<P> The concept of holistic academic education ( compare Bildung ) was an idea of Wilhelm von Humboldt , a Prussian philosopher , government functionary and diplomat . As a privy councillor in the Interior Ministry , he reformed the Prussian school and university system according to humanist principles . He founded the University of Berlin ( now the Humboldt University of Berlin ) and appointed distinguished scholars to teach and research there . Several scholars have called him the most influential education official in German history . Humboldt sought to create an educational system based on unbiased knowledge and analysis , combining research and teaching and allowing students to choose their own course of study . The University of Berlin was later named after him and his brother , naturalist Alexander von Humboldt . </P>
<P> The concept of holistic academic education ( compare Bildung ) was an idea of Wilhelm von Humboldt , a Prussian philosopher , government functionary and diplomat . As a privy councillor in the Interior Ministry , he reformed the Prussian school and university system according to humanist principles . He founded the University of Berlin ( now the Humboldt University of Berlin ) and appointed distinguished scholars to teach and research there . Several scholars have called him the most influential education official in German history . Humboldt sought to create an educational system based on unbiased knowledge and analysis , combining research and teaching and allowing students to choose their own course of study . The University of Berlin was later named after him and his brother , naturalist Alexander von Humboldt . </P>
where was the humboldtian model for engineering developed
where was the humboldtian model for engineering developed
the University of Berlin
the University of Berlin