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Architecture, Department

Fachbereich 1: Architektur - Bauingenieurwesen - Geomatik

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Fachbereich 1: Architektur - Bauingenieurwesen - Geomatik
Lehreinheit Architektur
Nibelungenplatz 1
D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 691 533-0
https://www.frankfurt-university.de/en.html
Frankfurt UAS
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,030

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

190

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Professional qualification as an architect

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Design projects

Teacher support

Support in studies

Courses offered

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Digital teaching elements

Excursions

Introduction to scientific work

Offers for career orientation

Practical orientation in teaching

Support for stays abroad

Rooms

Library

IT-infrastructure

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Overall study situation

Return rate of the questionnaires

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Relevance to real-life practice and application of teaching content and student projects; Organisation of and participation in many excursions, workshops and competitions such as the engineering project in Germany and abroad; Participation in the international project week in collaboration with six partner universities; Expert forums and lecture series at the interface between research and science each semester; close personal contact with lecturers, individually focused student support in learning/seminar groups; Intensive didactic use and promotion of e-learning

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Relevance to real-life practice and application of teaching content and student projects; Organisation of and participation in many excursions, workshops and competitions such as the engineering project in Germany and abroad; Participation in the international project week in collaboration with six partner universities; Expert forums and lecture series at the interface between research and science each semester; close personal contact with lecturers, individually focused student support in learning/seminar groups; Intensive didactic use and promotion of e-learning.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Promotion of studies abroad, close contacts maintained with 37 partner universities, a postgraduate Master's degree course in Urban Agglomerations is taught entirely in English for the target group of international students, with integrated study visit abroad at a global partner university in the portfolio of the department, the Master's degree course in "Advanced Architecture" is offered in English; Various international projects, workshops, excursions, scholarship/exchange programmes; Truly international as students come from over 100 countries

Special features regarding the equipment

More than 280 PC workstations; A4 laser printer; 6 A0 plotters, 2 A3+1 A0 scanner projectors in all classrooms; Free software and working directory use for students; All software can be used from all workstations; WiFi network; E-learning portal; Additional computers in the library + self-learning centre+DV(110); Central library: 2 A-3 book scanners, copy/print options. Laboratory for building materials, building physics + building preservation; Laboratory for soil mechanics + foundation engineering; Water testing laboratory; Road construction laboratory; Plans for digitisation with virtual machines

Special features regarding research and development

Frankfurt Research Institute FFin: Research competence in planning, construction and operation in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan area; Research groups: Research lab for urban transport (ReLUT), global urbanisation, research lab for sustainable, lightweight building technologies (ReSUT), research lab for post-war modernism, FUTURE AGING; Mobility and Logistics Doctoral Centre

Other special features

Services of the foreign language centre; Self-learning centre with work rooms, PC pools, reference library and café; 2 student union campus cafés; Central library and group work rooms: over 210,180 books, over 307 journal subscriptions, more than 82,072 e-Media; Job portal for students and alumni; Doctorate funding, mentor network, families office, nurturing children; Research-oriented children's nursery; Barrier-free accessibility; IT services campus; Campus+: Culture, big band, university choir; Active student participation, sustainability strategy

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 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education