Free University of Berlin - Rankings

Rankings

The Freie Universität Berlin is consistently ranked among Germany's top universities overall, with particularly strong showing in the Arts & Humanities followed by the Social Sciences internationally. For instance, the 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings subject rankings in Arts and Humanities place the university 1st in Germany, 6th best in Europe, and 27th in the world . The 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked Freie at 66th internationally. Notable rival German universities in terms of rankings, particularly in the fields of the Arts & Humanities as well as the Social Sciences include the University of Munich, University of Heidelberg and the Humboldt University.

Tables comparing the year-on-year ranking performance of the Freie Universität Berlin based on popular international ranking exercises are as follows:

Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Year Source Overall International Ranking Overall Regional Ranking (Europe) International Arts & Humanities Ranking International Natural Sciences Ranking International Social Sciences Ranking Overall National Ranking
2006 Times Higher Education Supplement 149 - 33 - - -
2007 Times Higher Education Supplement 146 - 38 - - 7
2008 Times Higher Education Supplement 137 - 24 - 62 4
2009 Times Higher Education Supplement 94 - 27 - 47 3
2010 Times Higher Education Supplement - - 34 - - -
2011 Times Higher Education Supplement 151 - 29 - - -
2012 Times Higher Education Supplement 128 - 25 - - -
QS World University Rankings
Year Source Overall International Ranking International Arts & Humanities Ranking International Natural Sciences Ranking International Social Sciences Ranking International Life Sciences and Biomedicine Ranking Overall National Ranking
2006 QS World University Rankings 149 - - - - -
2007 QS World University Rankings 146 38 102 61 132 -
2008 QS World University Rankings 137 24 82 62 177 -
2009 QS World University Rankings 94 27 77 47 137 -
2010 QS World University Rankings 70 25 66 53 64 4
2011 QS World University Rankings 66 30 60 56 72 -
2012 QS World University Rankings 87 26 59 52 74 -

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