Photo Archive

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Philological Library of Freie Universität Berlin

The library building implements an innovative environmental concept based on natural ventilation and heat recovery that substantially reduces energy use. Due to its shape it is often designated “The Brain”.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Philological Library of Freie Universität Berlin

The Philological Library was designed by the star British architect Lord Norman Foster and opened in 2005.

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Source: David Ausserhofer

Students on Campus

At Freie Universität Berlin individuals from more than 125 countries study, conduct research, or work in other capacities.

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Source: Peter Himsel

Botanic Garden

Freie Universität Berlin’s Botanic Garden is the third-largest of its kind in the world.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Large Tropical Conservatory of the Botanic Garden

Constructed at the beginnning of the twentieth centurey, the large Tropical Conservatory is a listed historic building.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Henry Ford Building

The Henry Ford Building at Freie Universität Berlin was constructed between 1952 and 1954. It contains a large auditorium, called the Max Kade Auditorium, in addition to several lecture halls and conference rooms.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

University Library

The library system of Freie Universität Berlin comprises the University Library (UB) and around forty departmental libraries with total holdings of around 8 million printed items, 38,000 e-journals, 400,000 e-books, and 1300 databases.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Hahn-Meitner Building at Freie Universität Berlin

Nuclear fission was discovered in this building, at that time the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. Currently part of Freie Universität and renamed Hahn-Meitner Building, it is now used by biochemists.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Cast Collection of Ancient Sculptures

The Berlin Cast Collection of Ancient Sculpture includes about 2,000 casts of Greek and Roman sculptures and is used for teaching and study activities at the university as well as for elementary and secondary school students and other groups.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Peter-André Alt

The literary scholar Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt is the president of Freie Universität Berlin.

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Source: Bernd Wannenmacher

Monika Schäfer-Korting

The pharmacologist Prof. Dr. Monika Schäfer-Korting is the executive vice president of Freie Universität Berlin.

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Source: Stephan Töpper