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The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region is one of the most prolific centers of higher education and research in the world. It is the largest concentration of universities and colleges in Germany. The city has four public research universities and 27 private, professional and technical colleges ''(Hochschulen)'', offering a wide range of disciplines. Access to the German university system is tuition free. 175,000 students were enrolled in the winter term of 2014/15. Around 20% have an international background. Student figures have grown by 50% in the last 15 years. The Humboldt Universität zu Berlin ''(HU Berlin)'' has 34,000 students, the Freie Universität Berlin ''(Free University of Berlin, FU Berlin)'' has 34,000 students, and the Technische Universität Berlin ''(TU Berlin)'' around 30,000 students. The
Universität der Künste The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
''(UdK)'' has about 4,000 students and the Berlin School of Economics and Law has enrollment of about 10,000 students. 40 Nobel Prize winners are affiliated to the Berlin-based universities.


History

The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was an art school set up in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia. It had a decisive influence on art and its development in the German-speaking world throughout its existence. It dropped 'Prussian' from its name in 1945 and was finally disbanded in 1955 after the 1954 foundation of two separate academies of art for
East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...
and West Berlin in 1954. Those two separate academies merged in 1993 to form Berlin's present-day
Academy of Arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...
. The Humboldt University of Berlin is one of Berlin's oldest universities, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin (''Universität zu Berlin'') by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities.


Universities


Public universities

There are six big internationally renowned research universities in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region: * Free University of Berlin (''FU Berlin''), a German University of Excellence ( Berlin University Alliance) * Humboldt University of Berlin (''HU Berlin''), a German University of Excellence ( Berlin University Alliance) *The
Charité The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine) is one of Europe's largest university hospitals, affiliated with Humboldt University and Free University Berlin. With numerous Collaborative Research Cen ...
is a
medical school A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ...
, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe and a German University of Excellence ( Berlin University Alliance) *
Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...
(''TU Berlin''), a German University of Excellence ( Berlin University Alliance) * Berlin University of the Arts (''UdK'') is the largest art and design school in Europe * University of Potsdam is situated in the south western part of the Berlin urban region


Private universities

There are six recognized private universities in Berlin: * ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin * Hertie School * Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin * ESMT European School of Management and Technology *
International Psychoanalytic University Berlin International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU) is a private non-profit university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2009 by the "Gesellschaft zur Förderung der universitären Psychoanalyse mbH" (Limited Liability Society to Promote Univ ...


Universities of applied sciences

Berlin has several public or private
universities of applied sciences A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
(Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften) * Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (public) *
Bard College Berlin Bard College Berlin (formerly known as ECLA or European College of Liberal Arts) is a private, non-profit institution of higher education in Berlin, Germany. It was founded as a non-profit association in 1999. Courses are taught in the English lan ...
* Berlin International University of Applied Sciences * Berlin School of Economics and Law (public) *Berufsakademie Berli

* Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (public) * CODE University of Applied Sciences * design akademie berlin, SRH Hochschule für Kommunikation und Designbr>
* Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, German Academy for Film and Television Berlin *Evangelische Fachhochschul

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Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (''University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics'') or HTW Berlin in Berlin, Germany is the largest public University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and Eastern Germany. It has over 13,000 stud ...
(public) *Fachhochschule für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin *
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...
(public) * Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ (public) *International Business School *Katholische Fachhochschul

*Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berli

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Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, also known as Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy, School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee (german: Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee) is a non-profit, public art school in Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany ...
(public) *Mediadesign Hochschul

* OTA private University of applied sciences Berlin (''OTA Hochschule Berlin'') * Teikyo University, Berlin campus * Touro College Berlin


Research institutions

Berlin has a high density of research institutions, such as the Fraunhofer Society, the Leibniz Association, the Helmholtz Association, and the
Max Planck Society The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (german: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. ...
, which are independent of, or only loosely connected to its universities. A total number of around 65,000 scientists are working in
research and development Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
in 2012. The city is one of the centers of knowledge and innovation communities (Future Information and Communication Society and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). *
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the States of Germany, German ...
*Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft *
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (german: , or BAM) is a German material research institute. History Its historical origins start in 1871, a year in which Germany was unified, as the ''Mechanisch-Technische Versuchsansta ...
(BAM) * Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung *
Telekom Innovation Laboratories T-Labs, formerly known as "Telekom Innovation Laboratories", is the R&D unit of Deutsche Telekom. T-Labs current research areas are: Future Networks, Spatial Computing and Decentralized Systems. History T-Labs were founded in 2004 as the cen ...
(affiliated with TU Berlin) * German Archaeological Institute (DAI) *Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut *Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin *
Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik The Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (English: ''German Institute of Urban Affairs'') is a German think tank. It conducts research on urban development in Germany and in other German-speaking countries or regions. The institute was founded by t ...
*Ecologic gGmb

*Fachinformationszentrum Chemi

*Institute for Cultural Inquiry *Institute of Electronic Business *
Zuse Institute Berlin The Zuse Institute Berlin (abbreviated ZIB, or ''Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin'') is a research institute for applied mathematics and computer science on the campus of Freie Universität Berlin in Dahlem, Berlin, Germany ...
(ZIB) *
Otto Suhr Institute The Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (''Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science'', also ''OSI'') is a prestigious research institute of the Free University of Berlin. It is the leading political science institution in Germany and one ...
for Political Science (OSI) of the Freie Universität Berlin *
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, with scientific and technical service tasks. It is a higher federal authority and a public-law institution directly under fed ...
(PTB) *
Robert Koch Institute The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is a German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention. It is located in Berlin and Wernigerode. As an upper federal agency, it is subordinate to the Federal ...
(RKI) * Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) *Umweltbundesamt *Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin - Institute for Advanced Study, Berlinbr>
*Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung * WISTA, Wissenschafts- und Wirtschaftsstandort Adlershof *Institut für Museumskunde *Institut für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung gGmb

* Institute for Media and Communication Policy


Leibniz Institutes

* Leibniz Sozietät * Deutsches Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (DIPF) * German Institute for Economic Research - Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) * Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ) * Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS) * Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. * Natural History Museum, Berlin (MfN) *
WZB Berlin Social Science Center The WZB Berlin Social Science Center (german: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB), also known by its German initials WZB, is an internationally renowned research institute for the social sciences, the largest such institution ...
Under Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. (FVB) (Research Association of Berlin): * Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnikbr>
* Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)br>
* :de:Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)br>
* Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtungbr>
* :de:Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung, Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschungbr>
* :de:Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI)br>
* :de:Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut (PDI)br>
* Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik (WIAS)br>


Helmholtz centers

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Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...
* Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (BESSY) *Institut für Planetenforschung of the
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt The German Aerospace Center (german: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally ''German Center for Air- and Space-flight'') is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany ...
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Max-Planck Institutes

* Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG (FHI) *
Max Planck Institute for Human Development The Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development (Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung) is an internationally renowned social science research organization. Located in Berlin, it was initiated in 1961 and officially began operations in 1963 ...
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Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB) is a non-university research institute of the Max Planck Society located in the heart of Berlin in Berlin-Mitte. It was founded in 1993. Arturo Zychlinsky is currently the Managing Director. ...
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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics is a research institute for molecular genetics based in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Max Planck Institute network of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science. Departments and rese ...
(MOLGEN) * Max Planck Institute for the History of Science * Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft


Fraunhofer Institutes

* Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik **Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI

**Sino-German Mobile Communications Institute * Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Fraunhofer-Institut für offene Kommunikationssysteme (FOKUS)br>
*Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK

*Fraunhofer-Institut für Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik (integrated into FOKUS in 2012

*Fraunhofer-Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik (integrated into FOKUS in 2012

*Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration (IZM


Nobel Prize winners

There are 43 Nobel laureates affiliated to the Berlin-based Universities:


See also

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Science and technology in Germany Science and technology in Germany has a long and illustrious history, and research and development efforts form an integral part of the country's economy. Germany has been the home of some of the most prominent researchers in various scientific d ...
* Education in Germany * List of universities in Germany


References

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