University and Faculty Partnerships of the University of Potsdam
Current resolutions from the Executive Board regarding Russian universities
The University of Potsdam has suspended its partnerships with Russian universities until further notice due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in violation of international law. There is currently no cooperation with these universities (Resolutions from the Excecutive Board of the University of Potsdam).
You can find a list of all university and faculty partnerships of the University of Potsdam (cooperation agreements, memoranda of understanding, and joint PhD programs) on this site.
Faculty partnerships are negotiated and administered directly by the faculties or central institutions and signed by the respective dean or head of the central institution.
An overview of the respective faculty partnerships can also be found on the international pages of the faculties.
- For more information on the partnerships of the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) alliance, please click here.
More information on partnerships suitable for student exchange (exchange partnerships incl. Erasmus partnerships) can be found in the menu Going Abroad/Studying Abroad.
Academic freedom in partner countries
The annual Academic Freedom Index (AFi) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the V-Dem Institute Gothenborg allows universities to assess the degree of academic freedom in a partner country. The UP is aware of the restrictions on academic freedom with certain partner countries and checks in each individual case whether partnerships meet its own standards for freedom of research and teaching.
Academic Freedom Index (AFI) 2022
Link to the visualization tool of the AFi (V-Dem project)
Albania
- EPOKA University, Tirana (Memorandum of Understanding)
Argentina (priority country)
- National University of General San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires
- National University of Tucuman (UNT), San Miguel de Tucumán
- University of Buenos Aires//School of Philosophy and Humanities (Filo-UBA) , Buenos Aires
- University of Buenos Aires/School of Exact and Natural Sciences (UBA Exactas), Buenos Aires (contract Faculty of Science)
Australia (priority country)
- La Trobe University, Melbourne (only student exchange)
- Macquarie University, Sydney (strategic partner university)
- University of Melbourne, Melbourne (Memorandum of Understanding, Joint PhD programs)
- University of Sydney, Sydney (USYD)(Memorandum of Understanding, Faculty of Human Sciences)
- University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney (only student exchange)
Belarus
- Belarusian State University, Minsk
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Belarus is fully restricted (status E).
Brazil (priority country)
- University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas
- University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (only student exchange)
- University of São Paulo (USP)
Botswana
- Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), Gaborone (Memorandum of Understanding)
- University of Botswana (UB), Gaborone (Memorandum of Understanding)
Canada (priority country)
- Memorial University, St. John’s/Newfoundland (Memorandum of Understanding)
- York University, Toronto (contract Faculty of Arts)
China (PR)
- Chu Hai College, Hongkong, China (contract Faculty of Arts)
- University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing (main focus area of the partnership: Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in China is fully restricted (status E).
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Hong Kong (VR China) is significantly restricted (status D).
Chile
- University of Chile , Santiago de Chile (contract Faculty of Arts)
Columbia (priority country)
- Javeriana University, Cali (only student exchange)
- National University of Colombia (UNAL), Bogotá
- University of Caldas, Manizales (only student exchange)
- University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Bogotá
Costa Rica
- University of Costa Rica (UCR) , San José
Czech Republic
- Masaryk University, Brno (partner university EDUC alliance)
France (priority country)
- Bordeaux Montaigne University (institutional contract; main focus area of the partnership: Double Degree Program German Literature and Language)
- University Paris Nanterre (Franco-German University: Legal studies; partner university EDUC alliance)
- University of Rennes (partner university EDUC alliance)
Georgia
Ghana
- University of Education, Winneba (contract Fakulty of Arts, Center for Teacher Training and Education Research)
Greece
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (contract Faculty of Arts)
Hungary
- Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies, Budapest (Memorandum of Understanding)
- University of Pécs (partner university EDUC alliance)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Hungary is significantly restricted (status D).
India
- Indian Institute of Technology Rorkee, Roorkee (contract Faculty of Sciences)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in India is fully restricted (status E).
Ireland
- University College Dublin (Double Degree Master International War Studies)
Israel (priority country)
- Beit Berl College, Beit Berl (Memorandum of Understanding)
- Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem (contract Faculty of Arts)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv University (TAU) (strategic partner university)
- University of Haifa
Iraq
- Catholic University Erbil (contract Faculty of Arts)
- Tishk International University, Erbil (contract Faculty of Arts)
Italy
- University of Cagliari (partner university EDUC alliance)
Japan
- University of Tokio (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)
Mexico
- Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara (ITESO), Guadalajara (only student exchange)
Mongolia
- National Academy of Governance, Ulaanbaatar
Namibia (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)
- University of Namibia, Windhoek
Nigeria (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)
- University of Ibadan (contract Faculty of Arts)
Norway
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg (partner university EDUC alliance)
Palestinian Territories (West Bank)
- Birzeit University (BZU), Birzeit, West Bank (Memorandum of Understanding)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in teh Palestinian Territories (West Bank) is significantly restricted (status D).
Poland (priority country)
- Adam–Mickiewicz–University (AMU) , Poznań
- Jagiellonian University , Kraków (contract Faculty of Arts)
- Maria-Curie-Skłodowska-University Lublin (UMCS) (contract Faculty of Arts, bi-national degree program Media Science/ Angewandte Kultur- u. Translationswissenschaften)
- University of Warsaw, Warschau (contract Faculty of Arts)
Portugal
- University of Porto, Porto (Memorandum of Understanding, Faculty of Science)
Russian Federation (priority country) (++++ partnerships suspended until further notice ++++)
- Baikal State University of Economics and Law (BSU), Irkutsk
- Higher School of Economics (HSE), Campus Moskau
- Higher School of Economics (HSE), Campus St. Petersburg
- Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
- People’s Friendship University (RUDN), Moskau
- Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH), Moskau (main focus of the partnership: Jewish Theology/rabbinical training)
- Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON)
- Saint Petersburg Sate University
- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don (contract Faculty of Arts/Center for Languages and Key Competences - Zessko)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in Russia is fully restricted (status E).
Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU)/ National Institute of Education (NIE), (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)
Spain
- University Jaume I Castellón de la Plana (partner university EDUC alliance)
South Africa (priority region Sub-Saharan Africa)
- North-West University, Potchefstroom (Memorandum of Understanding)
- Stellenbosch University (Memorandum of Understanding, main focus area of the partnership: Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)
- University of Cape Town
- University of Pretoria (contract Faculty of Arts)
South Korea
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (student exchage agreement)
Switzerland
- Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern
Uganda
- Kyambogo University, Kampala (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)
Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiew (contract Faculty of Science)
- Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano Frankivsk (Memorandum of Understanding, associated partner EDUC)
Please note: According to the Academic Freedom Index, academic freedom in the Ukraine is significantly restricted (status D).
USA (priority country)
- Augustana University, Sioux Falls/South Dakota (student exchange only)
- Clarkson University, Potsdam/New YorK State
- Duke University, Durham/North Carolina
- Haskins Laboratories, New Haven/Connecticut (contract Faculty of Human Sciences)
- Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo/Michigan (student exchange only)
- Middlebury College, Middlebury/Vermont (student exchange only)
- Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey, Monterey/Kalifornien (student exchange only)
- SUNY Cortland, NY
- University of Illinois (College of Law), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (contract Faculty of Law)
- University of Mississippi, Oxford/Mississippi (student exchange only)
- University of Minnesota, Morris/Minnesota (student exchange only)
- University of West Florida (College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities), Pensacola/Florida (student exchange only)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Regional Advisor for University Partnerships
regions Asia, Australia, Europe
Katharina Schmitt
Regional Advisor for University Partnerships
regions North America, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa