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57-553: Dahlem can refer to: Dahlem (Berlin) , a district of Berlin, part of the borough Steglitz-Zehlendorf Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia , a municipality in western Germany Dahlem, Rhineland-Palatinate , a municipality in south-western Germany Dahlem, Lower Saxony , a municipality in northern Germany Dalem Konferenzen , a workshop series in Berlin See also [ edit ] Dalem (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

114-615: A free university in Berlin", the committee appealed to the public for support. The municipal authorities of Berlin granted the foundation of a free university and requested the opening for the coming 1948/49 winter semester . Meanwhile, the students' committee in the German Democratic Republic protested against the formation, the GDR described the new university as the "so-called free university" in official documents until

171-413: A regular Bachelor called "Mono-Bachelor", a combined Bachelor ("Kombi-Bachelor") consisting of two fields of studies and a combined Bachelor with a teaching option. Besides the core subject(s), all students are required to complete a series of courses related to general professional skills (ABV). The old Diplom and Magister artium programs are still running, but do not accept new admissions anymore. In

228-578: A strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity , whereas research in the humanities focuses on the current economical, political and cultural development of society (transformation processes, effects of globalization and environmental politics). In the field of Earth sciences, the FU has contributed to various aeronautical missions, e.g. the Mars Express and the Cassini-Huygens to Saturn . Excluding

285-612: A variety of leafy courtyards. It has been complemented in 2005 by a new centerpiece, the brain-shaped Philological Library , designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster . With 43 ha and around 22,000 species of plants, FU's Berlin Botanical Garden in nearby Lichterfelde West is one of the largest of its kind. The main campus in Dahlem is well connected to central Berlin by public transportation. The stations Dahlem Dorf and Freie Universität (Thielplatz) connect

342-814: Is a public research university in Berlin . It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period as a Western continuation of the Friedrich Wilhelm University , or the University of Berlin , whose traditions and faculty members it retained. The Friedrich Wilhelm University (which was renamed the Humboldt University ), being in East Berlin , faced strong communist repression;

399-630: Is an important location for the Berlin State Museums group, housing the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and the Museum of Asian Art . During the 1960s, a student village with 27 buildings was constructed near Schlachtensee lake serving as housing opportunities for students. With an inventory of 8.5 million volumes and over 25,000 journals distributed in the central university library (UB) and 49 specialized libraries of

456-667: Is defined by a contract with the local transportation company, the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg and allows students to move freely in the ABC zones of Berlin. In the winter semester of 2013/14, students are required to pay €285.83 in total. Since 2011, Free University of Berlin participates in the national "Germany Scholarship" program organized by the federal government, universities and numerous private companies. Highly talented and committed students can get €300 monthly. In terms of external endowments by

513-485: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dahlem (Berlin) Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and a center for academic research . It is home to the Freie Universität Berlin , with its architecturally significant Philological Library ("The Brain") . Several other research institutions and museums, as well as parts of

570-672: The Charité medical school, which is co-administered by the university with the Humboldt University , Free University of Berlin is currently the lead university for eight collaborative research centers of the German Research Foundation and also has five DFG research units. It is part of the Berlin University Alliance . As part of the MATHEON – Mathematics for Key Technologies research center of

627-768: The Cold War Dahlem belonged to the American Sector of West Berlin . From 1945 to 1991 the seat of the Allied Kommandatura of Berlin was in Dahlem on Kaiserswerther Straße . Today it serves as the office for the president of the local university . Until 1994, the headquarters of the United States Army Berlin command and the Berlin Brigade were located on Clayallee street. Parts of the building are still used by

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684-563: The Collegium Musicum has around 500 members from all fields of studies who spend their leisure time making music. It currently consists of five ensembles: a big choir , a chamber choir , two symphony orchestras and a big band . There are frequently events on which the Collegium Musicum plays, for instance on ceremonies. With 12 academic departments ( Fachbereiche ) and three interdisciplinary central institutes,

741-598: The DFG , Free University of Berlin ranks third behind the RWTH Aachen University and LMU Munich . Between 2009 and 2013, 289 foreign guest researchers came to the university through fellowships granted by the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , making the FU the most popular destination for foreign researchers in Germany. In the field of natural sciences , research focuses on basic research with

798-591: The Embassy of the United States in Berlin . The former library and Outpost theater across the street today house the Allied Museum . Because many of Berlin's artistic, cultural, and educational institutions were located in the city's historical center in the former eastern part of Berlin , West Berlin authorities established many duplicates in Dahlem - above all the Freie Universität Berlin (literally

855-662: The Grunewald forest with its renaissance hunting lodge, are located in Dahlem. The U3 line of the Berlin U-Bahn system connects Dahlem to central Berlin. The first written account of Dahlem dates to the year 1275. The history of the village is connected to the Dahlem Demesne ( Domäne Dahlem ) first mentioned in 1450. Its estates were sold to the state of Prussia in 1841 and developed by dividing it into lots for building villas and mansions , similar to

912-565: The Hotel Esplanade . By the end of April, the governor of the United States Army Lucius D. Clay gave the order to legally examine the formation of a new university in the western sectors of Berlin. On 19 June 1948, the "preparatory committee for establishing a free university" consisting of politicians, professors, administrative staff members and students, met. With a manifesto titled "Request for establishing

969-749: The cemetery of the Sankt-Annen-Kirche . Dahlem is served by the U3 line on the Berlin U-Bahn system. As in the neighboring Wilmersdorf , the historic metro stations are a special feature of the district. Stations in Dahlem include Breitenbachplatz , Podbielskiallee , Dahlem-Dorf , Thielplatz and Oskar-Helene-Heim . [REDACTED] Media related to Dahlem at Wikimedia Commons Freie Universit%C3%A4t Berlin The Free University of Berlin (German: Freie Universität Berlin , often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU )

1026-503: The fall of the Berlin Wall . The council-manager government accepted the by-law on 4 November 1948. The by-law achieved prominence under its alias "the Berlin model": The university was founded as a statutory corporation ( Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts ) and was not directly subjected to the state, as it was controlled by a supervisory board consisting of six representatives of the state of Berlin, three representatives of

1083-459: The " Free University Berlin") in 1948, which was established by students and scholars as an antipole to the increasingly communist " Universität Unter den Linden ". The newly founded university should uphold the traditional values of academic freedom and the educational ideal proposed by Wilhelm von Humboldt . Rudi Dutschke , spokesman of the German student movement in the 1960s, is buried at

1140-592: The "Steglitz Clinic", located in Lichterfelde West about 3 km southeast of Dahlem, was built with large financial supports of the United States. The medical center became one of the biggest European medical establishments unifying all institutes, clinics and lecture halls. In honor of the support by the United States, the clinic was renamed "University Clinic Benjamin Franklin". In 1994, it consists of 36 scientific institutes and 1,200 hospital beds. After

1197-580: The 1970s and the 1980s, the university became a Massenuniversität ( mass/mega university ) with 50,298 registered students in 1983. After reunification , the Free University of Berlin was the second-largest university in Germany (after the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ) with 62,072 students in the winter term of 1991/92. Shortly thereafter, the senate of Berlin decided to drastically reduce enrollment until 2003,

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1254-584: The Director of Administration and Finance (Dr.-Ing. Andrea Bör). There are also supporting offices for Public Affairs and the General Counsel for legal affairs. There are currently eight central service institutions (ZE) of the FU: The ISQ ("Institut für Schulqualität der Länder Berlin und Brandenburg", Institute for Quality of Schools in Berlin and Brandenburg ) is an independent facility on

1311-583: The FU creates a new library with about 12,250 m of usable space. It is planned to include all libraries of the natural science departments and the smaller institutes in the humanities (e.g. Egyptology). The projected costs are around 51 million euros . Construction work started in March 2012 with plans on finishing at the end of 2014. The executive board consists of the president (Prof. Dr. Günter M. Ziegler ), an executive vice president (Prof. Dr. Klaus Hoffmann-Holland) and three other vice presidents, as well as

1368-576: The FU is the possibility to study a vast number of "small subjects" (e.g. theater and film studies , Egyptology , Byzantine studies , Jewish studies , Turkology , Sinology , Communication studies , Meteorology , Bioinformatics , Biochemistry ) with a high level of specialization. Due to the Bologna process , most of the undergraduate programs are now leading to the three-year Bachelor's degree with 180 ECTS . At Free University of Berlin, Bachelor programs are generally divided into three categories:

1425-509: The Free University of Berlin seal to this day bears the Latin terms for Truth, Justice, and Liberty. The designer of the seal was art historian and former president of the Free University of Berlin, Edwin Redslob . Most of the facilities of Free University of Berlin are located in the residential garden district of Dahlem in southwestern Berlin. Around the beginning of the 20th century, Dahlem

1482-650: The Free University of Berlin was the historian Friedrich Meinecke . By 1949, the Free University had registered 4,946 students. Until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, many students came from the Soviet sector, often supported through the Währungsstipendium of the senate. On 26 June 1963, the same day he delivered his Ich bin ein Berliner speech at Rathaus Schöneberg , John F. Kennedy

1539-615: The Free University's name referred to West Berlin's status as part of the Western Free World , contrasting with communist-controlled East Berlin . In 2008, as part of a joint effort, the Free University of Berlin, along with the Hertie School of Governance , and WZB Social Science Research Center Berlin , created the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies . The Free University of Berlin

1596-576: The NC can be invited to a selective interview or an entry exam, depending on the department/faculty. Applicants at Charité medical school who do not directly fulfill the NC-criteria have to pass an entry exam, which covers the basic fields of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics in addition to passing a selective interview. Both results are then added to the Abitur grade. The final decision depends on

1653-582: The United States, Free University of Berlin was able to construct several new central building complexes including the Benjamin Franklin university clinic complex. The largest single complex of university buildings is the Rost- und Silberlaube , which translates roughly to the "Rust and Silver Lodges". This complex consists of a series of interlinked structures corresponding to either a deep bronze (hence, "rust") or shiny white ("silver") hue, surrounding

1710-894: The archive of the MPG), the campus is home to the Zuse Institute Berlin as well as some federal institutions like the Federal Institute for Materials Research (BAM) and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The Berlin Geography Society founded in 1828, the Berlin University for Professional Studies and the German Archeological Institute (DAI) are also located on the campus. In addition, Dahlem

1767-635: The beginning of the Cold War period. The University of Berlin was located in the former Soviet sector of Berlin and was granted permission to continue teaching by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) in January 1946. The university came under increased communist influence and repression, as it became a battlefield for the political disputes of the postwar period . This led to protests by students critical of

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1824-784: The buildings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science . The actual foundation took place on 4 December 1948 in the Titania Palace , the film theater with the biggest hall available in the western sectors of Berlin. Attendants of the event were not only scientists, politicians (the Governing Mayor Ernst Reuter amongst others) and students, but also representatives of American universities, among them Stanford University and Yale University . The first elected president of

1881-498: The campus. It consults local schools and the senate to achieve and develop a high standard of school quality in Berlin and Brandenburg and closely cooperates with the Department of Education and Psychology of the FU. The Collegium Musicum of Free University of Berlin was founded during the first semester in 1948/49. Under conductor Karl Forster, it merged with the ensemble of Technische Universität Berlin in 1954. Today,

1938-402: The classical sense. Since 2003, public universities in Berlin introduced the model of semester contributions ( Semesterbeiträge ). It consists of an enrollment/re-registration fee, a contribution to the student union ( Studentenwerk ), a contribution for the student government and the fee for the semester ticket (public transportation pass) for the current semester. The fees for the semester ticket

1995-690: The development of the older mansion settlements of Lichterfelde West and Grunewald . The Demesne buildings today house a working farm and an agricultural open-air museum . In 1920 the village was amalgamated into Greater Berlin . From 1931 on Martin Niemöller , a leader of the Confessing Church , was pastor of the United Protestant Sankt-Annen-Kirche until he was arrested by the Nazis in 1937. During

2052-511: The fields of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry , Pharmacy and the law, students enroll in programs with Staatsexamen . Free University of Berlin also offers a variety of graduate degrees, from the master's degree to doctoral degrees . Apart from the regular Master 's programs, there are a variety of international programs taught in English, especially in the life sciences . Free University of Berlin does not charge any tuition fees in

2109-650: The institutes, the library system of the FU is the largest in Germany. Items published since 1990 are fully digitalized and accessible through an OPAC . The UB is granted the status United Nations Depository Library and is linked to the global library system of the UN under direction of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York. The European Union also uses the UB as a European Documentation Center . As part of

2166-897: The library of the UN and the EU, it contains all publications of the UN General Assembly , the UN Security Council , the International Court of Justice as well as publications from the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe . Although the UB is generally a lending library , some smaller libraries of the departments are so called Präsenzbibliotheken , where students are only able to read books or journals. Since 2005,

2223-445: The merger in 2003, it became part of the Charité medical school . Today, the district of Dahlem is a hotspot for research and culture: Beside several institutes of the Max Planck Society (amongst others: The Max Planck Institute for Research in Education (MPIB), the MPI for the History of Science , the MPI for Molecular Genetics , the Fritz Haber Institute (FHI) working in the fields of molecular physics and physical chemistry and

2280-463: The number of students shrank to 43,885 in the winter term of 2002/03. Since 2000, the Free University of Berlin has revamped itself. The university's research performance increased markedly with regard to the number of graduates, PhDs granted, and publications. Since 2003, the FU Berlin has been regrouping its research capacities into interdisciplinary research focus areas called clusters. Due to financial cutbacks and restructuring of medical schools in

2337-591: The present-day Max Planck Society – was founded in 1911 and established several institutes in Dahlem. A dynamic group of researchers carried out pioneering research resulting in numerous Nobel Prizes. Since its foundation, the Free University of Berlin has been using buildings formerly belonging to the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and, in addition, has added numerous architecturally innovative buildings. The Free University of Berlin central campus consists of building ensembles within walking distance of each other (about 1.5 km radius). The planners oriented themselves along

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2394-431: The prevailing system. Between 1945 and 1948, more than 18 students were brutally beaten and arrested or persecuted, and some were even executed by the Soviet secret police (NKVD) . At the end of 1947, students demanded a university free from political influence. The climax of the protests was reached on 23 April 1948: after three students were expelled from the university without a trial, about 2,000 students protested at

2451-467: The results of the competitors. Free University of Berlin operates on a semester calendar where the winter term begins on 1 October and ends on 31 March. The exact same model can be found at almost every university in Germany. The time where lectures are being held varies each year, normally beginning around mid-October and ending as early as mid-February. Free University of Berlin offers a broad spectrum of subjects in over 190 degree programs. A speciality of

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2565-419: The same year, Free University of Berlin dedicated a monument to the founding students who were murdered during the protests. The university presents its Freedom Award to personalities who have made a special contribution toward the cause of freedom. The university received a total of 108 million euros from the Excellence Initiative for its approved projects between 2007 and 2012. Based on its founding tradition,

2622-475: The same year, the medical institutions of the Free and Humboldt Universities of Berlin merged to create a joint department, the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin . The year 2007 was another crucial year for the Free University of Berlin as it was the university with the most approved funding applications in the German Universities Excellence Initiative , and it is now one of nine elite German universities to receive funding for its future development strategy. In

2679-424: The type of campus found in the United States – a novelty in post-war Germany. The first independent structure to be completed on campus was the Henry Ford building, funded by the Ford Foundation . To that point, the university was housed in several older structures around the neighborhood, including the Otto Hahn building, which houses the Department of Biochemistry to this day. Thanks to further donations from

2736-407: The university and students. This form was unique in Germany at that time, as the students had much more influence on the system than before. Until the 1970s, the involvement of the students in the committees was slowly cut back while adapting to the model of the western German universities in order to be fully recognized as an equivalent university. On 15 November 1948, the first lectures were held in

2793-491: The university can be seen as an universitas litterarum (a traditional university where studies in all basic sciences is possible). Despite the variety of subjects, apart from computer science, studies in the field of engineering can only be done at Technische Universität Berlin or universities of applied science (Fachhochschulen) . With 33,000 applicants for the undergraduate programs ( Bachelor ) in 2013, admissions at Free University of Berlin remain highly competitive as

2850-491: The university in 1962 for the first time and in June 1964 for receiving his honorary degree from the Department of Philosophy . The speech he held at the event was dedicated to John F. Kennedy , who was assassinated the year before. In the late 1960s, the Free University of Berlin was one of the main scenes of the German student movement of '68 as a reaction to the global student protests during that time. Significant issues included better living standards and education at

2907-404: The university only offers about 4,300 places each year. Due to the high numbers of applicants, most undergraduate programs at Free University of Berlin have limitations determined through the NC . In some cases (especially Medicine, Psychology and Political Science), the NC every year is as high as 1.0 ( see Grades in Germany and Abitur ). Critical applicants which just scored slightly below

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2964-419: The university to the Berlin U-Bahn system's U3 line. The Lichterfelde West station of the S1 line of the Berlin S-Bahn connects the university to Berlin Mitte . The campus in Lankwitz , formerly part of a teacher training college, is now home to the department of earth sciences and a part of the university archives. Until their move to Dahlem in 2008, the Institute for Media and Communication Studies

3021-465: The university, the Vietnam War , the presence of former Nazi Party members in the government as epitomized by the Globke affair , and continuing institutional authoritarianism. After the assassination of student Benno Ohnesorg and the attempt on the life of Rudi Dutschke , protests quickly escalated to violence throughout Germany. The events of the 68-movement provided the impulse for more openness, equality, and democracy in German society. During

3078-409: Was awarded honorary citizen status by the Free University and gave a ceremonial speech in front of the Henry Ford building, in which he addressed the future of Berlin and Germany under the consideration of the motto of the FU. Amongst the attendant crowd are also the Governing Mayor of Berlin Willy Brandt and the Chancellor of Germany Konrad Adenauer . His brother, Robert F. Kennedy visited

3135-414: Was conferred the title of "University of Excellence" under the German Universities Excellence Initiative , of which it is part. As an institution of the Berlin University Alliance, the FU Berlin was included in the second funding line in 2019 as part of the Excellence Strategy. The Free University of Berlin was established by students and scholars on 4 December 1948. The foundation is strongly connected to

3192-413: Was established as a center for research of the highest caliber. Academic activity in Dahlem was supported by Friedrich Althoff, Ministerial Director in the Prussian Ministry of Culture, who initially proposed the foundation of a "German Oxford ". The first new buildings housed government science agencies and new research institutes of the University of Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Society – forerunner of

3249-425: Was located there. Most of the divisions of the Department of Veterinary Medicine are based in Düppel . It is 2 km southwest of the main campus and consists of numerous clinics and institutes, amongst them a small animal clinic, a clinic for horses and an institute of poultry diseases . Since the formation of the FU in 1948, it has used public hospitals as part of the medical faculty. Between 1959 and 1969,

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