List of universities, colleges, and research institutions in Berlin
The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region is one of the most prolific centers of higher education and research in Europe. Germany's largest concentration of universities and colleges is located in Berlin. The city has four public research universities and 27 private, professional and technical colleges (Hochschulen), offering a wide range of disciplines.[1] Over 160,000 students were enrolled in the winter term of 2012/13.[2]
The three largest universities combined have approximately 100,000 enrolled students. They are the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) with 34,000 students, the Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin, FU Berlin) with about 34,500 students, and the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) with 30,000 students. The Universität der Künste (UdK) has about 4,000 students and the Berlin School of Economics and Law has enrollment of about 9,000 students.
40 Nobel Prize winners are affiliated to the Berlin-based universities.
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Universities
Public universities
There are four big internationally renowned research universities in Berlin:
- Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)
- Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin)
- Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin)
- Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
The Charité is the joint medical school of the FU and the HU Berlin and is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe.
Private Universities
There are five recognized private universities in Berlin:
- ESCP Europe, Campus Berlin
- Hertie School of Governance
- Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin
- ESMT European School of Management and Technology [1]
- Touro College Berlin [2]
Universities of Applied Sciences
Berlin has several private, professional and technical colleges (Hochschulen)
- Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin [3]
- Berlin School of Economics and Law
- Berufsakademie Berlin [4]
- Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin [5]
- German Academy for Film and Television Berlin ("dffb Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin")
- European College of Liberal Arts (An English-language higher-educational institution).
- Evangelische Fachhochschule [6]
- Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin [7]
- Fachhochschule für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin
- Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
- Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“
- International Business School
- Katholische Fachhochschule [8]
- Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin [9]
- Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (Hochschule für Gestaltung)
- Mediadesign Hochschule [10]
- OTA private University of applied sciences Berlin (OTA Hochschule Berlin)
- Teikyo University, Berlin campus
- Touro College Berlin [11]
- BAU International Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Research institutions
Berlin has a high density of research institutions, such as the Fraunhofer Society, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community and the Max Planck Society, which are independent of, or only loosely connected to its universities. A total number of 62,000 scientists are working in research and development. 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).[3]
- Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung
- Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (affiliated with TU Berlin)
- German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
- Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
- German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
- Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik
- Ecologic gGmbH [12]
- Fachinformationszentrum Chemie [13]
- Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik [14]
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie [15]
- Several Fraunhofer Institutes:
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik
- Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) [16]
- Sino-German Mobile Communications Institute (at the HHI)
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme [17]
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik [18]
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik [19]
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik [20]
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration [21]
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (BESSY)
- Institut für Museumskunde
- Institut für Ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung gGmbH [22]
- Institut für Planetenforschung of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [23]
- Institute for Media and Communication Policy
- Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung [24]
- Institute for Cultural Inquiry
- Institute of Electronic Business
- Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)
- Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei [25]
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung [26]
- Leibniz Sozietät
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
- Several Max-Planck Institutes:
- Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG (FHI)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
- Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MOLGEN)
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
- Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science (OSI) of the Freie Universität Berlin
- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik [27]
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
- Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
- Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
- Telekom Innovation Laboratories
- Umweltbundesamt
- Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik [28]
- Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin - Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin [29]
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
- Wissenschafts- und Wirtschaftsstandort Adlershof
Nobel Prize winners
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There are 40 Nobel laureates affiliated to the Berlin-based Universities:
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