The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Freie Universität maintains diverse and fruitful partnerships and cooperation with different universities. A particularly close cooperation exists with Peking University, one of the six strategic partner universities of the Freie Universität Berlin.

The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin runs student exchange programs with the following universities:

• Beijing University, Beijing
• Fudan University, Shanghai
• Nanjing University, Nanjing
• Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
• National Chengchi University, Taipei
• National Taiwan University, Taipei
• National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei

Other partner universities of the FU Berlin in the PRC including Hong Kong SAR are:

• Lanzhou University, Lanzhou
• Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing
• Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
• Wuhan University, Wuhan
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

A regularly updated list of partner universities of the Freie Universität Berlin can be found here.