The history of science in Berlin is full of the names of famous scholars like Humboldt, Einstein, Virchow, Koch, Meitner and Planck. Major national research organizations are represented in Berlin by various institutions and research sites, such as:
Researchers appreciate the open research atmosphere and the many opportunities for cooperation between science and industry.
Universities, research organizations and businesses in Berlin work together in a tightly integrated network. The Technology Park Berlin Adlershof, the Campus Berlin-Buch and numerous further technology centers and business incubators in Berlin offer ideal conditions for developing new ideas and translating them into marketable products. Also, the twelve Future Sites are attractive locations with significant potential space as well as research-based network structures that form a bridge between business and science.
The more than 70 non-university research institutions in Berlin, along with the universities, form an important basis for the economic development of the region.
Additional non-university research institutions (selection)
Federal institutions
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, the National Metrology Institute of Germany
National Metrology Institute
Scientific and technical service duties
Higher Federal authority in the business area of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Scientific-technical Higher Federal Authority
Duties: Continued development of safety in technology and chemistry, implementation and evaluation of physical and chemical testing of substances and equipment, and cooperation in the development of legal regulations
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin www.bam.de
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
Federal Institute for Disease Control and Prevention
Duties: Recognizing, preventing, and fighting infectious diseases.
Federal Institute for Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases
Bundesinstitut für Infektionskrankheiten und nicht übertragbare Krankheiten Nordufer 20 13353 Berlin www.rki.de
Further institutions
Berliner Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften / Berlin Institute of Health
Founded by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in 2013 – at the interface of university and non-university research and teaching
Goals: Researching disease trajectories to develop personalized healthcare
Basic research, clinical research, and transfer of findings into practice
BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy for the education of young scientists
Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (The German Internet Institute)
Investigation of social change in connection with digitization and the development of options for action
Interdisciplinary research in the field of social sciences, economics, and law with design research and computer science
Business partners: Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Fraunhofer FOKUS, FU Berlin, HU Berlin, TU Berlin, UdK
Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft (Das Deutsche Internet-Institut) Hardenbergstr. 32 10623 Berlin www.weizenbaum-institut.de
Einstein Center Digital Future
The Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) is an interdisciplinary project of the Technische Universität Berlin, the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Universität der Künste Berlin.
Inter-university research center for the study of digital structures
Interdisciplinary top research and training of young scientists
Research areas: Smart cities, smart mobility, digital education, Internet of Things, bioinformatics, personalized medicine, digital diagnostics, etc.
Public-private partnership of more than 30 companies and organisations, the four Berlin universities, the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and more than ten research institutes from Berlin's scientific community, which financed around 50 new professorships
