Established more than 200 years ago, the Humboldt University of 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.