Humboldt University of Berlin

University: Humboldt – Universität zu Berlin
Year of foundation: 1810
State: Berlin
Website: http://www.hu-berlin.de
Number of students: 28,589
Residence fee: 200 € – 400 € / month

Berlin Humboldt University Berlin’s oldest university was founded in 1810 under the leadership of the Prussian philosopher and statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt. This university model has seriously influenced other European and Western universities. From 1828 it became known as the Frederick William University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Universität). Later it was called Universität unter den Linden. It was renamed Humboldt-Universität in 1949 to honor its founder.

This university has been home to the greatest German thinkers of the last two centuries. Among them; idealist philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher, idealist philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, the pessimistic thinker Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Schelling, famous physicists Albert Einstein and Max Planck. World-influenced Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels studied at the university. In addition, the poet Heinrich Heine, Otto von Bismarck, the founder of the German National Unity, Karl Liebknecht, the founder of the German Communist Party, are also included. In addition, 29 Nobel Prize winners came out of this university.

Undergraduate Departments:

Agricultural Sciences
Archeology and Cultural Sciences
Business
Biology
biophysics
Chemical
Horticultural Sciences
Geography
Informatics
Maths
Physics
Psychology
Asia Africa Religious Studies
Pedagogical Rehabilitation
Liberal arts
Sports Sciences (admitting students with the Aptitude Examination)
Political Economy

Graduate departments:

Natural and Environmental Sciences
Maths
Economy
Liberal arts
Spiritual and Religious Studies