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
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A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are "the key sites of knowledge production", along with "i
Humboldtian model of higher education
…to achieve both comprehensive general learning and cultural knowledge. Several elements of the Humboldtian model heavily influenced the concept of the research university. The Humboldtian model goes back to Wilhelm von Humboldt, who in the time of the Prussian Reform Movement relied on a growing, educated middle class…
Wilhelm von Humboldt, credited with the Humboldtian model of higher education
The University of Birmingham, UK, made vital research contributions during World War Two, including the Cavity magnetron that made airborne radar possible and the Frisch–Peierls memorandum that first demonstrated that an atomic bomb was technically feasible.
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland (Gilman Hall pictured), founded in 1876, is considered the first research university in the United States