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What‘s New at the FU?
Fulbright Seminar for U.S. Administrators
in International Education 2007
Oct. 27 – Nov. 10
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Where is Berlin?
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Founding of the
Freie Universität Berlin
1948 Founding of the first politically free university in Berlin by
students and professors, therefore the name „Freie Universität
Berlin“
Henry-Ford-Building, 1954
Philological Library, 2005
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What does it look like?
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Campus in Berlin-Dahlem
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What does it look like?
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Architectural Diversity
Habelschwerdter
Allee 45
The University
Board’s “Golden
Room”
Philological Library
Henry Ford Building
Düppel Campus
Otto Hahn Building
Botanical Garden
Lankwitz Campus
Charité, Benjamin
Franklin Campus
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Scientists, Guests and Honorary Doctors
Kofi Annan
Hans-Dietrich
Genscher
John F. Kennedy
Kenzaburo Oe (li.),
Salman Rushdie
(2. v. re.), Günter
Grass (re.)
Roman Herzog
Jutta Limbach
Roman Herzog
Umberto Eco
Annette Schavan
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Richard von Weizsäcker
Joschka Fischer
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Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Theodor W. Hänsch
Sandra
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Facts and Figures
 35.500 students in Winter term 2007,
thereof 60% women, 15,3% foreign students
 390 full and associate professors
(and 102 at the Medical school Charité)
 1.416 research assistants and assistant
professors
 2.139 other personnel
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11 Departments and a
Joint Medical School
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Joint Medical School with Humboldt Universität
Veterinary Medicine
Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Physics
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Earth Sciences
Political Science and Social Anthropology
Psychology and Educational Science
Economics
Law
Philosophy and Humanities
History and Cultural Studies
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International Character
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130 partner universities world-wide
30 partner universities in the US, e.g. Columbia, Cornell, Duke,
Emory, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Princeton, Stanford, Tulane, UC
System, U of Maryland, U. of Pennsylvania, Yale
Five partner universities in Canada in Ontario and Quebec
Five partner universities in Australia of the Group of Eight
711 SOCRATES agreements with about 2,000 exchanges
(for the year 2006/2007)
1,851 FU students
going abroad
1,655 international program
students hosted by FU
Over all number of foreign
students 5430
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Gender Equality
• High quota of women:
• 60 % students/graduates
• 43 % academic staff and assistant lecturers
• 32 % junior professors
• 21 % professors
• Awards for efforts towards equality, most recently:
• First place in the CEWS university rankings (Center of Excellence Women in
Science and Research)
• Total E-Quality Science Award for the Promotion of Women in Science two
years in succession
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Excellence Initiative - Update
The Excellence initiative by the German federal and state
governments to promote science and research at German
Universities
Some facts in short
Goals of the 3 funding lines:
 To promote 30 Clusters of Excellence
 To promote 40 Graduate Schools (PhD Programs)
 To identify approx. 10 Elite Universities in Germany
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Freie Universität Berlin –
An International Network University
Excellence Initiative Results for Freie
Universität:
Freie Universität Berlin was successful in each of the 3 funding
lines:
1. Cluster of Excellence:
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Topoi. The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in
Ancient Civilizations (together with the Humboldt-Universität)
Languages of Emotion
NeuroCure - towards a better outcome of neurological disorders
(Charité – FU/HU Medical School)
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Freie Universität Berlin –
An International Network University
2. Graduate School (PhD Program):
 North American Studies
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Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies
Muslim Cultures and Societies: Unity and Diversity
Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies
(Charité – FU/HU Medical School)
Berlin Mathematical School (together with HU and TU)
3. Institutional Strategy to promote top-level research:
Freie Universität Berlin – An International Network University
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FU and the Bologna Process
 The traditional „Magister“ and „Diplom“ courses of
study are successively being replaced by new BA and
MA degrees
Exception to the rule Medicine, Pharmacy and Law
we have changed to the BA all undergraduate
education
we will have introduced all Master courses by 2009
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German University System
old system
Magister, Diplom (five years)
Hauptstudium
new system
Master (two years)
Bachelor (three years)
Vordiplom / Zwischenprüfung
Grundstudium
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Advantages of the new FU system
 More structured curriculum, introduction of
modules
 Modules, consisting of two different courses (for
example, a lecture and a seminar on the same
topic)
 Exact module structure and credits for each
subject can be found in the study and
examination regulations
 One semester is worth 30 credits (ECTS)
 1 FU credit equals 30 hours workload
 Accumulative Grade Point Average
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Realization of Bologna
In the Future
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Our exchange students will have to use our online
platform Distributed Campus to register courses
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You will see graded transcripts with ECTS points
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We will also document the contact hours taken to
facilitate the transfer of credits/workload
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We hope to continue seeing happy and engaged
international students despite the hiccups caused by the
Bologna “revolution”
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Dahlem Research School
 Dahlem Research School offers PhD programs
 Covers all academic areas
 Highly selective admission
 Scholarships for PhD students
 Program lasts three years
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Thank you
for your attention.
Many happy
returns to
Berlin!
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