In the latest phase of the German national Excellence Initiative, Freie Universität Berlin has again achieved excellence status.

As the joint committee consisting of members of the German Research Foundation, the German Council of Science and Humanities, and ministers of the German federal and state governments announced on Friday in Bonn, the university has had projects approved in all three funding lines. Funds have been committed through 2017 for the university’s future development concept “Veritas – Justitia – Libertas. International Network University” along with three clusters of excellence and seven graduate schools based at Freie Universität Berlin or with participation by Freie Universität.

The following excellence clusters were approved for new or renewed funding:

• NeuroCure
• Topoi, and
• Unifying Concepts in Catalysis.

The following graduate schools were approved for new or renewed funding:

• the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies
• the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
• the Berlin Mathematical School
• the Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (new)
• the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies
• the Graduate School of North American Studies
• the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (new)