.Nonetheless, the area is rich in scientific history: in 1909, thefirst German motor-propelled aircraft took off from an airstrip inAdlershof. In GDR times, the physical and chemical research in-stitutions of the Academy of Sciences were located in Adlershof.Today it is the venue of one of the largest technology parks inEurope and forms an important part of the "city for research,economics and the media", where academics of Humboldt-Uni-versität conduct their research in active exchange with twelvenon-university research institutions and over 400 technology-oriented enterprises.
The Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum is the university’scommunication and congress centre on the Campus Adlershof.
The mask of Agamemnonfrom the collections of theWinckelmann-Institute
The "Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin" around1852. Engraving by F. Hirschheim after C. Würbs
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DATES & NUMBERS (without Charité)
FACULTIES AND INSTITUTES
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Scien-cess Archaeologys Asien/Africa Studiess Education Studiess Cultural History and Theorys Art and Visual Historys Musicology and Media Studies s Rehabilitation Studiess Social Sciencess Sport Sciencess Gender Studies
Faculty of Life Sciencess Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute ofAgricultural and HorticulturalSciences
s Biologys Psychology
Faculty of Mathematics and NaturalSciences s Chemistrys Computer Sciencess Geographys Mathematicss Physics
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Is Philosophys Historys European Ethnologys Library and Information Science
Faculty of Arts and Humanities IIs Literatures Linguisticss Scandinavian Studiess Romance Literature and Linguisticss English and American Studiess Slavic Studiess Hungarian Studiess Classical Philology
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
PROJECTS OF THE EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCEs Topoi – The Formation and Transfor-mation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations
s NeuroCure – Towards a Better Out-come of Neurological Disorders (Charité)
s Image Knowledge Gestaltungs UniCat – Integral Concepts of Catalysis
GRADUATE SCHOOLSs Humboldt Graduate Schools Berlin School of Integrative Oncology(Charité)
s SALSA – School of Analytical Scien-ces Adlershof
s Berlin School of Mind and Brains Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (Charité)
s Berlin Mathematical School
UNIVERSITY CENTRES
s Central Unit – Language Centres Central Unit – University Librarys Computer and Media Services Central Unit – Sport and Recreations Central Institute – Centre for British Studies
s Central Institute – Professional School of Education
Students 33,540 students in the winter semester 2013/14
Studying at HU 185 degree courses
Research 10 Collaborative Research Centres, 14 Research Training Groups
Cooperation Over 400 Erasmus partnerships, over 150 university partnerships,
15 % international students, 4,989 international exchange students
Collaboration 57 collaborative professors, 17 foundation professors
Staff 1,825 lectureships and research assistantships; 428 professorships
Budget 318 million euro total, 96 million third-party funding
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Education through learning and research
FACULTIES, INSTITUTES, INSTITUTIONS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office of Public RelationsUnter den Linden 6, rooms 3002, 3048Phone +49 30 2093-2946, Fax [email protected] www.hu-berlin.de/pr
Student Service Center
Counselling and AdministrationMonday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9 am-11 am, 1pm-3 pm; Wednesday: 9 am-11 am, 1 pm-4 pm; Friday: 9 am-11 am
Information DeskInitial information and clearingPhone +49 30 2093-70250, Fax [email protected]
Compass. The Central Information ServicePhone +49 30 [email protected] 9:30 am-5:00 pm
International Office Unter den Linden 6Phone +49 30 2093-2565, Fax [email protected]
Incoming Students Offices
Exchange students Unter den Linden 6, room 2245aPhone +49 30 2093-2221, Fax [email protected]
Application advice for international students, entering for complete degreecoursesUnter den Linden 6, room 2257Phone +49 30 2093-2400, Fax [email protected]
International Club – Orbis Humboldtianus Unter den Linden 6, room 3120Phone: +49 30 2093-2221 [email protected]
Summer and Winter UniversityPhone +49 30 2093-2705, Fax [email protected]://huwisu.de/
Humboldt Graduate SchoolLuisenstraße 56, room 217Phone +49 30 2093-1719, Fax [email protected]://humboldt-graduate-school.de
Alumni OfficeUnter den Linden 6, room 3109Phone +49 30 2093-2838, Fax [email protected]/alumni
Research DepartmentZiegelstraße 13c, room 421Phone +49 30 2093-1636, Fax [email protected]://forschung.hu-berlin.de
Family Support CentreUnter den Linden 6, room 1108Phone: + 49 30 2093-2191, Fax [email protected]/familienbuero
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Translation: Esther von Richthofen,
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Layout: Heike Zappe
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As of July 2014
Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinUnter den Linden 610099 BerlinPhone +49 30 2093-0Fax +49 30 2093-2770www.hu-berlin.de
STUDYING IN THE HEART OF BERLIN
Every year over 7,000 young people decide to embark on theirstudies at Humboldt-Universität in the heart of Berlin. There ishardly any other place where they can choose from the same va-riety: 185 degree courses –among them 21 international Ma-ster's with lectures and seminars held in English.
Humboldt-Universität was one of the first universities to introduceBachelor's and Master's degrees in 2001. The name Humboldt-Universität is well known throughout the world, and the internatio-nally recognised degrees open all doors for our graduates.
Courses are held at the traditional institutes of Campus Mitte,the picturesque Campus Nord or on the modern Natural ScienceCampus Adlershof. The university library, the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, gives access to more than four million booksand periodicals in open stacks or by ordering them via the Internet.
Beyond the academic framework, Humboldt-Universität offers awide range of extra-curricular activities. Nearly 100 differentsports bring movement onto the campus; and the LanguageCentre offers a broad variety of courses not only ranging fromArabic to sign language, but also including German languagecourses for international students at many different levels.
Apart from the general and subject-specific advice and consulta-tion services common to large universities, Humboldt-Univer-sität offers a supplementary counselling and support network tostudents, thus providing legal, social as well as psychologicalguidance. Child care is offered on Campus Mitte and CampusAdlershof to support young parents during their studies. Further-more, specific programmes help top athletes to combine theirdegree course with intensive training.
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN
Two hundred years ago, in 1810, Wilhelm von Humboldt's vision ofa new type of university became reality. The newly founded Prussianalma mater was the first to introduce the unity of research and tea-ching, to uphold the ideal of research without restrictions and toprovide a comprehensive education for its students. These princi-ples of Wilhelm von Humboldt and a select group of contempora-ries soon became general practice throughout the world. A new eraof university and academic research had begun.
2010 marked the 200th anniversary of the Humboldt-Universität.Numerous events from October 2009 to December 2010 honouredthe ideas of its founding fathers. In dialogue with the city of Berlin,the alma mater celebrated science, research and teaching, and therelevance of Humboldt’s founding principles for the present day.
During it’s history, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has undergo-ne many profound changes. The most recent reformation followedthe Peaceful Revolution in East Germany in 1989. Many new out-standing professors were appointed from East and West, from Ger-many and from abroad.
As one of eleven German universities, the Humboldt-Universitätwas chosen “University of Excellence” in June 2012. It was success-ful in all three funding lines in the third round of the Excellence Initi-ative of the German federal and state governments and awarded forits future concept “Educating Enquiring Minds: Individuality –Openness – Guidance”. In an international comparison, Humboldt-Universität ranks among the top ten of German universities. Scien-tists here research socially relevant topics and challenges of the futu-re and communicate these with the public. Humboldt-Universität in-vests all its energy in being a place of excellent research and tea-ching. It’s aim is to promote young talents and to positively influen-ce society and economy outside the university framework.
"Something which affects me personallymore directly than anything else is theestablishment of a new university here inBerlin."
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1810)
With regard to ResearchTraining Groups and Gradu-ate Schools, Humboldt-Uni-versität zu Berlin has beenamong the top German uni-versities to acquire third-party funds for such pro-jects for many years.
People from all over theworld study and work at nine faculties which are accommodated in over 300buildings across Berlin andBrandenburg.
RESEARCH AT HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT
Research at the Humboldt-Universität goes beyond the traditionaldivision of humanities and social sciences on one hand and natu-ral and life sciences on the other. Interdisciplinarity is key to all re-search efforts. The Berlin School of Mind and Brain, is a vividexample of experts working closely together to grasp today’s rele-vant questions. Here, philosophers work alongside neuroscien-tists to reflect on decision-making processes, conscious and un-conscious perception or mental disorders is.
Amongst the wide spectrum of research activities, the universityhas identified the following focal points: studies of the ancientworld and history of science; philosophy; quantitative econo-mics; life sciences with a focus on theoretical biology, neuro-science and immunobiology; mathematics as a key technology;material and optical sciences as well as climate and sustainabi-lity research. These focal points are grounded on ten Collabora-tive Research Centres, 14 Research Training Groups and seveninterdisciplinary centres. As nerve centres for collaboration, in-tegrative research institutes in the life sciences and naturalsciences – a unique phenomenon of Humboldt-Universität –cross-link different research areas and identify as well as ad-dress pressing issues of the future.
Over 400 professors work at Humboldt-Universität in researchand teaching. The university is well aware of the importance ofsupporting the next generation of researchers. Thus, for manyyears it has had a pioneering role in instigating and securing fun-ding for various junior training groups, graduate colleges andgraduate schools from many funding bodies. Humboldt-Univer-sität was among the first universities to introduce the junior pro-fessorship. At a doctoral level, the Humboldt Graduate Schoolhas been designed as an umbrella organisation to train doctoralstudents. Exceptional academic candidates are given the oppor-tunity of conducting research independently and teaching veryearly on.
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