Close campus connections. In the winter of 2016, the Berlin subway station “Thielplatz” was renamed “Freie Universität.” The new name makes the international University of Excellence and the research hub in the southwestern part of Berlin more visible on the Berlin city map.
 

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With the timetable change on December 11, 2016, the name of the Berlin subway station “Thielplatz” of line 3 was changed to “Freie Universität.” The first signs were replaced at a BVG ceremony with representatives of the university and the district.

• “Next Stop: Freie Universität,” posted on March 17, 2017