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
All ArticlesLeonie Schultens
Web exclusive
Between Courses, the World
Some evenings offer more than a meal. In Frankfurt, a handful of tables became the setting for conversations reaching from Tokyo to Kolkata, from Nigeria to South Africa, from philosophy to immunology. The Social Dinners hosted by the Foundation for the Promotion of International Academic Relations at Goethe University serve as a first taste of global science in its most vital form: personal, curious and based on exchange.
Peter Kiefer
Press Release
A Successful Connection: Goethe University Celebrates the First Alumni of the "Academic Bridge Program"
As part of a festive evening event on April 29, 2026, Goethe University honored the remarkable achievements of highly qualified individuals with refugee backgrounds. The "Academic Bridge Program" (ABP), launched in the summer of 2025, celebrated the successful completion of its alumni.
Privat
UniReport
Four Paths Out of War – and to Goethe University Frankfurt
More than 1,500 days have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Around six million Ukrainians have sought refuge abroad, including about 1.1 million in Germany. Four Ukrainian scholars who found their way to Germany and to Goethe University in 2022 reflect on their experiences as the war enters its fourth year.
Steffen Bötcher
Web exclusive
Registrations Open for next Goethe Study Experience Program
Application for the pre-semester courses is now open to regular Goethe University students interested in enrolling in Frankfurt-focused program for visiting students from partner universities and acquiring CPs for their optional BA module.
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