Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt a.M.
Phone: +49 69 798-1

http://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/en?locale=en

General remarks

This University is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body	University, public
Year of foundation	1914
Total number of Students	47,134
Students at this campus	47,134
Semester contribution	366,21 € *
Tuition fees	There are no study fees.

Subject areas featured in the ranking

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science		8.2 %
Mathematics, Natural Sciences		20.5 %
Law, Economic and Social Sciences		37.7 %
Language, Civilisation Studies		22.2 %
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)		5.0 %
Other studies		6.3 %

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree		47.8 %
Master's degree		15.2 %
Teacher qualification degree		14.5 %
Pre-Bologna degrees		21.4 %
Other types of degrees		1.1 %

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

please see university website (link below) more information

Special features regarding the library

The library system (main library and five departmental libraries) is one of the main academic library sites in Germany. The stock comprises 9.9 million items, of which 7 million are printed works and 1.3 are e-books, digital texts and text collections. In addition, there are 7,371 print journal subscriptions, 31,740 e-journals and 500 databases. Students can consult stock both on the library premises (7 days/week) and loan these for use at home. E-journals, databases and e-books can be used by students at any location via the internet. more information

Foreign language courses

There is a foreign language centre. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Turkish, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Persian, Swedish. more information

Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Participation is subject to fees. Students may also take part in the sports programmes of all the public higher education institutions and universities of applied sciences in the federal state of Hesse. Guests can generally register to take part in the courses of the university sports programme for a fee. The Goethe-Universität sports centre always endeavours to offer additional marginal sports. more information