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Founded in 1948. Is the largest of the four universities in Berlin and one of the largest in Germany. Within the framework of the initiative for excellence of the German Government, was awarded "elite University" status in October 2007 by the quality of their programmes to the future.1 this status shares it with other 9 universities in the country, and in practical terms means additional budgets for research. The free University of Berlin has 12 faculties: biology, chemistry, pharmacy, business and economics, Sciences of land, pedagogy and psychology, history and cultural studies, law, mathematics and computing, medicine (nursing - Medical University of Berlin), philosophy and Humanities, physics, social sciences and policy, veterinary, and three interdisciplinary central institutes: John f. Kennedy Institute for North American studies; Institute for Latin American studies; Institute for studies of Eastern Europe.It has 28.500 students.
