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Charit¨¦ - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe.?

Its motto is: ¡®Forschen, Lehren, Heilen, Helfen¡¯, which translates as ¡®Research, Teaching, Healing, Helping.¡¯

Dating back to 1710, the hospital was originally built in response to a plague epidemic in Eastern Prussia. By 1727 it had become a military hospital and educational training centre, and renamed Charit¨¦.

Following its destruction during World War II, the building had to be rebuilt, and between 1946-1989, it served as a medical institute of the German Democratic Republic.

By 2003, as a result of merges with other medical institutes in Germany, the Charit¨¦ - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin became one of the main medical centres in Europe.

More than half of German Nobel prize-winners in medicine and physiology originated from the Charit¨¦, including physician and microbiologist Robert Koch, and the immunologist Paul Ehrlich.

In 2010, the university celebrated its 300-year anniversary and today,?it is wholly-owned by the Federal State of Berlin, has a turnover of €1.5 billion per annum and is one of the largest employers in the city, home to 3,700 doctors.

Charit¨¦ has four campuses across Berlin: Campus Benjamin Franklin, Campus Charit¨¦ Mitte, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Berlin Buch, which between them take up 540,000 square meters of land.

It has a student body of 7,000 ¨C 1,200 of whom are from overseas ¨C and is made up of approximately 100 departments and institutes, which are organised into 17 Charit¨¦Centres.

Students of Charit¨¦ are encouraged to join student councils and committees in order to contribute towards the development of their teaching and learning.

Since 2011, Charit¨¦ has been bestowing grants to selected students.