ITYBRAIN C BERLIN Contents
Higher education and science A long-standing commitment 4move Berlin to academic6 freedom
Brain City: more than the Brain City map Higher education and research are ∑8um of its parts 10(removable) international,13 and so is Berlin
14Together for excellence 18Facts & figures Welcome to Brain City!
Brain City Berlin: so much more than a clever Our Brain City Berlin is a place where borders advertising slogan. Imagine a city proud of its are overcome and walls are broken down. great scientific and academic tradition that A place where the world comes together is also one of the most exciting centres of and is explored in depth – from great world science and learning in the world today. A city literature to the tiniest of nanospheres. whose most important future resources are A place enthusiastic about higher education research and innovation. Imagine a city where and research and that invests in its scientific and academic excellence does not institutions now and for the future. exist in an ivory tower, but instead engages in open dialogue with the city’s people. Imagine a And yes, Brain City Berlin is also a smart city where people benefit daily from research, advertising slogan. Just as higher education and where research is not only independent and research are standard-bearers for our but where its promotion is a political priority. city’s reputation at home and abroad. Imagine a city that breathes freedom and openness to the world, that places great Welcome to Berlin, the city of bright minds! emphasis on cooperation, and where diversity and equality are values that all live by.
All of these many cities are actually just one: the Brain City Berlin. A quarter of a million people from every country in the world come here to study, teach, do research and work in science. Bright minds who move our society with ideas and innovations, develop smart technologies and revolutionise medicine. Out- standing universities and committed teachers Michael Müller that make Berlin one of the world’s most Governing Mayor of Berlin and popular places to study. Recent graduates, Senator for Higher Education creative people and entrepreneurs that are and Research growing our city and making it a centre for the arts and start-ups. Researchers and stu- dents, too, who have fled their home countries to find support and academic freedom here.
3 Higher education and science move Berlin
Science and academia are the driving force behind Berlin’s innovative economy and ensure people use research and resources responsibly in every respect. They provide important insights and technologies for a socially and ecologically sustainable city of the future, and provide answers to the needs of a growing metropolis where people can enjoy living well and safely.
Creative ideas and professionals for the No ivory towers city of tomorrow The city’s academic institutions keep in touch Berlin has set itself the goal of becoming with the public with open lectures, auditing a leading smart city. Innovations and tech- opportunities and science slams. Digitalisation nological progress contribute to improving projects are giving the public the opportunity the quality of life in the city and will help to to look at long-hidden worlds, archives and make Berlin climate-neutral by 2050. The collections. Many even invite people to join interaction between research, established in, such as the Herbonauts project at Berlin’s companies and start-ups is key here. Many Botanical Gardens, where anyone can help collaborative projects are working on intelli- complete a database of almost four million gent solutions for the city of tomorrow. plant species to support biodiversity research.
Autonomous The planned CityLAB Berlin will make new A special experience each year is the annual driving technologies and services more understand- Long Night of the Sciences, a city-wide open What has been able and tangible. house where scientific institutions fling wide discussed and developed in their doors and provide an outstanding pro- lecture halls and Berliners of all ages and walks of life are gramme of events for all ages. This “smart- laboratories for benefiting from science and academia in all est night of the year” has long since become years is now being aspects of their lives. Berlin’s universities a fixture for summers in Berlin, with 35,000 tested and even transporting pas- are training the next generation of teachers visitors checking out more than 2,000 events sengers at several for the state’s schools, the Alice Salomon across the city. The Berlin Science Week at locations in Berlin: Hochschule Berlin is working to meet the the beginning of November each year is a test track for autonomous driv- additional demand for nursing staff, and the another great opportunity for the public to ing is being built on Berlin School of Economics and Law is pro- check out the latest scientific developments. the Straße des 17. viding management trainees for business, Whether quantum technology, new populism Juni to the west of the Brandenburg government and the police. Just three small or artificial intelligence, this event brings Gate as part of the facts that show how academics and research Berlin’s world of research together to discuss DIGINET-PS project. are important to the fabric of the city. a kaleidoscope of current topics and exciting Self-propelled insights into the research of tomorrow. electric buses are being tested on the EUREF campus in Schöneberg and, on the Charité Campus in Mitte and Wedding, they have been shut- tling passengers since early 2018.
4 Driving culture
Science and culture form a special symbiosis Higher education and in Berlin. Many museums are also research institutions that work closely with other scientific institutions and benefit from their mutual expertise. With four universities for the arts, including the internationally re- science move Berlin nowned Universität der Künste Berlin, the city offers plenty of opportunities for young talent in the city’s theatres, opera houses and con- The Berlin Museum of Natural History, one of the eight Leibniz research museums, cert halls. They come from all over the world holds about one million animal specimens for scientific research in its wet collection. to attend university here, and their graduates are much sought-after around the world. The city’s universities of applied sciences play For example, the alumni of the Hanns Eisler a special role in promoting Berlin as a location School of Music, who conduct orchestras in for business. Tel Aviv or run concert halls in Oslo. But you don’t have to travel far to see the art created To strengthen regional innovation and and performed by Berlin’s universities. For competitiveness, Berlin has set up centres for example, at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dra- the future where academics, research and matic Arts, you can regularly see tomorrow’s industry can collaborate. One such location stars perform at the BAT Theater. Students is Adlershof, home to non-university and and graduates of the Berlin Weissensee academic research institutions as well as School of Art design not only stage sets and hundreds of companies, including 40 world costumes, but also hip magazines, public market leaders. The research being done at spaces and commercial products. Hundreds Adlershof continues to write the future. The of events are held annually with Berlin’s Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenz- cultural institutions. technik (FBH) is pushing new initiatives to turn Berlin into a top location for microelectronics, while the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) Driving the economy is making plans for some quantum leaps in energy research. These are just two examples Academics and research are some of the that illustrate the great dynamics of the ten largest employers in the city. The city’s state centres for the future in Berlin. universities employ about 48,000 people, and many more are employed at its research in- stitutes and private universities. Teaching and research are driving Berlin’s economic growth. Particularly innovative sectors benefit from Berlin Science Prize In 2017, the Berlin Science Prize was basic research and the opportunities for coop- awarded for the tenth time by the eration in applied research. Together with the city’s Governing Mayor to recognise outstanding education received by thousands outstanding achievements in science of recent graduates, these are a key argument and research made in Berlin. An for many companies choosing to locate in outstanding achievement by a young Berlin. Berlin’s universities alone have spun scientist is also honoured each year off over 1,000 companies with 22,000 new . jobs and billions in sales.
5 A long-standing commitment to academic freedom
Science and academia in Berlin can look back on centuries of tradition, with many great moments as well as some of the darkest abysses of German history. This obligates us to preserve their freedom.
Two Berlin brothers
Two world-famous Berlin brothers are symbols of what science and academia in Berlin have stood for both in the past and present: a commitment to society, scientific excellence and international cooperation.
Alexander von Humboldt, His brother Wilhelm von the respected naturalist Humboldt worked in a wide and passionate humanist, is range of fields, including world-famous for his scientific the theory of the state, expeditions and research work literature and art, and founded in botany. As a pioneer in the field of comparative lin- creating international scientific guistics. He became especially networks, he is the namesake known as an educational of the Alexander von Humboldt reformer. He pushed for Foundation, which today scientific independence, the enables top researchers from integration of the humanities all over the world to spend and natural sciences, and, not time working in Germany. least, the unity of teaching Alexander von Humboldt and research. Humboldt’s would be especially pleased educational ideals became the that so many of those receiv- blueprint for modern univer- ing the grants named after sities worldwide. Today, the him choose to come to Berlin. university founded by Wilhelm In fact, the city ranks first in von Humboldt in Berlin in 1809 destinations chosen. also bears the names of the two brothers: the Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
A statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt in front of the main building of the university named after him and his brother on Unter den Linden in Berlin.
6 Werner von Siemens, aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, and the inventor of the electron microscope, Ernst Ruska, as well as countless other scientists worked in Berlin. One of the most significant personalities in the history of science, Albert Einstein, completed his theory Elsa Neumann was of relativity in Berlin and received the Nobel the first woman to obtain a doctorate Prize in Physics. With the rise of National in physics in 1899. Socialism in Germany, Einstein was forced Today, the federal to emigrate to the USA where he lived in state of Berlin Princeton, New Jersey. Today, the Einstein awards doctoral scholarships in Foundation funds top-level research in Berlin. her honour. When Adolf Hitler was named chancellor Numerous great names in the history of science in 1933, it meant an end to academic and are closely associated with Berlin, further research freedom in Germany. Numerous highlighting the city’s long scientific tradition. scientists were forced to flee Berlin. Many The city was home to medical doctors like others were killed. Others accommodated the Rudolf Virchow and Robert Koch, after whom criminal Nazi regime or even put themselves one of the Charité’s campuses and the federal at its service with zeal. After the war, many government’s world-famous Robert Koch of those who had been forced to emigrate Institute are named, respectively. The father returned to rebuild teaching and research of the modern computer, Konrad Zuse, in the western part of the city. In East Berlin, studied here and developed his computer in critical science and academia was only Kreuzberg. The Zuse Institute for Information possible under difficult conditions, as it was Technology is named after him. subject to strict ideological control.
Hans Geiger developed the Geiger counter This history has made the obligation to here together with his doctoral student. Lise protect the freedom of teaching and research Meitner and Otto Hahn discovered, explained an obligation for all, especially for those of and proved nuclear fission in Berlin. In 1700, us in Berlin. In times of increasing hostility to polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz founded science, Berlin stands by this responsibility what is today the Berlin-Brandenburg Acad- and welcomes scientists and scholars from emy of Sciences with offices on the Gendar- around the world who are under threat in menmarkt. The Leibniz Association is also their home countries. based in Berlin. Another polymath, Hermann von Helmholtz, linguists and folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, inventor and industrialist
Promoting scientific freedom In addition, universities and research In early 2018, the Berlin Senate estab- institutions in Berlin are actively involved lished a new programme for the promo- in networks such as Scholars at Risk and tion of scientific and academic freedom at the Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the the Einstein Foundation to help research- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in ers under threat in their home countries. order to offer persecuted scientists a new Einstein Visiting Professorships and academic home in Berlin. Einstein Junior Scholarships will allow them to pursue their work freely in Berlin.
7 Brain City: more than the ∑um of its parts
Brain City Berlin has a uniquely dense and total of €8.1 billion in financing to the city’s diverse range of academic and research universities. In addition, the state has other institutions: in addition to the 11 state and instruments to promote certain areas. These about 30 private universities, the Charité, and include programmes for teaching, equal op- more than 70 non-academic research institu- portunities, as well as research funding with tions, there are numerous federal institutions, the Einstein Foundation Berlin. The Institute private-sector research institutes and campus- for Applied Research (IFAF) promotes coopera- es of international universities in the city. tion between the state universities of applied sciences and regional business.
The non-academic research institutions of the Max Planck Society, the Leibniz Society and the Helmholtz Association receive both federal and state funding. In addition, Berlin has research institutes that are the sole responsibility of the state, such as the Zuse Institute Berlin.
The Studierendenwerk Berlin also receives state subsidies. On behalf of the state, it operates 57 cafeterias at universities throughout Berlin, serving an average of 40,000 meals a On 16 January 2018, the state’s contracts with the 11 universities for 2018–2022 were formally signed and day during the semester. It also operates halls came into force. Governing Mayor Michael Müller and of residence that provide housing for about Professor Sabine Kunst, President of Humboldt University. 9,300 students. While their parents are study- ing or working at universities, the youngest Academics and research are integral to the are well looked after in the day-care centres city. And they shape its landscape: the state operated by the Studierendenwerk. It also universities and the Charité alone cover an offers a variety of advisory and counselling area equal to 256 football fields. services for students and organises cross-uni- versity cultural events. There are no tuition fees at state universities; the basic funding is provided by the state of Berlin, as agreed every five years in contracts concluded with the universities. This funding is based on key performance indicators such as teaching, research and equality/diversity and is paid out annually. The state and the universities work together to set targets, and reports document the universities’
performance. In the current five-year period Further information on the (2018–2022), the state will be providing a 2018–2022 university contracts.
8 “Berlin is free. The future is being built in Berlin. So much creativity is happening in Berlin. It’s in the air we breathe in Berlin.”
PROFESSOR EUN-HWA CHO COMPOSITION, HANNS EISLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC, BERLIN
PROFESSOR BIRGIT FELDEN SMES, SUCCESSION ISSUES, AND BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW BERLIN
DIPL.-ING. CEM AVSAR AEROSPACE INSTITUTE, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN “Berlin is entrepreneurial and diverse. Established companies large and small work side-by-side with “Berlin offers space for start-ups for everyone’s ideas and exchange. “Berlin is home to benefit. Founders, academ- This makes the city innovations that reach ics, scientists and the next interesting for the into space.” generation putting innova- artistic scene.” tive ideas into practice.”
PROFESSOR NIK HAFFNER INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR DANCE (HZT), UNIVERSITÄT DER KÜNSTE BERLIN
9 BRAIN CITY MAP
Universities 24 design akademie berlin – SRH 49 Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine 71 Fraunhofer Microelectronics Group Hochschule für Kommunikation Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) mikroelektronik.fraunhofer.de 80 1 Freie Universität Berlin und Design GmbH zas.gwz-berlin.de N fu-berlin.de design-akademie-berlin.de 72 Fraunhofer Forum Berlin 50 Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient forum.fraunhofer.de 2 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 25 ESCP Europe – European School (ZMO) Berlin-Brandenburg hu-berlin.de of Management Berlin zmo.de Max Planck Society 54 escpeurope.eu 62 Academy of Sciences and 3 Technische Universität Berlin 51 Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- 73 Fritz Haber Institute (FHI) 5 Humanities (BBAW) tu-berlin.de 26 European School of Management und Kulturforschung (ZfL) fhi-berlin.mpg.de and Technology (ESMT) zfl-berlin.org Berlin is the largest research 4 Universität der Künste Berlin esmt.org 74 Max Planck Institute for BRAIN location in Germany and udk-berlin.de Leibniz Association/ Human Development (MPIB) 27 German open Business School (GoBS) Research Association Berlin mpib-berlin.mpg.de home to over 70 non-aca- University hospitals go-bs.de 52 Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. 75 Max Planck Institute for demic research institutions, 5 Charité – Mitte Campus 28 Hertie School of Governance (HSG) fv-berlin.de Infection Biology (MPIIB) Benjamin Franklin Campus hertie-school.org mpiib-berlin.mpg.de including numerous Leibniz, Virchow Clinic Campus 53 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Max Planck, Helmholtz and Buch Campus 29 Hochschule für angewandte Leibniz-Institut fuer Höchst- 76 Max Planck Institute for charite.de Pädagogik (HSAP) frequenztechnik (FBH) Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) Fraunhofer Institutes. For hsap.de hu-berlin.de molgen.mpg.de CITY 300 years, the Berlin-Bran- Arts academies 30 H:G Hochschule für Gesundheit 54 Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für 77 Max Planck Institute for the denburg Academy of Sciences & Sport, Technik & Kunst Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) History of Science (MPIWG) 6 Hanns Eisler School of Music my-campus-berlin.com leibniz-fmp.de mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de 16 and Humanities has been hfm-berlin.de committed to promoting 5 31 HMKW University of Applied 55 Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Others 7 University of Performing Arts Sciences for Media, Communication Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) research excellence. Ernst Busch and Management igb-berlin.de 78 Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) hfs-berlin.de hmkw.de bihealth.org Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin 56 Leibniz Institute for BERLIN 8 Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin 32 University of Applied Sciences (hwtk) Crystal Growth (IKZ) 79 The Weizenbaum Institute The historic Berlin Charité is one of the kh-berlin.de hwtk.de ikz-berlin.de for Networked Society largest university hospitals in Europe (German Internet Institute) 33 IB-Hochschule Berlin 57 Max Born Institute for vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de 8 and a big part of why Berlin is a renowned Universities of applied sciences ib-hochschule.de Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) 80 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of 81 centre for medicine. 9 Beuth University of Applied 34 International Psychoanalytic mbi-berlin.de Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) Sciences Berlin University Berlin (IPU) bbaw.de 9 beuth-hochschule.de ipu-berlin.de 58 Paul-Drude-Institut für 33 69 Festkörperelektronik Berlin (PDI) 81 German Centre for Cardiovascular 92 10 HTW Berlin – University 35 Mediadesign – Hochschule für pdi-berlin.de Research (DZHK) 7778 of Applied Sciences Kommunikation und Informatik dzhk.de/standorte/berlin/ 5 4748 31 12 htw-berlin.de mediadesign.de 59 Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte 75 Analysis und Stochastik (WIAS) 82 Historische Kommission 4546 34 11 Hochschule für Wirtschaft 36 Medical School Berlin wias-berlin.de zu Berlin (HiKo) 64 38 und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) medicalschool-berlin.de hiko-berlin.de 66 63 68 2829 80 26 hwr-berlin.de 60 Leibniz Institute for Zoo 35 9313 7019 30 37 Psychologische Hochschule and Wildlife Research (IZW) 83 Institut für angewandte 25 5 7971 12 Alice-Salomon-Hochschule für Berlin (PHB) izw-berlin.de Forschung Berlin e. V. (IFAF) 4039 2 4 44 66 Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik psychologische-hochschule.de ifaf-berlin.de 4 67 45 72 58 11 Berlin (ASH) Helmholtz Association of 4849 17 59 58 3233 18 ash-berlin.eu 38 Quadriga University of German Research Centers 84 Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) 1920 3 21 59 Applied Sciences Berlin jdzb.de 20 18 41 60 Berlin School of quadriga.eu 61 Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für 27 82 49 Religious universities Materialien und Energie (HZB) 85 Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (WiKo) 42 79 37 4443 Economics and Law 39 SRH Hochschule Berlin helmholtz-berlin.de wiko-berlin.de 51 24 23 3 13 Evangelische Hochschule Berlin (EHB) srh-hochschule-berlin.de 83 Innovation and training for the eh-berlin.de 62 Max Delbrück Center for 86 Konrad Zuse Center for Information 15 next generation of professionals 40 SRH University of Popular Arts Molecular Medicine in the Technology Berlin (ZIB) 90 22 10 Technische 14 Catholic University of Applied hdpk.de Helmholtz Association (MDC) zib.de 85 40 for the growing centre for Social Sciences Berlin (KHSB) mdc-berlin.de 14 start-ups: four state universities Universität Berlin khsb-berlin.de 41 Steinbeis University Berlin 11 steinbeis.de 63 German Center for Neurodegenerative Federal institutions of applied sciences provide At the top, both nationally Diseases (DZNE), Berlin and internationally: together Private universities 42 Touro College Berlin dzne.de/standorte/berlin 87 Federal Institute for Materials 7374 momentum in Berlin. One of touroberlin.de Research and Testing (BAM) these, HWR Berlin, is the largest with Freie Universität Berlin 15 Akkon University for Human Sciences 64 German Cancer Consortium bam.de and Humboldt-Universität akkon-hochschule.de (DKTK) – Berlin location 8989 provider of joint apprentice- Non-academic research institutions dktk.dkfz.de/de/standorte/berlin 88 Federal Institute zu Berlin, the renowned 16 Bard College Berlin – a Liberal for Risk Assessment (BfR) ship-college degree (“dual study”) Arts University in Berlin Leibniz Association 65 German Aerospace Center (DLR), bfr.bund.de 86 77 programmes in Germany. Technische Universität Berlin berlin.bard.edu Berlin-Adlershof 7372 43 German Institute for International dlr.de/Berlin 89 German Archaeological Institute (DAI) ranks among the 100 best 17 Barenboim-Said Akademie gGmbH Educational Research (DIPF), dainst.org 7675 29 universities in the world barenboim-said.com Berlin campus: Library for Research Fraunhofer Association 87 15 in the History of Education (BBF) 90 German Centre for Gerontology (DZA) 8476 88 and among the top ten in 18 BAU International Berlin – bbf.dipf.de 66 Fraunhofer Institute for Open dza.de 77 55 Germany. University of Applied Sciences Communication Systems (FOKUS) 1 bauinternational-berlin.de 44 German Institute for Economic fokus.fraunhofer.de 91 Federal Metrology Institute (PTB) Research (DIW Berlin) and ptb.de 5 56 19 bbw University Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 67 Fraunhofer Institute for 36 57 bbw-hochschule.de diw.de Telecommunications, 92 Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 60 Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) rki.de 21 46 53 91 20 Berlin University of Art & Design (btk) 45 German Rheumatism Research hhi.fraunhofer.de 65 btk-fh.de Center Berlin (DRFZ) 93 Hochschule des Bundes 52 drfz.de 68 Fraunhofer Institute for Production für öffentliche Verwaltung 50 Universität der Künste Berlin 21 BSP Business School Berlin – Systems and Design Technology (IPK) hs-sozialversicherung.de 13 The four Berlin state art academies enjoy a University for Management 46 Institut für Analytische ipk.fraunhofer.de businessschool-berlin.de Wissenschaften e.V. (ISAS) great reputation and attract young talents isas.de 69 Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability 22 C ODE University of Applied Sciences and Microintegration (IZM) from all over the world. Universität der code.berlin 47 Museum of Natural History (MfN) izm.fraunhofer.de 61 Künste Berlin is the largest in Europe. naturkundemuseum.berlin 23 DEKRA | Hochschule für Medien 70 Fraunhofer IUK Technology Group 4 dekra-hochschule.de 48 WZB Berlin Social Science Center iuk.fraunhofer.de View the interactive wzb.eu Brain City Map online
“I congratulate the city PROF. REGINE BUCHHEIM of Berlin, which is home BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, HTW BERLIN to so much scientific talent UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES in so many outstanding institutions. The great support for research there is paying off: almost “Berlin’s past and present 100 ERC grants valued at inspire interdisciplinarity.” €180 million have to date been awarded to support the ambitious ideas of researchers in Berlin.”
PROF. JESSE PRINZ PHILOSOPHY AND NEUROSCIENCE, EINSTEIN VISITING FELLOW, BERLIN SCHOOL OF MIND AND BRAIN, HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY BERLIN
PROFESSOR JEAN-PIERRE BOURGUIGNON PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (ERC)
“Berlin is not only home to practically every academic discipline at the highest level, it is also where these scientific projects come together, making the city DR. TATIANA KOROTKOVA BEHAVIOURAL NEURODYNAMICS, one of the most exciting LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE research locations for me.” FOR MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY (FMP), BERLIN-BUCH CAMPUS
“Thanks to the many cooperating research groups, Berlin is one of the best locations for neuroscientists. I love the openness here.”
12 Higher education and research are international, and so is Berlin
Berlin is one of the world’s most popular cities Strong partner in European research to attend university. One-fifth of the people studying here come from abroad, and the Berlin is an active player in European research. number is rising. The city and its academic It thus strengthens the European idea and landscape are also attracting an increasing helps Europe to remain competitive in the number of recent graduates and established long term and to meet the major social and professors from all over the world. This bene- economic challenges of the future. Scientists fits research and teaching and the city as a from Berlin participated in a total of 1,500 whole. Internationality is an integral part of EU research projects in the 7th EU framework the capital’s self-image. programme from 2007 to 2013, and received almost €585 million in EU funding. This trend Berlin’s academic and scientific institutions has continued in the follow-up Horizon 2020 are among the pioneers in internationalisa- programme. Halfway through the funding tion and enjoy extensive global networks of period, Berlin researchers have already partnerships. Berlin researchers collaborate received €312 million in further EU funding. with institutions all over the world. Every semester, thousands of Berlin students have the opportunity to study abroad and thousands of others come to Berlin. The internationality is also reflected in the range of courses on offer, whether in joint courses with foreign partner universities, in the growing number of master’s degrees taught in foreign languages (mostly English), and through international Erasmus at 30 teaching projects and visiting professorships. Europe celebrated 30 years Through strategic partnerships with renowned of the Erasmus programme universities all over the world from Beijing to in 2017. Berlin has long Princeton, from Oxford to Jerusalem, Berlin’s been the most popular universities are firmly anchored in the inter- German destination for national network of leading research loca- Erasmus scholars and tions. Local presences, such as the Technische is also one of the most Universität Berlin campus in Al Gouna, Egypt, sought-after in Europe. and the Freie Universität liaison offices on five At the same time, many continents, also promote the international Berlin students have used networking of Brain City Berlin. Berlin’s uni- the programme to study or versities and research institutions are involved conduct research abroad worldwide in development projects and in and have returned with setting up new structures to support teaching new experiences and and research. language skills.
13 IPSUM
TOGETHER FOR EXCELLENCE
Berlin has long since become one city and has a host of scientific institutions that work ogether.t The city map by Johann Gregor Memhardt from around 1650 shows the double city Berlin-Cölln, one area being researched by the Berlin History Society (HiKo).
Whether in classical studies, biomedicine awards of the European Research Council or mathematics, Brain City Berlin offers a and the Leibniz Prizes repeatedly show. At unique environment for top research in many the same time, collaborative research in Berlin fields, as demonstrated by the outstanding is unleashing some truly special potential. results in the German Excellence Initiative and In clusters of excellence, large collaborative leading positions in the funding ranking of research centres, and research training the German Research Foundation. With Freie groups, scientists from various disciplines and Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität institutions are conducting research together zu Berlin Berlin is home to two of Germany’s and providing important insights that will help
Institute for 11 universities of excellence. Together with master complex social, medical and techno- Advanced Study the renowned Technische Universität Berlin, logical challenges. In addition to established Berlin they belong to the select circle of the 100 best research areas, Berlin is thus also able to react The Institute for Advanced Study research universities worldwide. Internation- to new developments and repeatedly drive Berlin, enables ally famous is also the Charité – Universitäts- innovation. This work is specifically support- both internationally medizin Berlin and the strong presence of ed by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, which recognised and promising young non-academic research institutions in Berlin. the state established to strengthen top-level scientists to spend Fourteen institutes of the Leibniz Association research in the city. It is financed from state a year doing make Berlin their home, doing their namesake funds and grants from other donors and research proud. In addition, there are five Max Planck institutions, and serves as a catalyst for on a project of their choosing in Institutes, three centres of the Helmholtz Society, new research initiatives. Berlin. four Fraunhofer Institutes and numerous other non-academic institutions. Many excellent scientists work in Berlin, as the research
14 Hotspot for digitalisation The humanoid robot Myon from the Beuth TOGETHER University of Applied Sciences Berlin. The 21st century has been characterised by Institutes in Berlin. Its work focuses on the the rapid digitalisation of every aspect of needs of Industry 4.0 and the development life. The ways we communicate, work and, of of practical solutions for the Smart City. course, research are all changing. Supported Research is being conducted on basic and FOR EXCELLENCE by the state’s digitalisation strategy, Berlin cross-sectional technologies as well as on is developing into a centre for digitalisation solutions for four specific areas of application: research. The entire spectrum of scientific telemedicine, mobility in the city of the future, expertise represented in Berlin, from computer industry and production, and critical infra- science to the humanities, is being put to use. structures. Berlin’s economy also benefits from this – both the established companies, which have to cope with massive changes, and the creative scene, which is making Berlin a booming start-up metropolis.
The central component of the strategy is the Einstein Center for Digital Future, which combines the competence of four Berlin uni- versities, two universities of applied sciences and eight non-academic research institutions. Einstein Foundation It was developed in cooperation with the Since 2009, the Einstein state of Berlin and numerous companies and Foundation Berlin has been institutions. More than 50 new professor- pursuing the goal of strength- ships have been funded to advance research ening top research in Berlin. It in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital supports cooperation between industry and services, and digital health. universities and non-academ- They can use synergies with the Weizenbaum ic research institutes, their Institute for the Networked Society, which is international networking, and investigating the effects of digitalisation on recruiting the best minds for society and providing recommendations for Berlin. The innovative Einstein policymakers and business. More than 100 Centers are expanding re- scientists from several universities and search priorities and develop- research institutions are collaborating in 20 ing new ones, currently in the interdisciplinary research groups on such fields of catalysis research, topics as work environments, digital markets, applied mathematics, neuro- education and social justice, and democracy sciences, classical sciences, and participation. The third pillar of the digit- regenerative medicine and alisation strategy is the Fraunhofer Center digitalisation. for Digital Networking of the four Fraunhofer
15 At the Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology in Berlin-Buch, scientists are investigating key biological processes and thus the causes of diseases at the molecular level.
Centre for medical research
Alternatives to Berlin is an important centre for medical Germany and is a joint project of the Charité animal testing research and a dynamic provider of healthcare and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular As a large centre for biomedical characterised by a large number of research Medicine (MDC). BIH is developing new research, Berlin institutions, R&D-driven companies and approaches for better prognoses and novel has set itself the innovative start-ups. For 300 years, Berlin’s therapies for progressive diseases and goal of taking on a pioneering role in Charité has made medical history and has unsolved health problems. the development of been associated with many great names and alternatives to ani- Nobel Prize winners. With around 17,500 mal experiments. To this end, a new employees, the Charité is Germany’s largest research centre is university hospital and the heart of the medical being set up at the research landscape in Berlin. Over 800,000 Charité in cooper- people are treated there each year. Patients ation with other benefit from the proximity and knowledge Berlin universities Two questions are at the heart of the and institutes and transfer between research and practice. work of the Berlin Institute of Health: funded by the state The life science institutes of the three major of Berlin. How can research be put to use more universities are also of great importance quickly and more specifically for for medical research in Berlin. The many therapies, diagnostics and prevention? non-academic institutions, such as the How can clinical observations be renowned Robert Koch Institute and the transferred into basic research? Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, also play an important role. The Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) also focuses on the transfer of research findings to hospitals and vice versa. The institute is unique in
16 A leader in the humanities and social sciences
Berlin has a long research tradition in the consultants for politics, business, and interna- humanities and social sciences and enjoys tional organisations. The humanities and social an excellent international reputation. An un- sciences in Berlin are interdisciplinary and usually diverse range of subjects and institu- cooperate closely with numerous institutions tions opens up special research potential and in the capital. They are thus responding to new attracts young talents and top researchers social challenges and research needs, such as from all over the world. The world itself, from the establishment of the Berlin-based German ancient times to current events and global Center for Migration and Integration Research change processes, is one of the focal points to coordinate a nationwide research network. of Berlin research. This is also made possible by a unique spectrum of regional scientific expertise that extends from Asia to the Middle East, Africa and Europe, to North and South America, making Berlin scholars sought-after
Open access strategy One aim of digitalisation is to simplify access to scientific resources and publi- cations. Since 2016, Berlin has expressly The Philological Library of the Freie Universität, itself known as “The Brain” because of its design, contains 750,000 books. committed itself to the principles of open access to promote science, culture and society. The city is a pioneer in this field in Germany. Around one-third of the scientific articles published in Berlin were already freely accessible on the Internet in 2016. The state of Berlin is supporting its institu- tions in this process, hoping to increase the share of resources placed online to 60 percent by 2020. FIGURES people workattheuniversitiesinBerlin, in additiontonumerousemployeesat endowed professorships FACTS & non-academic researchinstitutions 48,000
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