The House of Finance is an interdisciplinary research and training institution for law and economics at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. The goal of the institution is to develop into one of the leading European and international centres within the field of financial industry research.
House of Finance, Westend Campus
The specialist field of economics at the Goethe University traditionally places its emphasis within the areas of finance, money and currency, the law of corporations and finance and information systems in the financial sector.
The House of Finance bundles such finance-related research and teaching expertise at one location and, in this way, can exploit academic synergy potentials and develop new initiatives and programmes.
Together with 150 researchers (thereof, nearly 30 professors), the institutions located in the House of Finance pursue the common goal of strengthening research and teaching in the field of finance. In addition to the traditional departments of finance, money and currency in the specialist field of economics and the law of corporations and finance in the specialist field of jurisprudence, a total of nine additional research institutions contribute to the academic reputation of the House of Finance.
In addition to the rapid implementation of new research findings in teaching, the newly created infrastructure forms the basis for an intensive and individual support of students at an international level, thereby counting graduate training as a cornerstone of the House of Finance. It is directed at a new generation of academics in all fields of the modern financial system. The professors of the House of Finance are merging all subjects into the teachings of the courses of study of the specialist fields of law and economics.
Foyer, House of Finance
That the work of the researchers in the House of Finance is bearing fruit is shown in current publications of research results in leading international journals and relevant legal commentaries and monographs, which, as a whole, attest to the high degree of academic quality for the academics of the House of Finance. The service profile is rounded off by an outstanding 6th place (Europe-wide) and 2nd place (Germany) in the current Handelsblatt Business Economist Ranking of 2009.
However, the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
The bundling and concentration of successful research expertise is not only creating additional research potential, but is also opening up new options for academic networking and cooperation at the international level and is deepening the dialogue with practitioners in the field of finance.
