Steffen Böttcher
Goethe Inbound: Study in Frankfurt
Joining us from abroad? Explore the diverse range of opportunities for international students at Goethe University and shape your own academic path.
Steffen Böttcher
Goethe University International
Goethe University embraces diversity, promotes global networking, and sets clear future-oriented priorities in its Internationalization Strategy. Discover how we organize research, teaching, and campus life on an international scale.
Steffen Böttcher
Goethe Outbound: From Frankfurt to the World
Travel the world with Goethe: Whether it’s a semester abroad, an ERASMUS program, an internship, or work in research and teaching – spending time abroad opens up countless new opportunities and horizons for your personal and professional development.
Steffen Böttcher
Internationalization (i-Goethe)
Goethe University embraces internationality: As an international university, it is globally connected and maintains a wide range of international university partnerships.
News on internationalization
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Building Bridges, Creating Pathways
The Academic Bridge Program at Goethe University Frankfurt supports highly qualified young people with refugee backgrounds as they pursue or resume their academic careers.
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Goethe Data Dive: Number of the Month for June: 10,044 Erasmus Exchange Students
During the 2025/26 summer semester, Goethe University reached a major milestone: since the turn of the millennium, more than 10,000 students have taken part in an Erasmus exchange. What began with 118 exchange students in the 2000/01 academic year grew to 658 participants last semester – and demand continues to rise. As of June 3, 2026, more than 740 nominations have already been received for the 2026/27 academic year.
Jürgen Lecher
Press Release
Goethe University Launches Science Diplomacy Award
Cultural anthropologist and folklorist Prof. Hande Birkalan-Gedik and biodiversity and global health researcher Dr. Ulrich Kuch recognized for strengthening academic freedom, international cooperation and dialogue in challenging contexts.
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From Campus to Career: How the Rhine-Main Region Is Working to Retain International Talent
In early May, representatives from universities, businesses, public authorities, professional associations and labor-market institutions gathered at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Westend Campus for the sixth roundtable meeting of the International Career Service Rhine-Main (ICS RM). At the heart of the discussions stood a question that is becoming increasingly urgent in light of demographic change and evolving labor-market conditions: How can international students successfully transition into the German labor market and build long-term careers in the Rhine-Main region?
News archive
Visit our newsroom for the articles on internationalization and campus life of the past years.
Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff
|President of Goethe University Frankfurt
“Internationality shapes our research, our programs, and our campus – at Goethe University, we are all international.”
Jürgen Lecher
Internationalization – A Strategic Approach
Goethe University's Internationalization is based on a collaboratively developed strategy that guides our actions and university-wide development across all faculties.
International University Partnerships
Goethe University maintains partnerships with over 450 universities across Europe and around the world. It promotes international exchange among students as well as international research, thereby strengthening global networking.
Steffen Böttcher