The Humboldtian model of higher education or just Humboldt's ideal is a concept of academic education that emerged in the early 19th century whose core idea is a holistic combination of research and s
Humboldt University of Berlin in August 2015
Statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt outside Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin in Berlin, c. 1850
Jürgen Habermas, who has promoted Humboldt's educational ideals
The Humboldt University of Berlin is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
Humboldtian model of higher education
…privy councilor in the Interior Ministry, he reformed the Prussian education system after humanist principles. He founded the University of Berlin (now Humboldt University of Berlin), appointing distinguished scholars to both teach and conduct research there. Several scholars have labeled him the most influential education official…
Wilhelm von Humboldt Memorial, Berlin in front of the main building by artist Paul Otto
Statue of Alexander von Humboldt outside Humboldt-Universität (Reinhold Begas, 1883)
Friedrich Wilhelm University, (photochrom, 1900)