 Free University of Berlin

The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a research university in Berlin, Germany.The Free University was 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, which was in East Berlin and faced strong communist repression; its name refers to West Berlin's status as part of the Western Free World, in contrast to the communist-controlled university in East Berlin.