Fachbereich 15: Biowissenschaften at the Uni Frankfurt a.M.

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Basic information

Teaching staff in core subjects

Teaching staff at the department	76
Total number of students	1,240
Number of master degree students	440

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/12 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees

79.7 %

Share of anglophone research groups

Teacher support	2.2
Support in studies	2.2
Courses offered	2.6
Teaching of technical/professional competence	4/8 points
Teaching of methodological competence	3/8 points
Teaching of interdisciplinary competence	1/6 points
Study organisation	1.8
Exams	2.4
Laboratory internships	1.7
Excursions	2.3
Research orientation	2.2
Job market preparation	2.7
Support for stays abroad	2.5
Rooms	1.6
Library	1.5
IT-infrastructure	1.7
Overall study situation	2.1

Teacher qualification students	480
Teacher qualification programmes
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Very broad professional training in many sub-disciplines of Biology; Extensive range of optional required subjects; Integration of a "free programme" for individual specialisation; Good supervision ratio in the practicals; Teaching of team management skills; Five Master's degree courses, partly in English and inter-disciplinary; Wide range of optional required subjects in the Master's degree courses; Close integration of theory and practice; Students involved in ongoing research projects at an early stage; Affiliation with non-university research institution; Possibility of external work placements.
Other special features
Diverse opportunities for external work placements and final theses in non-university research institutions, e.g. MPI for Brain Research, MPI for Biophysics, Senckenberg Research Institute, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Ernst-Strüngmann Institute.

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(S)-Students' judgements (F)-Facts (P)-Professors' judgements

Last update 2018: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education.