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What is the Berlin University Alliance?

In 2018 the three major Berlin universities along with Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin formed the Berlin University Alliance to create an institutional framework for their collaboration.

They submitted a joint proposal “Crossing Boundaries toward an Integrated Research Environment” in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. It was approved in 2019, and the Berlin University Alliance has been funded since November of that year as the only university consortium of excellence. The funding will initially run until 2026 and amount to 144.5 million euros.

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Collaborating to Change Berlin

The four partners set themselves the goals of shaping Berlin as an integrated research environment and of promoting the development of Berlin as one of the leading research locations in Europe.

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Addressing Global Challenges Jointly

In the Grand Challenge Initiatives and Einstein Research Units (ERU) researchers of the Berlin University Alliance work closely with external partners in academia and society to address global challenges of the 21st century.

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Innovative Interdisciplinary Research

In the German Excellence competition for universities, Freie Universität Berlin won three clusters of excellence. The university is involved in another cluster as a co-applicant. As large collaborative research projects, the clusters are intended to help further strengthen particularly research-intensive and internationally competitive areas of universities.