The future of university - relevance of Humboldt’s tradition

Abstract

The Author discusses the relevance of the university education model proposed by Wilhelm von Humboldt from the perspective of today’s universities. When discussing the concept developed by the Prussian education minister, the Author asks if today’s life offers room for the university education model based on the concept of partnership-based community of students and teachers who seek answers to all questions preoccupying contemporary researchers and do so in a free, unrestrained and disinterested manner. Under this model, the problem of applicability of knowledge is pushed to the background whereas interdisciplinary nature of intellectual quest and of new knowledge prevails.