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The institutional strategy of Freie Universität follows a topic-related management approach. The overall aim is to strategically establish clusters of expertise, systematically initiate productive international networks in research and higher education, and promote young researchers through the reshaping of graduate education.

Last Update: Feb 19, 2013

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At eye level: Students from Freie Universität use the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem as a resource for their studies and research.

A camel named Laila demonstrates her walking cast. She was recently operated on in Freie Universität’s Equine Clinic and is now back on her feet and doing well.

Currently a major construction site, within two years a new building complex, including a new additional library, will be ready for several smaller disciplines.

Meteorologists used to measure sunshine duration with sunshine recorders. The glass ball concentrated the sun's rays, and the sun’s position was burned unto heat-sensitive paper with time gradation.

At the Topoi Excellence Cluster science can still be rather dusty.

An der Freien Universität Berlin werden vielfältige Forschungsvorhaben verfolgt - zum Beispiel an der Fruchtfliege Drosophila.

Students at Freie Universität design model cars to find their own way around.

Test drive: The German Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, tests the autonomous car “Made in Germany” that was designed at Freie Universität.

The Botanic Garden in Berlin-Dahlem, with an area of more than 43 hectares, is one of the largest and most important botanic gardens in the world.

The Center for Recreational Sports offers numerous opportunities for keeping fit. Basketball, beach volleyball, sailing, surfing, and yoga are just a few of the many possibilities.

A sculpture in the style of the Bremen Town Musicians decorates the main campus of the Department of Veterinary Medicine in Düppel.

The Philological Library has modern workspaces for students. It contains approximately 700,000 books and subscribes to 800 periodicals.

Since 1945 members of Freie Universität and Technische Universität have been performing with the Collegium Musicum.

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