How to Navigate Goethe University Frankfurt's Website to Find Key Sections

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Goethe University Frankfurt's official site is uni-frankfurt.de. The fastest route to any key section is the main navigation bar at the top of the homepage, which lists University, Research, Study and Teaching, Knowledge Transfer, International, and Faculties. Use that bar first; only drop into search or the newsroom when you already know the topic but not the section.

Main Navigation Sections

The homepage presents its primary navigation as a single horizontal set of labels. Each label opens a top-level section of the site:

Navigation label What you'll find there
University Institutional information about Goethe University Frankfurt
Research Research profile and research-related content
Study and Teaching Course offerings and study-related information
Knowledge Transfer Transfer activities connecting the university to wider society
International International collaboration and global engagement
Faculties The university's faculties

The site also carries a tagline describing its profile — "Excellent and International: Knowledge for Development, Sustainability and Equity" — which tells you the framing used across these sections.

Language and Accessibility Entries

At the top of the page you'll see DE / EN language toggles, plus Search, Intranet, and Easy-to-Read Language. These are utility entries rather than content sections:

  • DE / EN switches the interface between German and English. The homepage content itself appears in English in the version described here, with German available.
  • Search is the right entry point when you know a keyword (a programme name, a person, a service) but not which section holds it.
  • Intranet is a separate internal area; expect it to serve members of the university rather than the general public.
  • Easy-to-Read Language provides a simplified-language version of site content.

Finding News and Campus Life Updates

News is not buried in the main navigation. The homepage carries a Latest News block and a direct link to Visit Our Newsroom For More. If you want current items — symposium recaps, awards, visiting fellowships, funding announcements — go straight to the newsroom rather than browsing sections.

The newsroom items on the homepage show the pattern you'll encounter: dated entries with a category label (for example "Web exclusive," "Press Release," or "UniReport"), a headline, a short summary, and a link to the full item. A "Discover News" link leads further into the news area.

What the Newsroom Covers

Recent examples from the homepage give a sense of scope:

  • A retrospective on the "Science for Democracy" symposium, featuring virologist Prof. Sandra Ciesek.
  • The RMU Awards, presented by Rhine-Main Universities.
  • The Friedrich Merz Visiting Fellowship Endowment, with neuropsychologist Dana M. Small.
  • Announcement that RMU (Goethe University, JGU Mainz, and TU Darmstadt) was named an Excellence Alliance, with multi-million-euro funding starting in 2027.
  • Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Prof. Georg Nagel, who earned his doctorate and habilitation at Goethe University.

If your interest is campus life specifically, the newsroom is the practical starting point; the homepage does not expose a separate "campus life" navigation label in the material available.

Research and International Collaboration

Two separate top-level labels serve this need: Research and International. The homepage also references the RMU-EXCITE consortium ("Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative") under the Excellence Strategy, which is where cross-institution collaboration content sits. For collaboration news specifically, the newsroom carries RMU-related announcements alongside the Research and International sections.

Study and Course Information

Course and study content lives under Study and Teaching. The homepage's own description of the site promises "course offerings" among its core content, so treat that label as the entry point for prospective and current students. If you can't locate a specific programme, switch to Search and use the programme name rather than clicking through faculties one by one.

A Practical Navigation Sequence

  1. Open uni-frankfurt.de.
  2. Decide whether you need a section (use the main navigation bar) or a specific item (use Search).
  3. For current announcements, skip the sections and go to the newsroom via "Visit Our Newsroom For More."
  4. Set DE or EN before you start browsing so links stay in your preferred language.
  5. If a page feels dense, try Easy-to-Read Language for a simplified version.

Common Sticking Points

  • Intranet is not public content. If a link leads to the intranet, it is aimed at university members, not outside visitors.
  • News is separate from sections. Section pages describe the university; dated announcements appear in the newsroom.
  • Faculties is a directory, not a course catalogue. Use it to reach a faculty, then look for study information there or return to Study and Teaching.
  • Language toggles affect navigation labels too. If a label looks unfamiliar, check which language mode you're in.