With around 48,000 students and 5,000 employees, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main is one of the largest universities in Germany. Founded in 1914 by Frankfurt's citizens and since 2008 in the legal form of a foundation, Goethe University has a high degree of independence, modernity and professional diversity. As a comprehensive university, the Goethe- University Frankfurt offers more than 100 courses of study on five campuses in a total of 16 faculties and at the same time possesses outstanding research strength.