Editing Hesse (section)

===Higher education===

The Hessian government has overall responsibility for the education within the state. 
Hesse has the following universities:
* [[Goethe University Frankfurt]] (43,972 students; Budget: €666,4 Mio.) 
* [[Technische Universität Darmstadt|Technical University of Darmstadt]] (25,355 students; Budget: €482,8 Mio.)
* [[University of Giessen|Justus Liebig University Giessen]] (28,480 students; Budget: €425,4 Mio.) 
* [[University of Marburg|Philipps University of Marburg]] (24,394 students; Budget: €374,3 Mio.) 
* [[University of Kassel]] (25,103 students; Budget: €291,5 Mio.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.study-in-hessen.de/front_content.php?idcat=24|title=Study in Hessen|website=www.study-in-hessen.de|language=de|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419234624/http://www.study-in-hessen.de/front_content.php?idcat=24|url-status=live}}</ref> 
None of Hesse's universities are included in [[German Universities Excellence Initiative|German Excellence Universities]].
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Goethe_University_Frankfurt_Poelzig_Building.jpeg|Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Westend
Karo5_Eingangsgebaeude_Verwaltungsgebaeude_TU_Darmstadt.jpg|Technical University of Darmstadt, Main Entrance
2004-JLU_Gießen_Sicherlich.jpg|Justus Liebig University Giessen
MarburgLahnbergeBMFZ.jpg|Philipps University of Marburg, Biomedical Research Center
Uni Kassel Eingang Holländischer Platz.jpg|University of Kassel, Entrance Holländischer Platz
</gallery>

There are many international schools in Hesse, primarily centred in and around Frankfurt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newcomers-network.de/rhein-main/newcomers-guide/education/index.php|title=Newcomers Network – Your Guide to Expatriate Life in Germany|website=www.newcomers-network.de|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152740/http://www.newcomers-network.de/rhein-main/newcomers-guide/education/index.php|archive-date=13 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hesse is the only state in Germany where students have to study all three stanzas of the "{{lang|de|Das [[Deutschlandlied]]|italic=no}}".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Geisler |first=Michael E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CLVaSxt-sV0C&pg=PA72 |title=National Symbols, Fractured Identities: Contesting the National Narrative |date=2005 |publisher=UPNE |isbn=978-1-58465-437-7 |language=en |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=1 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901193631/https://books.google.com/books?id=CLVaSxt-sV0C&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>