Research Areas

Frankfurt University is one of the leading research universities in Germany. Around 2,500 professors and academic staff carry out research in 16 departments. The university is at the forefront of research in areas such as law and finance, life sciences (especially membrane proteomics, RNA-ligands interaction, biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance), drug research, cognitive neuroscience, heavy ions physics and interdisciplinary research on Africa. Research in the humanities at Frankfurt University ranked second in a survey of all German universities carried out by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Research activities in the areas of finance, money and law will be brought together in the House of Finance, which will established in the coming years.

Academic Departments

01 Law
02 Economics and Business Administration
03 Social Sciences
04 Educational Sciences
05 Psychology and Sports Sciences
06 Protestant Theology
07 Roman Catholic Theology
08 Philosophy and History
09 Linguistics, Cultural and Civilization Studies, Art Studies
10 Modern Languages
11Geosciences and Geography
12 Computer Science and Mathematics
13 Physics
14 Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy
15 Life Sciences
16 Medical Science

Faculty are currently involved in eight prestigious Sonderforschungsbereiche (Collaborative Research Centers), three Forschergruppen (Research Units) and one Schwerpunkt (Priority Program), all of which are funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).

Collaborative Research Centers:

Molecular and Cellular Bases of Neuronal Organization
Culture of Knowledge and Social Change
Molecular Bioenergetics
Nitric Oxide (NO) as a Cellular Messenger
RNA-Ligand-Interactions
Functional Membrane Proteomics
Light-induced Dynamics of Biopolymers
The Tropospheric Ice Phase

Research Units:

Spin- and Charge-Correlations in Low-Dimensional Metalorganic Solids
Ecological Change and Cultural Disintegration in West and Central Africa
Vascular Homeostasis: Molecular Mediators and Cellular Mechanisms

Priority Program:

Gene Regulation and Genome Organization in Archaea

 

last updated on 26. Oktober 2007  E-Mail: Webmasterpresse@uni-frankfurt.de

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