At the end of the 19th century, Berlin University was organized around fulfilling another function: research. In this model, university faculties were charged with creating and developing knowledge, and students were expected to learn at the site of this actual research, thus also contributing to the development of knowledge.
十九世紀末，德國的柏林大學開啟了大學的另一重要功能﹘﹘研究，教師應致力於創造和發展知識，學生則自這樣的研究中實地學習，從而也對知識的成長有所貢獻。