Universities and research institutions in Berlin

The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region is one of the most prolific centers of higher education and research in the world.

The city has four public research universities and 27 private, professional and technical colleges (Hochschulen), offering a wide range of disciplines.

The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: Preußische Akademie der Künste) was an art school set up in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia.

There are six large internationally renowned research universities in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region: There are seven recognized private universities in Berlin: Berlin has several public or private universities of applied sciences (Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften): Berlin has a high density of research institutions, such as the Fraunhofer Society, the Leibniz Association, the Helmholtz Association, and the Max Planck Society, which are independent of, or only loosely connected to its universities.

The city is one of the centers of knowledge and innovation communities (Future Information and Communication Society and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).