Goethe University Frankfurt
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Goethe University Frankfurt (German: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main[7]) is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt. The original name in German was Universität Frankfurt am Main.[8] In 1932, the university's name was extended in honour of one of the most famous native sons of Frankfurt, the poet, philosopher and writer/dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The university currently has around 45,000 students, distributed across four major campuses within the city.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main | |
Former name | Königliche Universität zu Frankfurt am Main[1] |
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Type | Public |
Established | 18 October 1914 (1914-10-18)[1] The Goethe University has roots dating back to 1484, the year in which the current "Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library" was founded. |
Budget | € 715.3 Mio. (2020)[2] |
Chancellor | Albrecht Fester[3] |
President | Enrico Schleiff[4] |
Vice-president | Bernhard Brüne, Michael Huth, Christiane Thompson, Ulrich Schielein[5] |
Academic staff | 3.631,8 (FTE, 2020)[2] |
Administrative staff | 2,082,9 (FTE, 2020)[2] |
Students | 42,355 (2022)[6] |
Undergraduates | 19,329 (2022)[6] |
Postgraduates | 6,816 (2022)[6] |
1,213 (2022)[6] | |
Other students | 5,940 (teacher education) (2022)[6] |
Address | Campus Westend: , , , Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1 60323 , Germany 50°7′40″N 8°40′00″E |
Campus | Multiple sites |
Language | German |
Colours | Blue |
Affiliations | U15 |
Website | www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de |
The university celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. The first female president of the university, Birgitta Wolff, was sworn into office in 2015,[9] and was succeeded by Enrico Schleiff in 2021.[10] 20 Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with the university, including Max von Laue and Max Born.[11][12] The university is also affiliated with 18 winners of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize.[13]
Goethe University is part of the IT cluster Rhine-Main-Neckar. The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Goethe University Frankfurt and the Technische Universität Darmstadt together form the Rhine-Main-Universities (RMU).