Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is Europe’s largest university hospital and one of Germany’s leading medical research and teaching institutions, jointly operated by Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Founded in 1710 as a plague hospital, it grew into a major academic medical center associated with figures such as Rudolf Virchow, Robert Koch, and Emil von Behring. It is located in Berlin, Germany (not the United States), with clinical care, education, and biomedical research across several Berlin campuses. Charité combines patient care with undergraduate and graduate medical education, doctoral training, and extensive research in areas such as immunology, neuroscience, oncology, and regenerative medicine. It is consistently ranked among the top medical schools and university hospitals in Europe and serves as a major referral center for complex care in the Berlin region and internationally.