Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is a public hospital and medical school in Berlin, Germany, affiliated with Humboldt University of Berlin and Free University of Berlin. It traces its origins to 1710, following an order by King Frederick I of Prussia, and Wikipedia describes it as the largest university hospital in Europe. It spreads over four campuses with around 3,000 beds, 15,500 staff and 8,000 students.

Newsweek and Statista rank Charité No. 8 in World's Best Hospitals 2026. Their list singles out the top 250 hospitals worldwide, and Wikipedia also places the Charité among the world's top ten hospitals.

Scientists at the Charité strongly influenced the modern history of medicine; among them were Rudolf Virchow, the founder of cellular pathology, and Robert Koch, regarded as a founding figure of modern medicine. More than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, including Emil von Behring, Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich, have worked at the Charité. The medical schools of Humboldt University and Freie Universität were united under its roof in 2010–2011, and the admission rate was 3.9% for 2019–2020.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Newsweek / Statista