Student apartments in Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt is Germany's banking and finance capital. Goethe-Universität sits in Bockenheim and Westend. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management adds an international MBA cohort. The Bahnhofsviertel is gritty but central; Bornheim and Sachsenhausen are the student-friendly neighborhoods.
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Germany's finance capital — Goethe-Uni, Frankfurt School, and a banking-tower skyline. The international student playbook for the most American-feeling German city.
Top neighborhoods for international students
Bockenheim
Bockenheim was Goethe-Universität's original campus and still houses several faculties + the main library. Multicultural neighborhood, Leipziger Straße market, U6/U7 to the city.
$500 – $1,300 /mo
Westend
Westend houses Goethe-Universität's main Campus Westend (the IG Farben building) — gorgeous pre-war villas, banking-district money, premium rent. Best when Bockenheim is full.
$700 – $1,800 /mo
Bornheim
Bornheim is northeastern Frankfurt — Berger Straße's cafés and restaurants, calmer than the city centre, a strong international student presence. U4 connects to Westend campus.
$600 – $1,500 /mo
Sachsenhausen
Sachsenhausen sits south of the Main — Museumsufer (the museum riverbank), the apple-wine taverns, calmer than the city centre. A 15-minute tram ride from Westend campus.
$600 – $1,500 /mo
Nordend
Nordend houses Frankfurt School's main campus. Friedberger Anlage park, Oeder Weg cafés, a mix of post-war and pre-war buildings. The most central neighborhood for FS students.
$600 – $1,500 /mo
Universities in Frankfurt am Main
Goethe Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt — Germany's third-largest university, with the country's strongest research footprint in finance, economics, social sciences, and biomedicine. Main campus is the Westend.
Frankfurt School
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt School — private business school with one of Germany's most international MBA, Master in Finance, and Master in Management cohorts. Compact campus in Nordend.