Established more than 200 years ago, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is one of the most prestigious universities in Germany and in Europe. Named after its founder, Wilhelm von Humboldt, who has developed a model for universities that focused on a closer relationship between research and teaching, it has educated 29 Nobel prizewinners.
HU has always been a universitas litterarum that embraces all major scientific disciplines and this profile is reflected in several Clusters of Excellence, Collaborative Research Centres and Research Training Groups.

