Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Established: 1957
Type: Private
Dean: Thomas Heimer
Chairman: Udo Steffens
Faculty: 30
Postgraduates: c. 900
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse,
 Germany
Mission:
Website: www.frankfurt-school.de

The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a private university in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). It is accredited by the German state as well as the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).

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[edit] History

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. 900 students and 28 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.

[edit] Research Institutes

  • Centre for Financial Economics
  • Centre for Practical Quantitative Finance
  • Frankfurt Institute for Private Equity and M&A (FIPEMA)
  • Management Research Centre
  • Institute for International Health Management

[edit] Academic Programs

All academic programs are accredited by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).

Bachelor Programs

  • International Business Administration (B.Sc.); including 2 semesters abroad
  • Business Administration (B.Sc.); job-integrated
  • Business Administration (B.Sc.); including bank apprenticeship
  • Business Administration (B.Sc.); specialization in accounting
  • Business Information Management (B.Sc.); including bank apprenticeship
  • Management, Philosophy & Economics (B.Sc.)
  • Management & Financial Markets (B.Sc.); distance education

Master Programs

  • Banking (M.Sc.)
  • Finance (M.Sc.)
  • Insurance (M.Sc.)
  • Development Finance (M.Sc.)
  • Accounting & Taxation (M.Sc.)
  • Quantitative Finance (M.Sc.)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (LL.M.)
  • International Business and Taxation Law (LL.M.); in cooperation with Management Center Innsbruck
  • MBA – International Hospital Management

Doctoral Programs

  • Dr. rer. pol. (a German equivalent of a PhD in business studies and economics)

[edit] Executive Education Programs

  • Bankfachwirt (IHK)
  • Bankbetriebswirt
  • Diplomierter Bankbetriebswirt
  • Fachberater für Finanzdienstleistungen
  • Fachwirt Finanzdienstleistungen
  • Investmentfachwirt (IHK)

[edit] Continuing Education Programs

[edit] Seminars

  • Executive Education

[edit] Corporate Programs & Services

  • Inhouse Programs
  • Initial Training
  • Training

[edit] International Consulting

  • Development Finance
  • Micro Finance
  • Housing
  • Consulting

[edit] Chronology

The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management looks back on decades of success and is now one the leading universities in Germany.

  • 1957: Bankakademie founded by Gabler publishing house in Wiesbaden and began setting new standards in executive education for the financial services industry
  • 1966: Bankakademie re-founded as an association, its members the regional associations of private banks and the credit union association
  • End of the 1970s: General Management program added to the executive education course offering
  • 1990: HfB, the academic arm of the Bankakademie founded
  • 1994: First 35 graduates of the "diploma" program (equivalent to a master's degree)
  • 2000: One of the first German universities to adopt the bachelor/master degree system (see Bologna process)
  • 2001: Opening of the new campus in Frankfurt's Ostend
  • 2003: First graduates of master's program
  • 2004: HfB named Wissenschaftliche Hochschule (authorization to award doctoral degrees)
  • 2007: 50 year anniversary, all education and consulting services consolidated under the name Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Famous Graduates

In the last 50 years over 100 000 students have graduated from the Bankakademie, HfB and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Many of then hold important position in German and international companies, especially in Frankfurt's banks and near-banks.

[edit] Alumni Clubs

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:

  • Bankakademie Management Alumni: alumni of the executive education management programs from the Frankfurt School (formerly Bankakademie).[1]
  • HfB-Alumni e. V.: alumni from the Frankfurt School's academic programs (formerly HfB).[2]

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°06′34.70″N 08°41′50.68″E / 50.1096389°N 8.6974111°E / 50.1096389; 8.6974111

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