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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.

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.

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AI-generated image depicting the various components of the Goethe Study Experience Program. The image features, among others, the ECB, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Jürgen Habermas as representatives of the Frankfurt School, as well as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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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.

The 2026 Goethe Research Experience cohort together with Goethe University President Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff at the third GREP Summer Reception.

Moritz Reich

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From Lunar Meteorites to Human Minds: Young Researchers Connect Across Borders

A celebration of curiosity, collaboration and international friendship filled one of Goethe University’s guesthouses as 28 young researchers from around the world received their certificates marking the completion of this year’s Goethe Research Experience Program (GREP).

Group picture of the graduates of the the professional development program “Contact Studies: Educational Competence in a Migration Society”

Thomas Ohly

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New Paths, New Perspectives: Goethe University Celebrates Graduates of the Contact Studies Program

Nearly twenty graduates from Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria and Ethiopia have completed the professional development program “Contact Studies: Educational Competence in a Migration Society” [Kontaktstudium: Pädagogische Kompetenz in der Migrationsgesellschaft] at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Andreas Hänssig (front) surrounded by teacher education students during the final Gallery Walk he supervised.

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UniReport

Expanding Horizons Through Teaching Abroad

As he prepares to retire, Andreas Hänssig reflects on helping generations of future teachers gain international experience.

News archive

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

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.

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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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