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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.

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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.

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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.

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Studying between Hesse and Wisconsin

250 years of the United States, 80 years of the State of Hesse and 50 years of the Hesse-Wisconsin partnership: 2026 marks a series of significant transatlantic anniversaries. Few German universities are as closely connected to this shared history as Goethe University Frankfurt.

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Goethe Data Dive: Number for the Month of August

94 Fellows, 16 academic Feculties, One Global Research experience: Statistics on Goethe University’s GREP program.

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Where Science Meets Society

A football match between Israeli and Iranian researchers, a Mongolian horsehead fiddle, dishes from around the world – and the launch of Goethe University’s first Science Diplomacy Award all point to the same idea: scientific exchange begins with human connection.

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Goethe Study Experience Program Expands With New Academic Offerings

The Goethe Study Experience Program (GStEP) enters the 2026/27 winter semester with an expanded academic offering. The program is designed for exchange students from Goethe University’s international partner universities, and provides an academic introduction to Goethe University, Frankfurt and some of the intellectual traditions that have shaped both the city and Europe.

News archive

Visit our newsroom for the articles on internationalization and campus life of the past years.

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Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff

Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff

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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.

Internationalization Strategy
Guiding Principle Model and Strategy of Goethe University
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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.

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