Frankfurt is the fifth largest city in Germany and the largest in the Hesse German state. It is estimated to have 700,000 people within the administrative boundaries and over 2.2 million people living in the urban area Frankfurt Rhein-Main. It also follows the education system like other cities in Germany; the educational system is divided into four levels: Kindergarten Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, and Higher Education. Education in Frankfurt, like all German cities, is compulsory for children. Kindergarten is for children aged from three to 6. Elementary School (Grundschule) is from Grade 1 to Grade 4. After Elementary School, children can go onto one of the three types of schools, Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium, depending on their academic ability, academic achievement, self-confidence, the ability to work independently, and student’s family wishes. These Secondary education are form Grades 5 to 9 or 10 and is compulsory up to the age of 18.
Frankfurt is well known for two of its university. It is home to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, also known as ‘Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main’ and was established in 1914; it is also located in Bockenheim, Westend, Riedberg, and the university hospital in Niederrad. I has over 600 academic staff working in its facilities and has over 46,000 students attending with about 70% of the population being international students.
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences was established in 1971. It offers students over 38 subjects, such as arts, sciences, law, and engineering courses. It has also contributed to a large range of important research projects including: the Planet Earth Simulator, FraLine-IT-School-Service, long-term studies on photovoltaic modules, software engineering (fraDesk), the quantitative analysis of methane in human corpses with the help of a mass spectrometer, as well as the analysis of qualitative and quantitative gas in human lungs.
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