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==Education and research== ===Universities and schools=== Frankfurt hosts two universities and several specialist schools. The two business schools are [[Goethe University Frankfurt]]'s [[Goethe Business School]] and [[Frankfurt School of Finance & Management]]. ====Johann Wolfgang Goethe University==== [[File:Campus_Westend_Frankfurt_01.jpg|thumb|[[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University]]]] The oldest and best-known university is the [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University]], with locations in Bockenheim, Westend, and Riedberg, and the university hospital in Niederrad. [[Goethe Business School]] is part of the university's [[House of Finance]] at Campus Westend. The Business School's Full-Time MBA program has over 70% international students. ====Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences==== The [[Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences]] was created out of several older organisations in 1971, and offers over 38 study areas, in the arts, sciences, engineering and law. Some of the most important research projects: Planet Earth Simulator, [[FraLine]]-IT-School-Service, quantitative analysis of [[methane]] in human corpses with the help of a mass spectrometer, software engineering (e.g., fraDesk), analysis of qualitative and quantitative gas in human lungs, long-term studies on [[photovoltaic]] modules (to name only a few). ====Frankfurt School of Finance and Management==== The city is also home to a business school, [[Frankfurt School of Finance & Management]], formerly known as the ''{{lang|de|Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft}}'' (Institution of Higher Learning for Banking Economics), with its new campus near Deutsche Nationalbibliothek U-Bahn stop (recently moving from its previous location in the Ostend (Eastend) neighborhood). In 2001, it became a specialist institution for Economics and Management, or FOM. Frankfurt School is consistently ranked among the best business schools in the world, attributed to its high research output and quality of undergraduate and graduate training.<ref>{{cite journal |title=FT Masters in Managemenet |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6b52615a-8694-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47eff7 |journal=FT |date=2017 |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707041533/https://www.ft.com/content/6b52615a-8694-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47eff7 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> ====Städelschule==== Frankfurt has the State Institution of Higher Learning for Artistic Education known as the [[Städelschule]], founded in 1817 by [[Johann Friedrich Städel]]. It was taken over by the city in 1942 and turned into a state art school. ====Music schools and conservatory==== Music institutions are the [[Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts]], and the [[Hoch Conservatory]] (Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium) which was founded in 1878. The International [[Ensemble Modern]] Academy is a significant institution for the study of contemporary music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationale-em-akademie.de/en/iema |title=International Ensemble Modern Academy |work=internationale-em-akademie.de |access-date=3 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215032236/http://www.internationale-em-akademie.de/en/iema |archive-date=15 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> ====Other notable schools==== The [[Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology]] (German:''Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen''), a private institution with membership in the German Jesuit Association, has been located in [[Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main)|Sachsenhausen]] since 1950. ====Education and media==== Frankfurt schools rank among the best-equipped schools nationwide for the availability of PCs and other media facilities.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In order to assure maintenance and support of the school PCs, the city in cooperation with the [[University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg|University of Applied Sciences]] launched the project [[Fraline]] – IT-Schul-Service, an initiative employing students to provide basic school IT-support.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} ===Research institutes=== [[File:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Brain_Research_at_Night_of_Science_2018_(1).jpg|thumb|[[Max Planck Institute for Brain Research]]]] The city is home to three [[Max Planck Society]] institutes: the [[Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory]], [[Max Planck Institute for Biophysics]], and the [[Max Planck Institute for Brain Research]]. The [[Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies]], sponsored by several institutional and private sources, is involved in theoretical research in physics, chemistry, neuroscience, and computer science. Frankfurt is host to the ''Römisch-Germanische-Kommission'' (RGK), the [[German Archaeological Institute]] branch for [[prehistory|prehistoric archeology]] in Germany and Europe. The RGK is involved in a variety of research projects. Its library, with over 200,000 items, is one of the largest archeological libraries in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Library Profile |url=https://www.dainst.org/en/departments/rgk/about-us/organisation/library |website=Deutsches Archäologisches Institut |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> [[Goethe University Frankfurt|Goethe University]] and [[Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences]] are involved in the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence ("hessian.AI").
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