Free University of Berlin
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Main campus in Dahlem
Free University of Berlin, (FU Berlin)
a research university located in Berlin, Germany, founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period as a de facto western continuation of the Frederick William University (University of Berlin), which was located in East Berlin, in 1949 renamed to Humboldt University of Berlin.