Facts and Figures
A selection of data concerning Humboldt-Universität. More detailed information (some only available in German) can be obtained from the links given.
Overview
| Faculties |
9 faculties |
| Students |
34,752 students (excluding Charité) |
| Courses |
171 degree courses |
| Research |
1 Clusters of Excellence Exzellenzstrategie (co-ordinator) 3 Clusters of Excellence Exzellenzstrategie (participation) 8 Collaborative Research Centres (coordinator) 10 Collaborative Research Centres (participation) 5 (International) Research Training Groups (co-ordinator) 9 (International) Research Training Groups (participation) |
| Cooperation projects | 77 special professorships
7 endowed chairs and professorships |
| Academic staff |
518 professorships 2,326 lectureships and research assistantships Further information |
| Budget | € 492,141 thousand proceeds |
Organisation / Facilities
| Facility | Number | More informations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculties | 9 | Details | |
| Central Institutes | 6 | Details | |
| Central Units | 5 | Details | |
| Interdisciplinary Centres | 9 | Details | |
| Integrative Research Institutes | 2 | Details |
As of Nov 2024
Students
|
Students |
Total |
34,304 |
|---|---|---|
|
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of total female students |
20.019 | |
|
of total international students |
5.211 |
As of summer term 2024
Further Information
| Students
Berlin School of Medicine, Charité |
Total | 8,921 |
|---|---|---|
|
Berlin School of Medicine, Charité |
Total |
8,921 |
|
of total: enrolled at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
6,253 | |
|
of total: enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin |
2,419
|
As of winter term 2021/22
Degree courses
| Degree courses (overall) | 171 |
|---|---|
|
Bachelor courses (excluding secondary subjects) |
63 |
| Consecutive Master courses | 71 |
|
Courses leading to teaching position |
25 |
| Postgraduate and Certificate Studies | 9 |
| Diploma courses | 1 |
| regimented courses leading to a degree approved by the state or the church | 2 |
As of summer term 2021
Further Information
Research and young researchers
| Funding program DFG | Participation | Number | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster of Excellence Exzellenzstrategie | Coordinator (without Charité) |
1 | Details |
| Cluster of Excellence Exzellenzstrategie | Participation | 3 | Details |
| Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs) | Coordinator | 8 | Details |
| Participation | 10 | Details | |
| DFG-Research Units | Coordinator | 3 | Details |
| Participation | 21 | Details | |
| DFG-Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences | Coordinator | 3 | Details |
| Participation | 1 | Details | |
| Emmy Noether-Junior Research Groups | 15 | Details | |
| (International) Research Training Groups | Coordinator | 5 | Details |
| Participation | 9 | Details | |
As of Nov 2024, GRK Jul 2025
| Further funding program | Participation | Number | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander von Humboldt-Professuren | 4 | Details | |
| Einstein Profil-Professuren | 4 | Details | |
| Einstein Visiting Fellowships | 10 | Details | |
| Einstein Zentren | Participation | 7 | Details |
| BMBF-Junior Research Groups | 5 | Details | |
| Foundation-Junior Research Groups | 3 | Details | |
As of Nov 2024
| Funding program EU | Number | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERC Starting Grants | 4 | Details | |
| ERC Consolidator Grants | 9 | Details | |
| ERC Advanced Grants | 6 | Details | |
| ERC Synergy Grants | 5 | Details | |
| ERC Proof of Concept | 1 | ||
| Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Trainings Networks | 15 | ||
| Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships | 15 | ||
As of Jan 2025
Cooperation projects
| Type of cooperation | Number | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associated institutes | 7 | Details | |
| Endowed chairs and professorships | 14 | Details | |
| Endowed visiting professorships | 7 | Details | |
| Special professorships (S-Professuren) | 77 | Details | |
As of Dec 2020, An-Institute: as of Nov 2024
Further Information
Staff
| Employees | lecturers and research assistants (Mittelbau) | 2,326 |
| Ancillary staff | 2,052 | |
| Student assistants | 1,597 | |
| Professorships (including emeritus professorships) budget finance |
overall | 518 |
| of total: female professors |
202 | |
As of 31 December 2021
Note: Numbers given relate to persons employed (not necessarily on full-time contracts); they do not consider staff employed by Charité, Berlin School of Medicine.
Further information
University budget
| Proceeds 2021 | €492,141 thousand |
|---|---|
| of total: government funding | € 378,782,0 thousand |
| of total: third-party funds | € 113,359,0 thousand |