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.