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Basic information

Teaching staff at the department

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Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education

50

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

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Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

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Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

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Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

16.4%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

30.0%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

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Third party funds per professor

52,000 €

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Course content + student projects have a high level of practical relevance; Numerous excursions, workshops + competitions (engineering project in Germany/abroad, participation in the international project week with six partner universities); Per semester, expert forums + lecture series at the interface between research + science; close personal contact with lecturers, individually focused student support in learning/seminar groups; Intensive didactic use+ promotion of e-learning.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Course content + student projects have a high level of practical relevance; Numerous excursions, workshops + competitions (engineering project in Germany/abroad, participation in the international project week with six partner universities); Per semester, expert forums + lecture series at the interface between research + science "Frankfurter Hochhaustage" (Frankfurt High School Days); close personal contact with lecturers, individually focused student support in learning/seminar groups; Intensive didactic use+ promotion of e-learning.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Support for studies abroad, intensive contacts with 37 partner universities, a postgraduate Master's degree course in Urban Agglomerations is taught entirely in English for the target group of foreign students, with integrated study visit abroad at a global partner university in the portfolio of the department, many international projects, workshops, excursions, scholarship/exchange programmes, for example from Hong Kong to Shanghai; Brazil, Eastern Europe. Truly international through students 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 competences in planning, construction and operation in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan area https://www.frankfurt-university.de/de/hochschule/fachbereich-1/ffin/; 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

Civil Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

1,240

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

130

Teaching in core subjects

  • Basics: 36%
  • Constructive engineering: 24%
  • Water Management: 12%
  • Ressource Management: 4%
  • Transport Systems, Urban and Regional planning: 12%
  • Construction Management: 12%

Environmental Civil Engineering

Facts

Total number of students at the department

140

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

80

Teaching in core subjects

  • Basics: 25%
  • Constructive engineering: 5%
  • Water Management: 32.5%
  • Ressource Management: 2.5%
  • Transport Systems, Urban and Regional planning: 32.5%
  • Construction Management: 2.5%

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(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

CE = Civil Engineering

EnvCE = Environmental Civil Engineering

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Last Update 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education