Adlershof Campus of the Humboldt-Universität
Since 15th June 2012, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is ranked among the eleven “Excellence Universities” in Germany. To its current 38,000 students, originating from over 100 countries, the Humboldt-Universität offers a broad variety of studies, ranging from the humanities, social and cultural studies as well as natural and agricultural sciences to human medicine, the study of which is located at the Charité Hospital.
Humboldt-Universität’s institutions are to be found on three different campuses:
- Campus Mitte, historic site of the studies of the Humanities, situated in the area around the university’s main building, Unter den Linden 6
- Life Sciences Campus Nord in close proximity to the Charité
- Campus Adlershof for Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in the heart of the Science and Technology Park Berlin-Adlershof
The Mathematics and Natural Science Campus of the HU
The departments of Chemistry, Geography, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology are based in Adlershof. The Erwin Schrödinger Centre houses the natural sciences library as well as IT and media services, providing state-of-the-art services for teaching and research. The focus of interdisciplinary collaboration at the site range from pure mathematics and model-based systems development to the study of functional materials and human-environment systems and cognitive science issues. The Integrative Research Institute THESys (Transformation of Human-Environment Systems) as well as the Central Institute CSMB (Center for the Science of Materials Berlin) successfully connect Humboldt-Universität with non-university research institutions and high-tech companies.
Supporting young entrepreneurs
Supporting young entrepreneurs
Science & Startups offers interested academics – whether students or researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin or the Charité – all the information and services needed to support founders as they take their first steps towards self-employment. At the heart of this are the start-up incubators in Adlershof, the Startup-Villa in Dahlem, the incubator in Mitte and EINS in Charlottenburg: this young, creative environment facilitates networking with other founders and the further development of innovative start-up ideas.
In addition, Science & Startups facilitates access to funding programmes for pre-launch and early-stage start-up projects, such as exist Women, the AI NATION Grant for AI-based start-up projects, the Berlin Startup Grant, the exist Start-up Grant, as well as funding programmes for research-oriented start-up projects such as exist Research Transfer and GO-bio next. Funded start-ups receive support in securing follow-on funding.
