centers: for cluster development, for international exchange, and for graduate studies. Development and assessment of research projects takes place within three major focus areas – area studies, humanities, and life sciences. Freie Universität has various offices abroad, e.g., in New York, Beijing, and Moscow, that provide a platform for international cooperation. The university’s performance in the Excellence Initiative has provided funding for several new graduate schools and transdisciplinary research clusters.The broadest spectrum of research in the humanities in Germany is to be found at Freie Universität under the auspices of the Dahlem Humanities Center. One unique feature is the large number of specialized subjects such as Byzantine Studies and Jewish Studies. The Center for Area Studies clusters the regional studies research on North and Latin America, Eastern Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and individual European countries. Governance research is one highlight of the Otto Suhr Institute, one of the most renowned political science institutes in Europe. In the natural sciences, major focus is placed on the life sciences and Earth sciences, as well as physics, mathematics, and computer science. The broad spectrum also includes the Department of Veterinary Medicine – one of five veterinary schools in Germany – as well as the largest pharmaceutical educational institution in Germany. Charité
University Medicine Berlin, a joint corporation of Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität, is the largest medical school in Europe.Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin regularly open their institutes, labs, and libraries to the public, for example, during the Long Night of the Sciences or open house days. The Center for Cooperation with Schools organizes various activities open to schoolchildren. These include a Children’s University and a Summer University with many activities in the special labs for school students, NatLab and PhysLab. There are many lectures on a variety of subjects open to the public. The Guest Auditor Program is also attractive to the older generation. Politicians, foreign guests of state, and ambassadors, as well as representatives from business and commerce are all popular visitors at Freie Universität. The university confers honorary doctorates on outstanding personalities from Germany and abroad: These include the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan; the Nobel Prize winners in Literature, Orhan Pamuk and Günter Grass; the literary critic, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and the author Salman Rushdie.
The general career preparation courses in the bachelor degree programs and the Career Service of Freie Universität help to prepare students for their careers. In
addition, Freie Universität encourages the formation of companies by its students, graduates, and faculty. A center for company founders has four different locations where it can offer young entrepreneurs office space as well as advice and support during their start-up phase. Numerous successful companies have emerged from the university environment, e.g., in information technology, the service sector, or science. Freie Universität has been the recipient of various employer awards, including awards for the introduction of environmental-protection measures and, two times in succession, the “Total E-Quality Award” for exemplary management of human resources facilitating equal opportunities. Freie Universität was the first university in Berlin to be certified as a family-friendly university; a family office supports employees and students in balancing the responsibilities of family and professional life.For more information head to the University Website.
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