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CHE University Ranking

Biology / Bioscience, Department

Fachbereich 15: Biowissenschaften

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Fachbereich 15: Biowissenschaften
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9
D-60438 Frankfurt am Main
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de
Uni Frankfurt a.M.
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,320

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

460

Teaching in core subjects

  • General Biology/Evolution, Genetic: 25.7%
  • Biochemistry/Biophysics/Physiology; Cell- & Developmental Biology: 38.9%
  • Zoology: 8.6%
  • Botany/Plant Science: 8.6%
  • Microbiology: 6.9%
  • Ecology: 11.4%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/16 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Support in studies
Courses offered
subject-specific skills
methodological skills
interdisciplinary skills
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Laboratory internships
Excursions
Research orientation

Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

51

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Very broad professional training in many sub-disciplines of Biology; Close link between theory and practice; Extensive range of optional required subjects; Integration of a "free course of study" for specialisation and professional orientation; Good supervision ratio in the practicals; Teaching digital skills and team management skills; A wide range of support services (e.g. preparatory courses on scientific foundations, scientific writing)

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Master's degree programmes mainly in English, with many international students; some interdisciplinary; Wide range of optional required subjects in the Master’s degree courses; Students involved in ongoing research projects at an early stage; Affiliation with non-university research institutions; Possibility of external work placements and stays abroad; Possibility of individual specialisation with corresponding note in the master's certificate

Special features regarding the international orientation

Four (predominantly or purely) English-language Master's degree programmes with international students; Introduction to English as an academic language in the Bachelors degree course; Internal international representative to support student mobility; Recognition of study achievements gained abroad; 19 Erasmus partner universities, several global exchange programmes; Workshops offered in "Scientific Writing" including , international working groups; University-wide support for visiting academics.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norwegen; Umeå University, Umeå, Schweden; Charles University, Prag, Tschechische Republik; Ghent University, Gent, Belgien; University of Copenhagen, Kopenhagen, Dänemark; Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, Frankreich; Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Griechenland; Wageningen University, Wageningen, Niederlande; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Schweden; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spanien

Special features regarding the equipment

Science garden with greenhouses; Frankfurt Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy (FCAM); Frankfurt Centre for Electron Microscopy (FCEM); Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (BMRZ)

Special features regarding research activities

Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity; Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Institute of Molecular Life and Biosciences; Department of Subject-Specific Didactics of Life and Biosciences; with a total of. 38 professors, one of the largest biological departments in Germany.; excellent organismic and molecular capabilities, various research networks (Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Interdisciplinary Centre for Neuroscience), cooperations with, among others, Senckenberg Research Institute, MPI Brain Research, Zoo Frankfurt, Honeybee Research Centre.

Other special features

The Equality Office coordinates measures and activities in cooperation with the departments in the areas of quality, family service, dual career, diversity, anti-discrimination and inclusion, including in support of all members of the University in the balancing their degree programme and career as well as students with long-term impairment/disability in their studies. Equality Council in the faculty. Parent-child room, MobiKiz (mobile nursery). Sustainability Office coordinates sustainability processes in research, teaching and administration.

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/94238584/Rund_um_den_NC

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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