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Free University of Berlin, Germany

The Freie Universität Berlin (FU) was founded in 1948 and is one of Germany’s most prominent universities, known in particular for the humanities and social sciences.

Free University of Berlin is situated in Germany’s vibrant capital city. Hailed as Europe’s capital of nightlife and clubbing culture, Berlin is a city that never sleeps. Its multicultural and multilingual atmosphere make it accessible to foreigners.

Mobility partner

>> Information for incoming students

Estimated number of places: 1-3 full-year places or 2-6 semester places for each subject.

International summer school with partners

Scholarship funding or tuition fee waivers may be available to University of Glasgow students to attend Summer Schools with this partner:

summer schools

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

Creative Arts & Industries
Law
Outgoing Summer School
Theatre Studies

Key information FU

Language of teaching: German and English. UofG students should ensure that all required courses are taught in a language in which they are at least proficient at B2 level.
Calendar
Grading system
Entry requirements: not applicable. Further information on study at Free University of Berlin
Some student accommodation available

Travel and costs

University of Glasgow Financial Support
Cost of Living
Travel: Berlin is home to two international airports; Tegel and Schönefeld. Tegel is the larger of the two, however budget airlines are mostly associated with Schönefeld.