What is Humboldt-University of Berlin?
[[File:Berlin_Humboldt_Uni_1964_day.jpg|thumb|Humboldt University in 1964]] The '''Humboldt-University of Berlin''' ({{lang-de|Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin}}) is [[Berlin]]'s first [[public university]].<ref name=ShortHist>{{cite web |url=https://www.hu-berlin.de/en/about/history/huben_html |title=Short History |author= |website= |publisher=Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> It was [[wikt:found|found]]ed by [[Wilhelm von Humboldt]].<ref name=ShortHist/> He was the [[Germany|German]] [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Education]] at the time.<ref name=Centenary>'CENTENARY OF BERLIN UNIVERSITY', ''The Journal of Education'', Vol. 72, No. 15 (1801) (OCTOBER 27, 1910), p. 399</ref> Von Humboldt [[organize]]d Germany's system of education which is still used today.<ref name=Centenary/> The first building was donated by [[Frederick William III of Prussia]].<ref name=ShortHist/> The University opened its doors in 1810 as the '''University of Berlin'''.<ref name=SP>{{cite web |url=http://www.mastersportal.eu/universities/44/humboldt-university-berlin.html |title=Humboldt University Berlin |author= |website= |publisher=StudyPortals B.V. |accessdate=27 June 2015}}</ref> == History == At the time of its founding in 1810, there was pressure to make the new university both practical and [[industrial]]. Von Humboldt wanted it to be a center for the pursuit of truth in learning. In the end, he won out. The University was set up under his [[principle]]s.<ref name=Centenary/> In 1828 it was formally renamed the '''Frederick-William University'''.<ref name=ShortHist/> The university was named in honor of the reigning monarch, Frederick William III of Prussia.<ref>''Reports of the Department of the Interior, 1911'', Vol. 1 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1912), p. 594</ref> The university offered the traditional [[Academic department|faculties]] of [[Law school|law]], [[Medical school|medicine]], [[theology]], and [[philosophy]].<ref name=Devine200/> [[Emperor]] William made severa