Free University of Berlin, Germany
The Freie Universität Berlin (FU) was founded in 1948 and is one of Germany’s most prominent universities, known in particular for the humanities and social sciences.
Free University of Berlin is situated in Germany’s vibrant capital city. Hailed as Europe’s capital of nightlife and clubbing culture, Berlin is a city that never sleeps. Its multicultural and multilingual atmosphere make it accessible to foreigners.
Mobility partner
>> Information for incoming students
Estimated number of places
1-3 full-year places or 2-6 semester places for each subject
Available Subject Areas
Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.
Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.
- Law
- Theatre Studies
Key information FU
- Language of teaching: German and English. UofG students should ensure that all required courses are taught in a language in which they are at least proficient at B2 level.
- Calendar
- Grading system
- Entry requirements: not applicable. Further information on study at Free University of Berlin
- Some student accommodation available
- Course listing
Travel and costs
- University of Glasgow Financial Support
- Cost of Living
- Travel: Berlin is home to two international airports; Tegel and Schönefeld. Tegel is the larger of the two, however budget airlines are mostly associated with Schönefeld.
Useful weblinks

Freie Universitat Berlin, Kaiserswerther Straße 16-18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
EU/EEA code
D BERLIN01
Partner web
http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html
Partner mobility web
http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/international
Mobility contact
incoming@fu-berlin.de
Disability support
http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/service/behinderung/index.html