| Frankfurt School of Finance & Management | |
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| Established | 1957 |
| Type | Private |
| Dean | Michael Grote |
| Chairman | Udo Steffens |
| Academic staff | 30 |
| Postgraduates | c. 900 |
| Location | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
| Website | www.frankfurt-school.de |
The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a state-accredited private university in Frankfurt, Hesse. The university is also accredited by Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).
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The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management was founded 1957 as Bankakademie (Banking Institute). The university was founded in 1989 as the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft (HfB) and was given authorization to award doctoral degrees on 3 November 2004. On 17 January 2007 the academic-branch HfB and the executive education-branch Bankakademie e. V. were merged under the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. The FS has full degree awarding power and is state recognized.
Currently there are approx. 1200 students and 35 full-time professors as well as more than 1,800 lecturers.
The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management offers international bachelor and master programs with specializations in finance, management and accounting. The Ph.D. program started in Fall 2005.
All academic programs are accredited by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).
Bachelor Programs
Master Programs
Doctoral Programs
International Advisory Services (IAS) structures and implements consulting and training projects in emerging markets and developing countries. Clients include international donor organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), international financial institutions (IFIs), microfinance institutions (MFIs), banks and other financial institutions.
Experts of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management’s division International Advisory Services have supported partners and clients in the following areas:
IAS reaches its clients through seven core competence centres:
* Microbanking
* Housing Finance
* Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
* Rural and Agricultural Finance
* Fund Management
* Risk Management
* Sustainable Energy Finance
The Frankfurt School International Advisory Services Summer Academy program for 2010:
§ Microfinance Principles Summer Academy July 2–4, 2010
§ MFI Management Summer Academy July 4–9, 2010
§ Commercial Micro Banking Summer Academy July 11–16, 2010
§ Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy July 18–23, 2010
§ Housing Finance Summer Academy July 25–30, 2010
§ www.frankfurt-school.de/summer_academy
The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management looks back on decades of success and is now one the leading universities in Germany.
In the last 50 years over 100 000 students have graduated from the Bankakademie, HfB and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Many of them hold important position in German and international companies, especially in Frankfurt's banks and near-banks.
Since up to now there is no alumni club for the newly consolidated Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, alumni are organized in two separate organizations: