I attended the English Studies: Literature, Language, Culture program at Freie, so my review is mostly related to the program rather than the whole university.
One of the positives of the program is that while it is a full-time program, compared to my other experiences, the workload is not too high and allows for time to work.
The curriculum of the program did not seem very well thought out and there were not as many options for classes as I wish there were.
Professors were a hit or miss. There were some who were enthusiastic to teach and provide feedback, while others didn’t really bother to even put proper class descriptions online for students to get an idea of what the class would be about.
While the program was fully in English, just like with most public institutions, any communication with the administration was in German. For a uni that wants to bring in more international students, this seems like a big issue that is being ignored.
Overall, I still think that it is an okay program, especially since it’s “free”, but I would not actively recommend it.