Sandra Hallscheidt
School of Business & Economics International Office
Future from the
very beginning
Internationalization at the
History
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher Joschka Fischer
Richard von Weizsäcker
Kenzaburo Oe (left), Salman Rushdie (2. to right), Günter Grass (right.) John F. Kennedy Umberto Eco Kofi Annan Paul Krugman Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Freie Universität Berlin - Facts and Figures
• One of 11 German “Universities of Excellence“ which receive
special funding from the German government
• Ranked no. 66 of the top 100 universities worldwide
(QS World University Ranking, 2012)
• 160 degree programs
• approx. 28,500 students, 19% international
• 420 professors, including 26 joint
appointments with non-university research
institutes and 104 junior professorships
• 4,300 doctoral students, 23% international
• approx. 2,000 academic staff and 2,200 employees
• 11 departments and central institutes,
including Charité – University Medicine
• Government funding: 290 mio € p.a.
• Third-party funding: 100 mio € p.a.
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Departments and Central Institutes
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Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Educational Science and Psychology
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Earth Sciences
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History and Cultural Studies
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Mathematics and Computer Sciences
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Philosophy and Humanities
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Physics
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Political and Social Sciences
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Law
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Veterinary Medicine
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Business & Economics
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Charité – University Medicine Berlin
(joint department with Humboldt
University)
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Central Institutes:
• The John F. Kennedy Institute for
North American Studies
• The Latin America Institute
Freie Universität Berlin – where do our students come from?
Europe 93,60% Germany Poland Russ. Federation Turkey Bulgaria Italy Asia 4,40% China Rep. Korea Vietnam Australia 0,20% Americas 1,70% USA Brazil Columbia Mexico stateless 0,10%Fully enrolled international students
Exchange / program students
Annual intake:
- over 1,000 int‘l students for
summer programs, short academic
programs (direct exchange)
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International Cooperation
105 Central University Agreements
320 Erasmus Agreements (approx 1000 incoming and 650 outgoing)
Partner in 27 Erasmus Mundus Lots (Focus Asia and Africa)
Direct Exchange Program with 180 exchange places (Americas, Asia, Europe)
Exchange of Faculty via Partnership Agreements, 200 per year
Delegations from all over the world. Ca. 70-100 per year
Key elements of internationalization
• Freie Universität Berlin Liaison Offices Network
• Strategic Partner Universities
- Peking University
- St. Petersburg State University
- The Hebrew University of Beijing
• Concerted cooperation of international units at FU
CentralInt . Office CIC Liaison Offices Dept‘l
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Tasks of the International Office
Regional Competencies
Management of Cooperation Agreements
Program Development
Program Coordination
Exchange of Faculty (incoming/outgoing)
Student Exchange (incoming/outgoing)
Services (Customer Liaison and Support)
Profile of the School of Business & Economics
• 2,220 students, 20% international
• 44 professors, 103 research assistants, 102 student assistants
Business Administration Economics Departments:
• Finance, Accounting, Taxation (FACTS) • Management
• Marketing
• Information Systems Affiliated departments:
• Competence area „Organisation & Management for General Professional Preparation
• Competence Center E-Commerce
• Executive Master of Business Marketing • Research Group Inter-firm networks • Doctoral Program „Research on
Departments: • Public Economics
(Finance and Social Policy) • Statistics and Econometrics • Economic Policy and History • Economic Theory
• Endowed chair from
Deutsche Bundesbank affiliated since 1987
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Study programs at the School of Business & Economics
• Bachelor Programs in Business Studies and Economics
• Master of Science Programs
- in Economics
- in Public Economics
- in Statistics (cooperation with HU and Charité) - in Management and Marketing
- in Finance, Accounting, Taxation and Supplements (FACTS) - in Information Systems
- max. 40 students per master cohort
• Executive Programs
- Executive Master of Business Marketing (MBM) - Master in Gender and Diversity competence • Doctoral Programs
- Dahlem Research School: „Research on organizational paths“, DFG-funded, 3 cohorts of 15 doctoral candidates
- DPBR: Doctoral Program in Business Research: structured and systematic research training for PH.D. students
- BDPEMS: Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science, funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, 20 researchers - Individual doctorate (apprenticeship model) – independent research under the supervision of a „Doktorvater/-mutter“
Bachelor of Science Master of Science Ph.D. (Dr. rer. Pol.)
Our role model for the internationalization of our programs
The M.Sc. Program in Management & Marketing
• Cohort size: approx. 40 students
• Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); starting every Fall semester
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3rd. semester courses are taught
in English
Master level classes in
Management & Marketing
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Partners abroad
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden
• HEC Paris, France
• University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Postech University Pohang, South Korea
• Renmin University of China in Beijing, China
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Nanjing University, China
• Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Tilburg University, Netherlands
• Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italy
• Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy
• University of Adelaide, Australia
• Hanken School of Economics, Finland
• Tampere School of Business and Technology, Finland
• Cranfield University, U.K.
Thank you for your interest!
More information on the internet at
www.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität Berlin
School of Business & Economics
International Office Sandra Hallscheidt Garystr. 21 14195 Berlin Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 (0)30 838 525 48
