According to this year’s university rankings by the prestigious journal Times Higher Education (THE), Freie Universität Berlin continues to place among the world’s best universities in the humanities. As announced by THE in London, Freie Universität’s position in the international comparison improved by four positions since last year to place 25. In a nationwide comparison, Freie Universität placed above all the other German universities in the humanities. Professor Peter-André Alt, the president of Freie Universität Berlin, said that this latest ranking is further evidence of Freie Universität Berlin’s international reputation and of the strength of its researchers, which was also recently confirmed by its renewed selection as a German University of Excellence in the latest German national competition.