House of Finance

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The House of Finance (short: HoF ) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute for law and economics at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Structure

The House of Finance is a public- private partnership of the Goethe University, based on the Westend Campus in the north of Frankfurt. Its creation is not only supported with public funds, but also by private sponsors. Thus, the University founded in March 2011, a House of Finance Foundation, whose revenues are expected to benefit from the research, training and policy transfer in the House of Finance. The building was erected by the State of Hesse, parts of the equipment were subsidized by sponsors. The institutions that are active in the House of Finance, partially partially supported by university funds from private funds. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the House of Finance is Otmar Issing.

Total Own House of Finance about 170 scientists, including 30 professors. They belong to the combined in the House of Finance at Goethe University academic departments:

  • Finance departments ( business administration professors of the Department of Economics )
  • Department of Money and Monetary Affairs ( VWL - Chairs of the Department of Economics )
  • Focus on law of business and finance ( Chairs of the Faculty of Law )

Doctoral programs

About the Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management - a collaboration between the Universities of Frankfurt, Mainz and Darmstadt - several English-language doctoral programs are offered:

  • Ph.D. Program in Economics
  • Ph.D. Program in Finance
  • Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics of Money and Finance
  • Ph.D. Program in Management
  • Ph.D. Program in Marketing

Training programs

  • Executive Master of Finance and Accounting
  • Master of Science in Money and Finance
  • Master of Laws in Finance (LL.M. Finance)
  • MSQ Programs in Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing and Law and Economics
  • Part-Time Master in Finance

Professors (selection)

Architecture

The House of Finance is a new building on the University's Campus Westend Frankfurt. The building was designed by the architects Kleihues Kleihues ( in succession of the late Josef Paul Kleihues ). The Campus Westend is dominated by the IG Farben building by architect Hans Poelzig whose external appearance is characterized by a hole in the facade of the New Objectivity and the extensive use of travertine and is therefore also stylistically moved to the vicinity of neoclassicism. Appropriately, also pursues the House of Finance as the other new buildings on campus neoclassical style principles. The front and side facades are heavily screened and applied strictly axisymmetric, they are each divided into three parts with the corners of buildings, accented by narrow windows cut, and center panels that open with larger windows to the outside. The window openings themselves are accentuated by profiled jambs. Window and wall surfaces are coordinated so that a continuous joint pattern of natural stone cladding is achieved.

Inside the building in the upper stories is characterized by individual offices and combined zones for researchers and students in which both a single, as well as a community use is possible. How could a high compression of land is reached. On the side of the head are seminar rooms on the upper floors. On the ground floor opens after entering the building a spacious, naturally illuminated foyer, to the lecture halls and seminar rooms, as well as the information center - a reference library - Connect. Floor, walls and ceiling of the foyer access the design grid of the entire building, which is inspired by Raphael's fresco The School of Athens, which is particularly visible in the floor design. The building houses the ground floor computer rooms and one after the sponsor named as Börsenzeitung bistro Public Cafe of the Student Frankfurt am Main.

Criticism

The emergence of the House of Finance as part of the Goethe University is especially for left-wing student groups met with criticism. In the center of criticism is the involvement of the financial sector, which is seen as influencing the orientation of research and teaching. The strikingly -present in the House of Finance sponsorship announcements are perceived as inappropriate and provocative; some rooms are named after sponsors. Furthermore, it is criticized that the presence of the House of Finance on the university campus is incompatible with the principles of open for students and citizens educational and research institution. Thus, areas of the building are accessible only with smart card at the emergency exits and lockers cameras are installed. However, other areas of the University are not public and limited access by means of the so-called Goethe Card. Also in other buildings of the university and the emergency exits provided with access library book security systems are backed by camera.

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