Internationalization

Berlin has attracted more researchers from all over the world in recent years with its diverse academic programs and excellent resources than any other research region in Germany. The number of international students has also grown steadily.

The Cross-Cutting Theme Internationalization of the Berlin University Alliance aims particularly at enhancing the network of joint strategic partnerships with leading universities worldwide, at promoting cooperative research initiatives with the Global South, and at supporting joint engagement in Brussels.

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford and the four partner institutions of the Berlin University Alliance signed a letter of intent in December 2017 to establish a wide-ranging collaboration. The partnership builds on already existing diverse research relationships between the institutions and seeks to create an environment for new joint projects.

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University of Melbourne

With the University of Melbourne, the Berlin University Alliance was able to gain an outstanding partner that stands for excellence in research and teaching worldwide. An official agreement was signed in 2018. Joint research projects, the promotion of junior researchers, and the exchange of knowledge and experience are the goals of the collaboration.

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National University of Singapore

Within the framework of their strategic partnership, which has been in place since 2018, the National University of Singapore and the Berlin University Alliance aim to intensify their collaboration in the area of excellent and innovative research on specific priority topics, consolidate dialog at the governance level, and establish sustainable joint programs for the promotion of junior researchers.

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Brussels Office

A joint Liaison Office in Brussels gives the researchers of the Alliance partners better access to EU-focused international research networks and intensive professional exchange between the Alliance and EU research funding actors.

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Berlin Center for Global Engagement (BCGE)

The Berlin Center for Global Engagement has been created as a platform of the Berlin University Alliance for projects in the fields of research on, from, and with the Global South, science diplomacy, and academic freedom.

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Contact

Coordination Cross-Cutting Theme Internationalization (acting)
Aleksandra Laski, Partnership Manager Melbourne/Berlin and Singapore/Berlin
Email: aleksandra.laski@berlin-university-alliance.de

Oxford/Berlin Research Partnership
Email: oxber@berlin-university-alliance.de

Brussels Office
Dr. Angelika Wilhelm-Rechmann, EU Policy and Liaison Officer
Email: angelika.wilhelm@berlin-university-alliance.de

Berlin Center for Global Engagement (BCGE)
Email: bcge@berlin-university-alliance.de

Steering Committee

Dr. Herbert Grieshop (Freie Universität Berlin)
Dr. Yoan Vilain (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Dr. Ulrike Hillemann-Delaney (Technische Universität Berlin)
Dr. Magnus Rüde (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)