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UNamur (www.unamur.be) offers over 40 different programmes at the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate levels, and welcomes about 7000 students in six Faculties: Arts, Law, Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration, Computer Science, Medicine and Sciences. Research is developed in 11 transdisciplinary research institutes, active in arts, law, social and exact sciences, medicine and computer science.It excels notably in sectors such as health sciences (senescence, thrombosis, eco-toxicology, cancer), sciences and technologies (nanotechnologies and nanotoxicology, surface treatments, new materials and renewable energies, biophotonics, complex systems, mobility, software engineering), and human sciences (development economics, linguistics of sign language, information, law and society). Research activities lean on state-of-the-art scientific equipment grouped in 8 technology platforms and researchers develop inter- and transdisciplinary projects implying basic and applied research.UNamur is involved in numerous research projects funded by the European Union, the Federal State, the regions and the Wallonia Brussels Federation.

The Department of Biomedical Sciences (www.unamur.be/en/med/mbi) is composed of 34 staff members. Its research groups are part of NARILIS, Namur Research Institute of Life Sciences, and focus on nonclinical and translational research in molecular and cellular biology. The Department of Biomedical Sciences provides the following programs: one Bachelor since 1997 (n°577), one Master 60 since 2014 (n°578), one Master 120 since 2012 (n°579), and a University Certificate in Regulatory Affairs of Health Products since 2016 (n°1834). The Master programs are fully taught in English since 2014.

The Department of Biomedical Sciences submitted to ARES the request to provide in 2019 multidisciplinary programs in the fields of nonclinical and clinical research and data management. These master programs will also be fully taught in English. Pending ARES approval, we shall provide in 2019 the following new programs: a Master 120 in preclinical research, in clinical research and in data management.

HU (www.hu-berlin.de/en/about/humboldt-universitaet-zu-berlin) is a public University that has 32,553 students (excluding Charité) and 189 degree courses, 424 professors, 2,012 lecturers/assistants. In 2015, the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings placed Humboldt-Universität among the top 50 universities in the world (position 41). On the competitive front in Germany, its international, interdisciplinary research and teaching focus has secured HU a leading position in the Excellency Initiative of the German national and regional governments.

The history of Charité Universitätsmedizin (www.charite.de/) goes back to 1710 with the establishment of quarantine facilities for plague victims just outside Berlin's city limits. In 1997/1998, it merged with the medical faculty of the Humboldt Universität and the Virchow-Klinikum of the Freie Universität to form the "Universitätsklinikum Charité, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin", thereby becoming one of the largest clinics in Europe. Charité is located in 4 campuses and has more than 100 clinics. Currently, more than 7,000 students (1,300 from abroad) are enrolled at Charité. Charité offers 7 Master courses: cerebrovascular medicine, molecular medicine, consumer health care, toxicology, international health, health professions education, medical neuroscience.

At the Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology (international-health-care.charite.de/en/treatment_spectrum/treatment_of_adults/dermatology/) more than 80 physicians cover the entire discipline. It is one of the leading dermatological facilities worldwide and is heavily involved in human research and in clinical trials.