| Goethe Business School | |
|---|---|
| Motto | "Get it, Together" |
| Established | 2004 |
| Type | Business School |
| Endowment | € 21 million (House of Finance)[1] |
| Dean | Andreas Hackethal |
| Students |
around 100 (FT-MBA, EMBA, EMFA) 4000 (Faculty of Economics & Business Administration) |
| Location | Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany |
| Campus | House of Finance, Campus Westend |
| Colors | Blue & White |
| Nickname | GBS Frankfurt |
| Affiliations | AACSB, Faculty of Economics & Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Website | www.gbs.uni-frankfurt.de |
The Goethe Business School is a Graduate Business School in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, set up as an independent, non-profit foundation under private law, held by Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2004, Goethe Business School (GBS) is the center for management education of Frankfurt University. Goethe Business School is AACSB accredited and is located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, the largest Financial Centre of Continental Europe[2]. Goethe Business School is part of the highly respected House of Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt’s Westend Campus. The programs at GBS are taught by much acclaimed faculty members of the University’s Faculty of Economics and Business Administration as well as internationally reputed visiting professors. In the recent past professors teaching at GBS programs have taught at schools such as Wharton School, Yale University, Duke University, University of North Carolina, Nottingham University, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Tongji University among many others. The school launched its highly competitive full time MBA program in 2009 which consists of more than 70% International students. The Chairman of the Board at GBS, Rolf-E. Breuer, is former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank. Goethe Business School has a partnership in Executive Education with the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad. The endowment of the Business School is based on the House of Finance, which increased its endowment to $28 million/ €21 million in the year 2011[1].
Andreas Hackethal is currently the Dean of Goethe Business School.
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Two international institutions in one program
In the past, the Goethe FT-MBAs completed internships with organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Grant Thornton, Clifford Chance, Accenture, IBM among many others.[6]
Developing current and future Business Leaders
GBS has established the China Executive Education Center (CEEC), European Supervisor Education Initiative (ESE) with Deutsche Bundesbank and Central Banker Education (CBE).[8]
The following are or have been faculty at GBS.
The Goethe Business School's Executive Master of Finance and Accounting (EMFA) is one of the "World's Top 125 Finance Programs" to partner the CFA Institute.[10]
Other partners are:[11]
The Goethe Business School is situated in the state-of-the-art building of the House of Finance. On 30 May 2008, the House of Finance relocated to a new building designed by the architects Kleihues+Kleihues that is located in Frankfurt University’s “Campus Westend”. The dominant feature of this campus is the IG Farben Building by the architect Hans Poelzig. This building is an example of neoclassicist architecture, which now lives on in the House of Finance and the other new buildings on the campus. This style was chosen according to the wish of the building contractor for "a symbol for the scientific and mercantile german manpower, made out of iron and stone", as the "IG-Farben"-director at the time of the construction, Baron von Schnitzler, stated in his opening speech of October 1930. The upper floors of the HoF building have several separate offices as well as shared office space for researchers and students. The ground floor is open to the public. The ground floor also accommodates computer rooms and a café. The floors, walls and ceiling of the foyer are decorated with a grid design that is continued throughout the entire building. Inspired by Raphael's mural, ‘The School of Athens, comes this design into its own in the flooring.[6] [8]