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{{Short description|University in Frankfurt, Germany}}
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{{Infobox university
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'''Goethe University Frankfurt''' ({{lang-de|link=no|Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Viertes Gesetz zur Änderung des Hessischen Hochschulgesetzes |url=http://starweb.hessen.de/cache/GVBL/2007/00021.pdf#page=40 |publisher=[[Hessische Staatskanzlei]] |accessdate=19 January 2022 |date=8 October 2007 |language=de |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118172135/http://starweb.hessen.de/cache/GVBL/2007/00021.pdf#page=40 |url-status=live }}</ref>) is a [[public university|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'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UniReport |url=http://www.unireport.info/44481633/unireport-04-2008.pdf? |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928192616/https://www.unireport.info/44481633/unireport-04-2008.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.
The university celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. The first female president of the university, [[Birgitta Wolff]], was sworn into office in 2015,<ref name="Neue Uni-Präsidentin will kommunikativen Führungsstil">{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/frankfurt-neue-uni-praesidentin-birgitta-wolff-will-kommunikativen-fuehrungsstil-13319493.html|title=Neue Uni-Präsidentin will kommunikativen Führungsstil|access-date=3 March 2015|newspaper=Faz.net|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226161855/http://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/frankfurt-neue-uni-praesidentin-birgitta-wolff-will-kommunikativen-fuehrungsstil-13319493.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was succeeded by [[Enrico Schleiff]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/enrico-schleiff-zum-uni-praesidenten-ernannt-lieber-ohne-amtskette-17108209.html|title=Neuer Uni-Präsident: Lieber ohne Amtskette|first=Sascha|last=Zoske|date=17 December 2020
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).
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The university's relocation programme, which has been intensified since the mid-1990s, aims to create a de facto three-campus university in the future. To this end, the units currently located in the Bockenheim district are also to be relocated, but not the sports grounds.
The public [[Botanical Garden Frankfurt|Botanical Garden Frankfurt am Main]] at the end of Siesmayerstraße, formerly associated with the biology campus (
==Goethe Business School==
The [[Goethe Business School]] is a graduate business school at the university, established in 2004, part of the [[House of Finance]] at the Westend Campus and the IKB building. It is a non-profit foundation under private law held by the university. Its board of directors is led by [[Rolf-Ernst Breuer]], who was chairman of the board of [[Deutsche Bank]] until 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cde1ede0-c274-11da-ac03-0000779e2340|title=Breuer steps down from Deutsche Bank|work=Financial Times|access-date=20 March 2024|archive-date=20 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320134045/https://www.ft.com/content/cde1ede0-c274-11da-ac03-0000779e2340|url-status=live}}</ref> The school has maintained a partnership in Executive Education with the [[Indian School of Business]] (ISB) since 2009.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://idw-online.de/de/news332615|title=Goethe Business School schließt Partnerschaft mit Indian School of Business|last=Jaspers|first=Ulrike|access-date=
==Logo==
The word/image mark used from 1980 to 2002 was developed by [[Adrian Frutiger]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Über den Namensgeber der Goethe-Universität |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/38772812/%C3%9Cber_den_Namensgeber_der_Goethe_Universit%C3%A4t |access-date=2024-05-14
* Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
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As old university logos never really "expire", they remain valid. Since 2008, the university administration has made various changes to the practical name of the university and, accordingly, to the logo.
On 26 September 2016, another logo was also registered at the [[German Patent and Trade Mark Office]] as an individual trade mark, consisting only of the words "GOETHE UNIVERSITY".<ref>{{Cite web |title=DPMAregister {{!}} Marken
==The Deutsche Bank Prize==
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=== Political university groups ===
According to information from the university, the political university groups are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Politische Hochschulgruppen |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/85317271/Politische_Hochschulgruppen |access-date=
* DGB Hochschulgruppe Frankfurt am Main
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* Rosa*Liste
There is little public information on the individual university groups and the work of the university committees, as there is usually only up-to-date information on university politics and/or university political actors on the respective websites of the [[AStA|General Students' Committee]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=StuPa-Archiv {{!}} AStA Uni FFM {{!}} Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss der Goethe-Universität |url=https://asta-frankfurt.de/gremien/studierendenparlament-stupa/stupa-archiv |access-date=2024-05-21
Little can be said about the political significance of university politics due to the lack of transparency in university politics as a whole and the lack of interest in its activities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=
=== Student university groups and initiatives ===
The university management and the departments support numerous private and university-affiliated student groups, initiatives and private alumni organisations. There are also networks between the student university groups and initiatives via the departments and the Goethe University Network:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fachschaft und studentische Initiativen |url=https://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/studium/studierende/master/fachschaft-und-studentische-initiativen.html |website=Goethe Universität |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819054630/https://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/studium/studienprogramme/bachelor/fachschaft-und-studentische-initiativen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Studentische Initiativen |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/64349666/Studentische_Initiativen |access-date=
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* AIESEC
* Amnesty International, Hochschulgruppe Frankfurt
* Campusradio DauerWelle<ref>{{Cite web |date=
* Debattierclub Goethes Faust<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Club |url=https://dcgf.weebly.com/der-club.html |access-date=
* Erasmus Student Network Frankfurt am Main (Hermes Club)
* Enactus Universität Frankfurt
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* Goethe's Green Office
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* Goethe Club<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe Club
* Goethe Gruppe
* GREEN finance consulting
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=== Student initiatives from the Deutschlandstipendium ===
New student initiatives are regularly created at Goethe University as part of the Deutschlandstipendium programme. These initiatives are supported by the non-material support programme for the Deutschlandstipendium from the Presidential Board of Goethe University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Ideelles Förderprogramm |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/99248100/Ideelles_F%C3%B6rderprogramm |access-date=
* Goethe Speaks Out<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Goethe speaks out! |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/141012314/Goethe_speaks_out |access-date=
* Goethe Uni Tour/ExperienceCampus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Goethe-Uni Tour |url=https://deutschland-stipendium.uni-frankfurt.de/89134078/Goethe_Uni_Tour? |access-date=
* ExperienceFundraising<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Alle Projekte |url=https://deutschland-stipendium.uni-frankfurt.de/64885050/Alle_Projekte? |access-date=
* uni:hautnah<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Uni:Hautnah |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/94763695/Uni_Hautnah |access-date=
* Wissenschaftskommunikation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Wissenschaftskommunikation |url=https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/100333570/Wissenschaftskommunikation |access-date=
== Alumni organisations ==
=== University-related alumni organisations ===
Goethe University has its own non-exhaustive network of alumni organisations, a sponsors' association and its own e-mail distribution list for alumni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goethe-Universität — Goethe-Alumni |url=https://www.alumni.uni-frankfurt.de/44662724/Goethe_Alumni___Goethe_Universit%C3%A4t_Frankfurt |access-date=2024-05-21
=== Independent alumni organisations ===
Local, regional, national, European and international student initiatives have given rise to many parallel alumni networks that run in parallel and independently of each other. These include the alumni organisations of [[AIESEC]], MTP
== Notable people ==
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