New Proposals

Graduate School of East Asian Studies
Taking a Look at Far-reaching Change in the Region

East Asia is currently undergoing far-reaching political, social, economic, and cultural change, without precedent in the history of the region. Freie Universität Berlin aims to contribute to investigating these changes by setting up a Graduate School for East Asian Studies. The graduate school, by integrating regional studies with the relevant disciplines, especially social sciences, aims to advance the development of East Asian Studies in Germany and Europe and expand knowledge of this important world region.
The graduate school aims to provide excellent education in the East Asia-related subjects (Japanese, Korean Studies, Sinology) associated with the mediation of broad regional expertise as well as a good foundation in methodologies in relevant disciplines like history and political sciences, law, economics, social anthropology, and cultural studies.  An important part of the program will be an intensive training period in East Asia.

BSIO Graduate School – Berlin School of Integrative Oncology
Strategies against Cancer

With around 1.45 million people in Germany already afflicted and 450,000 new diagnoses per year, cancer represents a major medical and social challenge. The study of cancer, its molecular basis, and new therapies is thus a prominent research focus of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the jointly operated medical school of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
In the BSIO planning group, 25 researchers from the fields of hematology, oncology, genetics, biochemistry, surgery, radiology, computer science, the humanities, and social sciences are working together to form a particularly closely integrated education for prospective molecular oncologists and young physicians interested in cancer research.
Such a comprehensive approach to training outstanding young scientists from the beginning of their research career is the basis for interdisciplinary research capable of responding to the challenge of "cancer" and to develop effective strategies for addressing this challenge as quickly as possible.