Learning to survive. According to an evaluation from the 2021/2022 winter semester, 16 percent of all the classes taught at Freie Universität are related to sustainability, and 4.5 percent have a focus on sustainability. Since 2018, all the students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs can learn to research, design, manage, and communicate sustainability, including in classes taught in the General Professional Skills program.

Sources and additional information

In 2015 the university set up a Sustainability & Energy Management Unit. In 2022 this unit published a detailed report on Freie Universität’s activities in the area of sustainability. Among other things, the report includes the results of an evaluation of how many classes deal with or are related to sustainability.

Schools@University for Sustainability + Climate Protection is an educational program for 5th and 6th graders and their teachers from across all twelve of Berlin’s districts. It has been offered twice a year since 2009. So far, about 40,000 school students and 3,000 teachers have taken part.

• Sustainability Report, 2022 (in German)
• Website: Learning about sustainability in General Professional Skills courses
• Schools@University for Sustainability + Climate Protection