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CHE University Ranking

Commercial / Business Law, Department

Fachbereich 3 - Wirtschaft und Recht

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Fachbereich 3 - Wirtschaft und Recht
Fachbereich 3: Wirtschaft und Recht
Nibelungenplatz 1
D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 69 1533-2947
https://www.frankfurt-university.de
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

870

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

50

International orientation

Outgoing students

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Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

25.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

35.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

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Master theses in cooperation with work environment

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

47

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

At the Department of Economics and Law at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, the Bachelor's degree programme combines established theory with practice-related teaching. Interdisciplinary course content, international orientation and close contacts with companies and institutions create a dynamic learning environment. The central location in Frankfurt am Main – a leading location in the financial and legal worlds – opens up ideal opportunities for practical experience, networks and a successful professional outlook.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

The Master's degree programme at the Department of Economics and Law at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences combines scientific specialisation with practice-related teaching. Students benefit from interdisciplinary content, international focus and close cooperation with companies and institutions. The location in the financial and legal centre of Frankfurt opens up excellent opportunities for practical experience, research and professional networks – an ideal basis for positions of responsibility in business and society.

Special features regarding the international orientation

An education for the international and national labour market. Research on an international level. Close contact and collaboration with over 180 renowned universities worldwide. High degree of exchange mobility with over 160 incoming and outgoing students. Qualified foreign languages courses. Broad support for joint study programmes and for exchanges by students, teaching staff and researchers.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Konkuk University, Korea; Sungkyunkwan University, Korea; Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finnland; University of Valencia, Spanien; Ewha Womans University, Korea; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Niederlande; Malmö University, Schweden; Istanbul Aydin University, Türkei; Eötvös Loránd University, Ungarn; University Kebangsan; Malaysia

Special features regarding the equipment

Mobile access for teaching staff and students to the legal databases juris and beck-online as well as e-books; All classrooms are equipped with modern multimedia PC and projector systems, university-wide internet access, PC work rooms, laptops for students to rent, independent-study centre.

Special features regarding research activities

Focus on logistics, mobility, artificial intelligence, legal tech; "Logistics and Mobility" Doctoral Centre; Current research projects e.g. on “Digital Test Field Air Freight” (with Fraunhofer IML), Machine Economy, Drones in Logistics, Recording and Forecasting of Parking Searches (start2park), Last Mile Tram for Logistics by Tram, Use of Autonomous Minibuses in Rural Areas, Clustering of Automotive Mobility Flows Through Machine Learning, Thinking Leadership beyond Boundaries, Research Learning, Smart Contracts, Visibility of Innovative Female Founders.

Other special features

In addition to practical relevance, social responsibility, an interdisciplinary approach and digitalisation, diversity and sustainability are central, strategic and university-wide guidelines in the management of the university as well as in the design and further development of degree courses. This is also reflected in the establishment of departments for Diversity and Sustainability and the integration of these topics into the degree courses, which teach modern leadership skills as well as self-reflection, agility and negotiation techniques.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education