Humboldt University of Berlin (German: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin (Universität zu Berlin) by the educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities. From 1828 it was known as the Frederick William University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), and later (unofficially) also as the Universität unter den Linden after its location. In 1949, it changed its name to Humboldt-Universität in honour of both its founder Wilhelm and his brother, geographer Alexander von Humboldt.

These are the 9 faculties into which the university is divided:

• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences  (Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics)
• Faculty of Life Sciences (Biology, Geography, Psychology)
• Charité – Berlin University Medicine
• Faculty of Arts and Humanities I (Philosophy, History, European Ethnology, Department of Library and Information Science)
• Faculty of Arts and Humanities II (Literature, Linguistics, Scandinavian Studies, Romance literatures, English and American Studies, Slavic Studies, Classical Philology)
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Social Sciences, Cultural Studies/Arts, Asian/African Studies (includes Archeology), Gender Studies, Education Studies, Musicology and Media Studies, Sport science, Rehabilitation Studies, Education, Quality Management in Education)
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Furthermore, there are central institutes, clusters of excellence, graduate schools, integrative research institutes, interdisciplinary centres and units.