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Freie Universität Berlin was one of nine German top-universities to win in the German Universities Excellence Initiative, a national competition for universities organized by the German Federal Government. Winning a distinction for five doctoral programs, three interdisciplinary research clusters (some of them in cooperation with other universities) and its overall institutional strategy, Freie Universität Berlin was the single most successful university in the initiative. In university rankings, Freie Universität Berlin ranks among the best universities. The THE-QS World University Rankings subject rankings in Arts and Humanities of 2009 place the Freie Universität of Berlin 1st in Germany, 6th best in Europe, and 27th in the world [http://www.fu-berlin.de. In 2010 QS World University Rankings (in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings) ranked the university 70th overall in the world, its Arts & Humanities being ranked 2nd in Germany, 6th best in Europe and 25th in the world. Without the medical school, Freie Universität is currently lead university for eight collaborative research centers of the German Research Foundation DFG and also has five DFG research units. Fifteen scholars of Freie Universität have to date been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the DFG, the most important German prize for research achievements. Founded in West Berlin during the early Cold War, its name refers to West Berlin's status as part of the free world, as opposed to the Soviet-occupied areas surrounding the city and the then communist-controlled Humboldt University in particular. |
