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Freie Universitaet Berlin - An Introduction
The Free University of Berlin is a public institution that was founded in 1948. The university has three main campuses in Berlin. Additionally, Free University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin jointly operate the Charite – Medical University of Berlin, which enrolls students affiliated with both universities. In a recent year, roughly 16 percent of the Free University student body was pursuing doctoral degrees. Students do not pay tuition for most degree programs, which is generally the case at public universities in Germany. Student housing is available, though the accommodations are not located on campus and are managed by outside organizations that have agreements with the university.The university has 11 academic departments, the joint medical school as well as three central institutes that offer degrees in Eastern European, Latin American and North American studies. In all, Free University offers some 180 bachelor's and master's degree programs as well as around 50 doctoral programs. The university’s academic calendar is semester-based, with courses beginning in October and April. The primary language of instruction is German, though the university offers some English-taught programs, most of which are at the master's level. The English-taught master's offerings include programs in computational sciences, international health and North American studies. Around 600 international scholars and scientists come to the university each year to serve in teaching and research roles. Among the university’s interdisciplinary research focus areas are plant sciences, functional materials at the nanoscale and disease in human aging.
- Total number of students35,032
- Number of international students7,425
- Total number of academic staff606
- Number of international staff67
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded2,862
- Number of master's degrees awarded1,920
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded795
- Number of research only staff418
- Number of new undergraduate students5,957
- Number of new master's students3,093
- Number of new doctoral students910
- Global score66.1
- Global research reputation#97
- Regional research reputation#34
- Publications#65
- Books#72
- Conferences#624
- Normalized citation impact#340
- Total citations#76
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#76
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#289
- International collaboration#789
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration#393
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#87
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#320
*The above data comes from:Official website of U.S.News
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Student Ratio of Females to Males
58.2
No. of students per staff
21%
Percentage of International Students
35,894
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
2012
151
2013
128
2014
86
2015
81
2016
72
2017
75
2018
88
2019
104
2020
0
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World Reputation Rankings
2013
91
2014
81
2015
51
2016
71
2017
61
2018
81
2019
81
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Arts & humanities
2011
34
2012
29
2013
25
2014
22
2015
24
2016
18
2017
22
2018
24
2019
25
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Life sciences
2014
94
2015
89
2018
88
2019
101
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Physical sciences
2018
101
2019
126
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Social sciences
2014
87
2015
75
2016
41
2017
41
2018
35
2019
49
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Business & Economics
2017
57
2018
0
2019
101
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Computer Science
2018
151
2019
176
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Education
2018
0
2019
67
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Psychology
2018
31
2019
0
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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#42Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score65.1
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation#62
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation#14
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications#39
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact#74
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations#33
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#30
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#72
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration#171
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#72
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#78
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#144
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#43Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score63.6
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation#131
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation#60
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications#16
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact#103
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations#22
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#21
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#86
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration#210
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration#139
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#37
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#149
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#57Immunology
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- Immunology overall score54.3
- Immunology global research reputation#71
- Immunology regional research reputation#65
- Immunology publications#18
- Immunology normalized citation impact#92
- Immunology total citations#25
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#23
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#81
- Immunology international collaboration#106
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#68
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#44
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#106
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#59Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score63.1
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation#29
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation#8
- Arts and Humanities publications#63
- Arts and Humanities books#53
- Arts and Humanities conferences#28
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact#171
- Arts and Humanities total citations#91
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#84
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#165
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration#205
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration#131
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#65Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score59.6
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation#60
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation#25
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications#55
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact#138
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations#61
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#63
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#157
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration#69
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#93
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#95
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#197
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#73Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score50.1
- Microbiology global research reputation#60
- Microbiology regional research reputation#32
- Microbiology publications#50
- Microbiology normalized citation impact#167
- Microbiology total citations#66
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#71
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#153
- Microbiology international collaboration#135
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#90
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#102
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#159
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#76Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score54.7
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation#132
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation#29
- Biology and Biochemistry publications#43
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact#255
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations#59
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#53
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#235
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration#267
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#156
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#86
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#267
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#83Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score68.7
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation#262
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation#98
- Clinical Medicine publications#31
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact#240
- Clinical Medicine total citations#42
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#44
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#237
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration#224
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration#215
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#43
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#200
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#97Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score65.6
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation#102
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation#10
- Plant and Animal Science publications#78
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact#300
- Plant and Animal Science total citations#91
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#82
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#240
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration#407
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#216
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#136
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#257
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#112Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score65.2
- Chemistry global research reputation#68
- Chemistry regional research reputation#23
- Chemistry publications#129
- Chemistry normalized citation impact#297
- Chemistry total citations#137
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#147
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#391
- Chemistry international collaboration#420
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration#263
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#124
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#214
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#114Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score49.7
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation#152
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation#68
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications#63
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact#220
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations#81
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#81
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#201
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration#258
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#151
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#111
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#234
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#124Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score55.5
- Geosciences global research reputation#81
- Geosciences regional research reputation#51
- Geosciences publications#117
- Geosciences normalized citation impact#206
- Geosciences total citations#140
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#135
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#198
- Geosciences international collaboration#286
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration#137
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#113
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#140
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#150Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score48.9
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation#76
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation#19
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications#165
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact#331
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations#183
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#167
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#262
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration#361
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration#241
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#146
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#167
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#191Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score42.5
- Mathematics global research reputation#86
- Mathematics regional research reputation#27
- Mathematics publications#234
- Mathematics normalized citation impact#232
- Mathematics total citations#260
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#247
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#212
- Mathematics international collaboration#127
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#89
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#224
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#213
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#257Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score38.1
- Materials Science global research reputation#210
- Materials Science regional research reputation#109
- Materials Science publications#490
- Materials Science normalized citation impact#98
- Materials Science total citations#340
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#306
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#92
- Materials Science international collaboration#348
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration#182
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#264
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#183
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#318Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score34.7
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation#261
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation#109
- Environment/Ecology total citations#300
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#284
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#242
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration#141
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration#80
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#329
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#333
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#325Physics
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- Physics overall score55.0
- Physics global research reputation#76
- Physics regional research reputation#43
- Physics publications#365
- Physics normalized citation impact#439
- Physics total citations#433
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#415
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#438
- Physics international collaboration#571
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration#433
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#434
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#455
