Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Quick facts
Also called the University of Frankfurt am Main
| University world Ranking - Times 400 (UK) | = 209 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 102 to 150 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| European Rank (Jiaotong) | 35 to 56 |
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Basic Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 32,850 |
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| Established | 1912 |
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Information
Named after the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the university is located in Frankfurt in the west of Germany. The university is particularly renowned for it's school of philosophy and social though which has produced some of the most prominent philosophers and sociologists of the 20th century.
There are 10 major areas of study at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe, these are Cultural and Civilization Studies; Financial Studies; History; Law and Finance; Modern Languages and Linguistics; Medicine; Natural sciences; Philosophy; Protestant Theology; Roman Catholic Theology.
The university has a strength in sociological related subjects and many of its most famous alumni can be found in this area; these include Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Karl Mannheim, Max Wertheimer, Franz Rosenzweig and Norbert Elias.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Address
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany