One medical school, two parents. On June 1, 2003, the Department of Medicine at Freie Universität and the Faculty of Medicine at Humboldt-Universität were merged into one large entity. The new name: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
 

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As part of the reorganization of Berlin’s hospital landscape, Charité and the Virchow University Hospital were merged in 1997. In 2003 Charité-Virchow merged with the Benjamin Franklin campus in Berlin-Steglitz to become one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. From then on, the Berlin-Steglitz location had to forego a third of its state funding for research and teaching. Today, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is jointly operated by Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität.

• Article in the science magazine fundiert about the Benjamin Franklin University Hospital and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, posted December 3, 2018 (in German)
• Website: “Ahead of Its Time – The New Charité”