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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Logo of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
TypePrivate non-profit
Established1957; 67 years ago (1957)
PresidentNils Stieglitz
Academic staff
80 (2024)
Total staff
748
Students3,248 (2024)
(plus approx. 2,800 enrolled in the Ausbildungsakademie/Vocational training and about 9,000 participants of Executive Education)
Location
Frankfurt am Main
,
Hesse
,
Germany

Websitewww.frankfurt-school.de
The Campus of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in Frankfurt

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a private university with a right to award doctorates, recognized under Hesse's Higher Education Act.[1] The parent organization is the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Foundation.[2] Frankfurt School has a second campus in HafenCity in Hamburg, a study center in Munich and a further study location in Düsseldorf,[3] as well as offices in developing and emerging countries in cities such as Nairobi and Amman.[4]

In recent years, Frankfurt School has steadily improved its rankings in German and international university and business school ranking tables, regularly achieving top positions.

History

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Frankfurt School began life as Bankakademie e.V. (the Banking Academy), which was established in 1957 by Gabler Verlag, a publishing house in Wiesbaden. Initially, the institution focused exclusively on providing professional development programs for bankers. In 1966, the Banking Academy was re-established with regional private banking associations and the association of German cooperative banks as members, and the portfolio of programs was further developed and expanded.

The professional development portfolio grew to include seminars and training programs on specific topics. In the early 1990s, the International Advisory Services (IAS) unit was set up to manage advisory and educational projects in developing and emerging countries all over the world.

In 1990, the institution set up its own university for banking, the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft (HfB), and the first 35 students completed their business administration degrees in 1995. The course's main differentiator was in allowing students to study for a business administration degree while completing an apprenticeship or, if they had already done so, to study alongside a part-time job. A semester and work placement abroad were also a mandatory part of the program right from the start. HfB was granted the right to award doctorates in 2004.

On 17 January 2007, all the Banking Academy business activities, including HfB, were absorbed into Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Since January 2008, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management has been a non-profit company with limited liability (gGmbH), funded by the foundation of the same name.

In the winter semester of 2017/18, Frankfurt School moved to a new campus on Adickesallee in the Nordend district of Frankfurt. Constructed between 2014 and 2017, the new building stands on the site of Frankfurt's old regional tax office.[5]

Organization

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Frankfurt School's executive board consists of: Professor Nils Stieglitz, President and managing director; Fatma Dirkes, Director and Vice President of International Advisory Services; Karolina Kristic, Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer; Vera Hübner, Chief Marketing Officer; Professor Ansgar Richter, Vice President Academic Affairs; Angelika Werner, Vice President Strategic Relations; Professor Sascha Steffen, Vice President Research.

Activities

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Academic programs

Frankfurt School offers Bachelor, Master and MBA programs, as well as continuing professional development (CPD) programs and a doctoral program. The majority of courses are taught on the Frankfurt campus, but Frankfurt School also offers selected academic programs on its Hamburg campus, at its Munich study center, and at other locations in Germany. Many of the programs give students the opportunity to specialize by selecting various concentrations. All Frankfurt School academic programs (Bachelor, Master, and MBA) involve either a mandatory or optional work placement abroad and at least one semester studying abroad at one of more than 80 partner universities.

Bachelor programs[6]

  • Bachelor in Business Administration (BSc), full-time, German and English
  • Bachelor in Computational Business Analytics (BSc), full time, English
  • Bachelor in Management, Philosophy & Economics (BSc), full-time, English
  • Bachelor in Business Administration (BA), part-time, German (also available to people who have completed an industry-recognized vocational course)

Master programs[7]

  • Master of Finance (MSc), full-time, English
  • Master in Financial Management (MSc), full-time, English
  • Part-time Master of Finance (MSc, Hamburg), English
  • Master in Management (MSc), full-time, English
  • Master in Applied Data Science (MSc), full-time, English
  • Master in Data Analytics & Management (MSc), part-time, English
  • Master in Blockchain & Digital Assets (MSc), part-time, English
  • Master in Corporate Performance & Restructuring (MSc) (Frankfurt and Hamburg), part-time, German
  • Master of Mergers & Acquisitions (LLM), part-time, German
  • Master of Banking & Capital Markets Law (LLM), part-time, German
  • EBI Master in EU Banking & Financial Regulation (LLM), part-time, English
  • Master in Auditing (MSc), part-time, English
  • Master of Leadership in Sustainable Finance (MA, online), part-time, English

MBA and EMBA programs[8]

  • Full-time MBA, English
  • Part-time MBA (Frankfurt, Hamburg or Munich), English
  • Executive MBA, part-time, English
  • MBA for Executives (Kinshasa), full-time, English
  • MBA in International Healthcare Management, part-time, English

Continuing professional development programs[9]

  • Banking
  • Business Administration
  • Digitalization
  • Management Studies

Doctoral program (Dr. rer. pol.)[10]

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Economics

Professional development/Executive Education

Frankfurt School's Executive Education department offers over 600 certification courses, seminars, workshops and executive training courses in a broad range of subject areas:[11]

  • Banking & Wealth Management
  • Compliance, Forensics & Audit
  • Controlling & Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Finance
  • Leadership & Communication
  • Digital Transformation
  • Real Estate
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Risk Management & Regulation
  • Strategy & Change Management
  • Sustainability
  • Insurance
  • Payments & Credit

Frankfurt School's executive education courses regularly achieve top positions in rankings, appearing in the Financial Times Top 50 (2020).[12] In 2020, Stern magazine ranked Frankfurt School as the best business school for professional development courses.[13] And in November 2020, WirtschaftsWoche voted it the best provider of online professional development courses in the Business Schools category.[14]

International Advisory Services (IAS)

Since 1992, the International Advisory Services (IAS) unit has been working to improve financial markets and provide easier access to financial resources for low-income segments of local populations. Since then, IAS has extended its commitments: as well as removing financial bottlenecks in various sectors of the financial services industry, IAS also works to improve food security and energy efficiency worldwide. The unit's services are aimed primarily at developing and transition nations, as well as emerging economies. To achieve its objectives, IAS designs, structures and implements advisory, training and educational projects and carries out applied research. To increase the institutional or entrepreneurial capacities of beneficiary institutions, the unit develops approaches tailored to local market conditions.

IAS products and services are grouped into the following areas: Advisory Services, the FS-UNEP Center and the Sustainable World Academy.

Advisory Services
The Advisory Services team designs and carries out a large number of projects that aim to increase the institutional capacities of partner organizations by providing customized advisory services, training courses and coaching sessions in core areas. These focus on financial inclusion, microfinance, SME support, women's financial inclusion and empowerment, affordable housing finance, rural and smart agricultural finance, risk management, personnel management, IT solutions, and climate and sustainable energy finance.
FS-UNEP Collaborating Center for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance
Frankfurt School collaborates with the UN Environment Program (UNEP) to support climate protection and climate adaptation efforts by organizing and managing a wide variety of projects. Core areas of activity include climate and sustainable finance, energy supply and consumption, resilience to climate change, and disaster management.
Sustainable World Academy (SWA)
The SWA offers professional and executive courses to advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The courses are based on knowledge and experience gained from project work and are grouped into clusters of topics: Green Finance, Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Finance, MSME Finance, Digital Transformation, Leadership & Management and Risk & Treasury.

The International Advisory Services unit operates through regional offices in Kenya (for Sub-Saharan Africa), Jordan (MENA region), Turkey (Central Asia and Turkey), the United Arab Emirates (Gulf States), Belgium (Europe), through various country offices (including China and India) and from the main Frankfurt campus, supporting and advising partners and customers in more than 130 countries worldwide.

In developing its products and carrying out its services, IAS makes use of far-reaching synergies both between the different clusters and with Frankfurt School's academic and Executive Education departments. IAS also collaborates closely with the independent Frankfurt School Financial Services unit.

Sustainable development is a central goal of all IAS activities, which build on the three pillars of sustainability: society, economy and environment. Frankfurt School's various advisory and training projects contribute to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

Research

Frankfurt School is one of the top higher-education institutions involved in business and management research, and has one of the largest business-school faculties in Germany. About 80 faculty members publish their research findings in leading international peer-reviewed journals, present them at academic and specialist conferences, and conduct joint research projects with industry practitioners.

Frankfurt School is also one of the most research-intensive institutions in business administration in Germany. In the most recent Top 100 Business School Research Rankings of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), it ranks first in Germany in terms of the number of UTD publications and is on a level playing field with the top 100 research-focused institutions worldwide.[15]

The Frankfurt School faculty is organized around five departments.[16]

Department Head Professors Honorary professors Other full-time teaching staff
Finance Ulf Moslener 22 1 4
Management Selin Atalay 27 0 2
Economics & Law Markus Reisinger 13 1 2
Accounting Frank Ecker 11 1 2
Computational Science & Philosophy Gregory Wheeler 8 0 1

Education Management

Frankfurt School assists and advises companies across Germany throughout the training process, including candidate management and recruiting. The business school provides trainees with personal support throughout their training courses and prepares them for exams. Occupational training courses include:[17]

  • Banking (including part-time)
  • Office management
  • Real estate
  • Dialogue marketing

Frankfurt School also offers professional development courses for instructors, trainers and lecturers.

Accreditations

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Frankfurt School is recognized under the Hessian Higher Education Act (HHG), which means that the academic qualifications awarded to graduates are recognized.[18]

It is one of four German universities to be accredited by AACSB,[19] AMBA[20] and EQUIS,[21] making it a Triple Crown institution.Frankfurt School is also accredited by the German Accreditation Council.

In 2015, Frankfurt School was given a temporary right to award doctorates. In the same year, it was accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities for another five years as a higher-education institution on a par with a university.[22] At the end of 2016, the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts officially removed the five-year limit on Frankfurt School's entitlement to award doctoral degrees.

Rankings

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Frankfurt School placed 26th in the latest Financial Times European Business School Ranking (2023),[23] making it one of the top 30 business schools in Europe. It placed 53rd in the Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking.[24] The Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking (2023) placed Frankfurt School 37th in the world.[25] In 2024, Frankfurt School's Master of Finance program came 31st in the world in the Financial Times ranking.[26] In the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2023, Frankfurt School placed 52th in the world, and in the top three in Germany.[27]

In the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking (2024), Frankfurt School placed 1st in Germany.[28]

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management took part in the Executive MBA Ranking of The Economist for the first time in 2020 and was placed 49th in the world.[29]

In the CHE University Ranking 2023/24, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management appeared in the top group for its Bachelor programs, with "excellent" ratings for 8 of the 12 criteria. For its various Master programs in business studies in 2020, Frankfurt School scored top results in seven out of eight categories in the CHE Ranking.[30][31]

In 2020, Stern magazine, in cooperation with market research institute Statista, voted Frankfurt School the best business school for professional development courses, awarding five out of five stars.[32][33]

In the WirtschaftsWoche university ranking for 2024, Frankfurt School ranked once again 3rd for business studies in Germany.[34]

Manager Magazin ranked Frankfurt School as Germany's best higher-education institution for auditors in a ranking published in March 202.[35]

Additional information

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Admission procedures

There is no numerus clausus (NC) at Frankfurt School. There is a two-stage application process for admissions. A written application is followed by an Assessment Center in either German or English. The Assessment Center for the Bachelor programs consists of a mathematics test, cognitive tests and a personal interview. English language abilities are also tested during the Assessment Center.[36]

Quality of teaching

All taught courses are evaluated by the students. Learning objectives are also defined for the different study programs. These are skills and abilities which the students are expected to have acquired by the end of the course. In this way, the university assesses not only its students, but also its own teaching performance. There are dedicated members of staff for quality management.[37]

Image and logo

New Logo Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
The new logo

The logo is an invented symbol incorporating elements of the dollar, euro, yen and pound currency symbols, as well as the mathematical signs for equals/does not equal and integration. The colors were originally dark blue (the color of the Banking Academy) and yellow-orange (the former HfB).

Old Logo Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
The old logo

On 30 March 2007, the Maleki Group, a Frankfurt communications agency, filed an objection against the logo, attempting to prevent Frankfurt School of Finance & Management from using the words "Frankfurt" and "Finance" in its name and from using the logo and the blue-yellow color combination.[38]

In a conciliation hearing at the regional court in Frankfurt am Main on 10 November 2009, the presiding judge declared that there was no trademark resemblance between the two symbols. With respect to the color combination, the parties were advised to accept a compromise in which Frankfurt School would cease to use yellow tones in its logo. Frankfurt School has been using the blue and white version since 30 August 2010.[39]

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management adjusted its logo on 1 September 2015, omitting the reference to the HfB Banking Academy ("HfB Bankakademie") and replacing it with the motto "German Excellence. Global Relevance".

Temporary right to award doctorates

Since 2005, Frankfurt School has offered a doctoral program that leads to the academic title Dr. rer. pol. The right to award doctorates was originally granted with a time limit, which ended on 31 December 2010. This was extended for five years.[40] The right of the private business school to award doctorates has not been without controversy. The German Council of Science and Humanities noted in an opinion statement in 2010 on Frankfurt School's accreditation that Frankfurt School had been very late in taking energetic steps to support the temporary entitlement it had been granted with adequate research achievements, and expressly excluded the right to award doctorates when it issued the ten-year accreditation.[41] According to the German Council of Science and Humanities, Frankfurt School had neglected to create the institutional and infrastructural conditions required for a research environment. It therefore saw "no sufficient academic basis at the present time for removing the time limit or further extending Frankfurt School's temporary right to award doctorates."[42] Following accusations of plagiarism, the first student to be awarded a doctorate by Frankfurt School, in 2007,[43] was stripped of his title.[44] In 2015, in another review of the school's right to award doctorates, the German Council of Science and Humanities established that "Frankfurt School has the academic standards of a higher-education institution that is on a par with a university." The German Council of Science and Humanities therefore recommended that the State of Hesse extend the existing right of Frankfurt School to award doctoral degrees.[45] Based on the expert opinion of the German Council of Science and Humanities, as part of the "compact process for granting the right to award doctoral degrees", the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts announced its final decision to remove the time limits on Frankfurt School's entitlement to award doctoral degrees at the end of 2016.

Notable professors

  • Horst Löchel, Economics
  • Philipp Sandner, Economics[46]
  • Roland Koch, former Minister President of Hesse (1999–2010)
  • Sascha Steffen, Finance
  • Udo Steffens, former President & CEO of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  • Matthias D. Mahlendorf, Accounting
  • Olaf Stotz, Asset Management and Pension Economics
  • Michael H. Grote, Corporate Finance
  • Ronald Gleich, Accounting
  • Jan Nagler, Computer Science
  • Julia Redenius-Hövermann, Law
  • Emanuel Mönch, Finance
  • Jens Weidmann, Finance
  • Kerstin Hennig, Real Estate
  • Afschin Gandjour, Health Management
  • de:Rainer Hegselmann, Philosophie[25]
  • Benjamin Born, Economics
  • Ulf Moslener, Finance
  • Claus Rerup, Management
  • Selin Atalay, Marketing
  • Gregory Wheeler, Computer Science & Philosophy

Alumni

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Frankfurt School has a large, active Alumni Network with over 100,000 graduate members. It offers members of the Alumni Network an attractive package, including a lifelong learning option, careers advice, networking events and specialist lectures. In addition, an alumni association, Frankfurt School Alumni e.V.,[47] has been running successfully for over 25 years. It is a non-profit, independent association and is managed and funded by its members, who now number over 3,000.[48]

The Alumni Network includes alumni from the following programs:

- Academic programs (BA, BSc, MSc, MBA, Dipl.)

- Doctoral program (Dr. rer. pol.)

- Continuing professional development programs (banking, business administration, management studies)

- Certification courses in the Executive Education and International Advisory Services departments

Notable graduates of Frankfurt School

See also

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  4. ^ fs: Annual Report 2018. German version accessed on 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ FS elects new Vice President Academic Affairs. German version accessed on 26 January 2021.
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