Humboldt University of Berlin: Statistics

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#153 of 14,131 In the World
#47 of 2,785 In Europe
#8 of 369 In Germany
#2 of 46 In Brandenburg
#2 of 36 In Berlin
#52 of 1,008 For Forensic Science
Top50% For 220 other topics
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Enrollment
36,232
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Languages
German
Acceptance rate
34%*

* The Humboldt University of Berlin is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Admissions RequirementsSecondary school certificate (Abitur)
Academic CalendarOctober to September (October - March; April-September)
Enrollment36,232
Full time employee1,933
Student:staff ratio19:1

Research profile

Humboldt University of Berlin is a world-class research university with 101,115 scientific papers published and 2,909,244 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Genetics, and Quantum and Particle physics.

Publications
101,115
Citations
2,909,244

Humboldt University of Berlin majors

by publication & citation count

Biology
55,827 / 2,036,014
Medicine
43,750 / 1,452,715
Chemistry
43,134 / 1,552,679
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
40,108 / 951,915
Physics
38,883 / 1,275,886
Engineering
37,015 / 1,191,972
Computer Science
34,448 / 1,140,307
Environmental Science
29,868 / 1,022,368
Genetics
28,251 / 1,102,569
Quantum and Particle physics
27,424 / 919,640
Biochemistry
26,978 / 1,065,432
Philosophy
23,927 / 458,491
Psychology
22,525 / 771,558
Organic Chemistry
19,810 / 710,376
Materials Science
17,482 / 565,404
Pathology
17,350 / 642,454
Political Science
17,288 / 353,624
Mathematics
16,119 / 509,989
Geology
15,726 / 595,432
Geography and Cartography
15,679 / 483,683
Law
13,284 / 328,243
Statistics
12,719 / 433,687
Ecology
12,660 / 476,202
Psychiatry
12,434 / 448,454
Optical Engineering
12,097 / 412,167
Sociology
12,076 / 330,431
History
11,662 / 317,647
Neuroscience
11,609 / 425,985
Surgery
11,297 / 353,548
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
11,281 / 326,643
Paleontology
10,927 / 422,907
Immunology
10,668 / 445,110
Business
10,462 / 293,208
Archaeology
9,983 / 303,118
Linguistics
9,664 / 228,775
Economics
9,138 / 263,083
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
8,284 / 288,369
Metallurgical Engineering
7,216 / 258,602
Nuclear Physics
6,845 / 288,442
Electrical Engineering
6,758 / 243,607

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 569 2343
1993 591 2719
1994 788 3056
1995 1159 4188
1996 1702 5946
1997 1912 8633
1998 2123 12556
1999 2121 16763
2000 2311 21587
2001 2144 26610
2002 2453 33227
2003 2493 41308
2004 2141 46741
2005 1873 53749
2006 1768 58770
2007 1928 62474
2008 2071 66561
2009 2061 71810
2010 1987 77194
2011 2308 85459
2012 2414 93617
2013 2607 100662
2014 2676 107186
2015 2861 115059
2016 2935 120036
2017 3427 126245
2018 4114 135645
2019 4577 159060
2020 5419 202716
2021 6322 240633
2022 6419 233707
2023 6587 254672
2024 5305 251612
Academic rankings

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Humboldt University of Berlin.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering No No No
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Bachelor's Degree Administration, African Studies, Agriculture, American Studies, Archaeology, Art History, Biology, Biophysics, Business Administration, Business Education, Catholic Theology, Chemistry, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Educational Sciences, English, Ethnology, European Studies, French, Gender Studies, Geography, German, Greek (Classical), Health Education, History, Horticulture, Hungarian, Information Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Islamic Theology, Italian, Latin, Library Science, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Media Studies, Modern Languages, Music, North African Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Protestant Theology, Psychology, Regional Studies, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Russian, Scandinavian Languages, Slavic Languages, Social Sciences, Spanish, Special Education, Sports, Teacher Training
Kirchliche Abschlussprüfung Protestant Theology
Master Adult Education, African Studies, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agriculture, American Studies, Ancient Civilizations, Aquaculture, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Business Administration, Business Computing, Business Education, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Classical Languages, Comparative Law, Computer Education, Computer Science, Continuing Education, Cultural Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Educational Sciences, English, English Studies, Ethnology, European Studies, Fishery, Foreign Languages Education, French, French Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Geography (Human), German, Greek (Classical), Health Education, History, Horticulture, Humanities and Social Science Education, Industrial Management, Information Sciences, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Studies, Latin, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Modern Languages, Molecular Biology, Music, Native Language Education, Natural Resources, Neurosciences, North African Studies, Optics, Philology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Polymer and Plastics Technology, Production Engineering, Psychology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religion, Religious Education, Rural Studies, Safety Engineering, Scandinavian Languages, Science Education, Slavic Languages, Social Sciences, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Special Education, Sports, Statistics, Theology, Translation and Interpretation, Urban Studies
PhD African Studies, Agriculture, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Dentistry, East Asian Studies, Economics, Educational Sciences, English, Ethnology, Gender Studies, Geography, German, History, Horticulture, Information Sciences, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Medicine, Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Public Health, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Romance Languages, Science Education, Slavic Languages, Sociology, Southeast Asian Studies, Sports, Theology

Humboldt University of Berlin alumni

  1. Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1818-1883 (aged 65)
    Enrolled in the Humboldt University of Berlin
    In 1836 studied philosophy and jurisprudence
    Occupations
    poetphilosopherjournalistrevolutionaryauthor
    Biography

    Karl Marx was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, political economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto (with Friedrich Engels) and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his intellectual endeavours. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on modern intellectual, economic and political history.

  2. Arthur Schopenhauer

    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1788-1860 (aged 72)
    Enrolled in the Humboldt University of Berlin
    Studied in 1811
    Occupations
    translatoruniversity teacherwriterphilosophermusicologist
    Biography

    Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism.

  3. Max Weber

    Max Weber
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1864-1920 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    politicianuniversity teacherlawyerhistorianphilosopher
    Biography

    Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research.

  4. Hannah Arendt

    Hannah Arendt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1906-1975 (aged 69)
    Enrolled in the Humboldt University of Berlin
    Studied in 1922-1923
    Occupations
    resistance fighterpolitical theoristuniversity teacherwriterhistorian
    Biography

    Hannah Arendt was a German and American historian and philosopher. She was one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.

All 100 notable alumni

Humboldt University of Berlin faculties and divisions

Faculty : Agriculture and Horticulture Agriculture, Horticulture
Faculty : Arts and Humanities I Ethnology, European Studies, History, Library Science, Philosophy
Faculty : Arts and Humanities II American Studies, English Studies, Linguistics, Philology, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages
Faculty : Arts and Humanities III African Studies, Archaeology, Art History, Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Musicology, Social Sciences
Faculty : Arts and Humanities IV Educational Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Sports
Faculty : Economics and Business Administration Business Administration, Economics
Faculty : Law Law
Faculty : Mathematics and Natural Sciences I Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics
Faculty : Mathematics and Natural Sciences II Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Psychology
Faculty : Theology Theology
Graduate School : Humboldt Safety Engineering, Service Trades
Graduate School : International Humboldt Electronic Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Natural Sciences
Graduate School : Mind and Brain Behavioural Sciences, Neurosciences

General information

Alternative names HU
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Founded 1809
Motto Universitas litterarum
Colors blue, white

Location and contacts

Address Unter den Linden 6
Berlin, 10099
Germany
City population 3,782,000

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