Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Application route

Directly to the university

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“Submit your application and all required documents via our online application portal.”

“Apply Online Submit all required documents through our online portal.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/bachelor/bachelor-in-business-administration · checked 14 November 2026

Applications go to Frankfurt School's own portal for every degree programme; uni-assist is not mentioned on any Frankfurt School page, and the bachelor's application checklist lists only documents uploaded to the online application.

APS certificate (India)

Needed at enrolment

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“Applicants from India, China and Vietnam are advised to apply by the end of April due to extended visa processing times and the introduction of the APS.”

“Some international applicants may also need an APS certificate, depending on their country of qualification and applicable requirements. APS procedures are particularly relevant for certain applicants with qualifications from India, China and Vietnam, subject to the rules and exemptions applying to them.” page

“High School Diploma and Transcript (e.g. Abitur, IB Diploma, US High School Diploma etc.) … Copy of your Passport or ID … Letter of Motivation (optional, however recommended) … Additional Documents and CV … Scholarship application and additional documents” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/mba-emba/full-time-mba · checked 14 November 2026

Frankfurt School does not ask for the APS certificate with the application: the bachelor's application checklist lists only the school diploma and transcript, a passport copy, an optional motivation letter, a CV and optional extra documents, and no programme page lists the APS among required documents. Frankfurt School mentions the APS only in the context of the student visa, which is why it is recorded as needed after admission (for the visa and enrolment) rather than at application. Frankfurt School does not say this in so many words.

Studienkolleg

Own Studienkolleg

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“The Foundation Year is for students not yet eligible for Frankfurt School’s Bachelor programmes, who wish to strengthen skills in math, economics, or English, or need time to adjust to studying and living in Germany before starting their degree. … Tuition Fee €14,000 + 100 € application fee, 600 € enrolment fee”

“Bewerberinnen und Bewerber, die das Foundation Year der Frankfurt School erfolgreich absolviert haben, werden auf Antrag innerhalb der allgemeinen Bewerbungsfrist zugelassen” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/bachelor/foundation-year · checked 14 November 2026

Not a state Studienkolleg: Frankfurt School runs its own one-year Foundation Year (two semesters, taught in English, €14,000 plus the €100 application and €600 enrolment fees, application deadline 31 May 2027, start September 2027) in Frankfurt, with concentrations preparing for the bachelor's programmes. The bachelor's examination regulations admit Foundation Year graduates on application within the general application period; for the Bachelor in Computational Business Analytics they must also pass the Foundation Year mathematics examination with at least 75%.

International office

Frankfurt School's International Office serves exchange students (incoming and outgoing) and the partner-university network, not degree applicants. Applicants from abroad are handled by the Recruitment and Admissions teams, each programme having a named recruitment manager, and after admission by a Study Advisor; the International Student Guide (student & alumni affairs, s.jain@fs.de) collects the practical steps. Frankfurt School supplies documents for the visa application but states that the application itself is the student's responsibility.

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“The International Office (IO) at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is dedicated to helping incoming exchange and outgoing exchange students make the most of their stay abroad.”

“Frankfurt School can support you with the information and documents needed for your visa application. … However, your visa application is your responsibility . … Frankfurt School cannot submit the application on your behalf, influence the decision or expedite the processing of your visa.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/students-alumni/international-office · checked 14 November 2026

Frankfurt School also states that it works with education agents: "We welcome partnerships with experienced education agents who share our focus on providing reliable guidance and supporting students throughout their journey to Frankfurt School."

Tuition for non-EU students

Frankfurt School charges tuition to every student and publishes one price per programme that does not depend on nationality: €8,600 per semester for the bachelor's programmes, €35,500-44,000 for the pre-experience master's programmes, €42,000-49,500 for the MBA and Executive MBA and €21,500 for the online Master of Leadership in Sustainable Finance. No page announces a different or additional fee for non-EU students; what differs for them is the application timing (see the Full-time MBA's separate non-EU deadline) and, for part-time and online programmes, that they do not qualify for a student visa.

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“As a private higher education institution, Frankfurt School charges tuition fees. The amount depends on your chosen programme, and payment arrangements may vary.”

“Tuition Fee EUR 8,600/semester + EUR 100 application fee, EUR 600 enrolment fee” page

“Tuition Fee €44,000 + €600 enrolment fee, €100 application fee” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/international-student-guide/before-you-apply · checked 14 November 2026

Frankfurt School publishes no non-EU price list and no deposit. Standing reductions are published for everyone: early-bird discounts on the master's and MBA programmes (e.g. €4,000 for applying by 30 November 2026 and €2,000 by 31 March 2027 on the pre-experience master's), merit- and need-based scholarships of 15%, 25% or 50% of bachelor's tuition, and 5% off for paying the MBA International Healthcare Management fee upfront. The list price is recorded on each programme.

Semester contribution

Not stated by the university

4 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/bachelor/bachelor-in-business-administration
• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/students-alumni/financing
• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/international-student-guide/arriving-in-germany
• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/students-alumni/student-services

Frankfurt School publishes no semester contribution, student-union fee or semester-ticket charge. It is a private gGmbH and not a member of a Studierendenwerk; the programme pages list only tuition, the €100 application fee and the €600 enrolment fee. On transport the international student guide says only "Full-time students can use the student Deutschland-Ticket; check the current Frankfurt School information for details about eligibility and access.", without an amount.

Other compulsory fees

Not stated by the university

3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/students-alumni/financing
• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/international-student-guide/before-you-apply
• www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/study/admission-test

No institution-wide fee besides tuition is published, and no page says there is none. The fees Frankfurt School does publish are per programme and are recorded there: a €100 application fee (bachelor's, pre-experience master's and Foundation Year; the Full-time MBA page says "Submitting your application incurs no additional fees") and a one-off €600 enrolment fee. Taking Frankfurt School's own admission test instead of the GMAT/GRE costs a further USD 100: "To register for our test individually online you can select this option within your online application and submit your application. … Please note: a fee of USD 100 applies." No deposit or prepayment is published.

Tuition per programme is listed with each programme below.

State recognition

State-recognised higher education institution with the right to award doctorates, granted by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK); the recognition rests on the Wissenschaftsrat's institutional accreditation. Hesse recognised Frankfurt School in 2004 as a higher education institution with the right to award a doctorate in economic and social sciences, and made that doctoral right open-ended (entfristet) in 2016; its predecessor, the Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft, had been recognised as a Fachhochschule without a time limit in 1994. Operating company: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH, a non-profit limited liability company (Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 82018), seat Adickesallee 32-34, Frankfurt am Main. The Hessian ministry lists Frankfurt School among the higher education institutions that are not run by the State of Hesse.

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“Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a state-recognised institution with the authority to award doctorates, as granted by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK). State recognition is based on the institutional accreditation process carried out by the German Council of Science and Humanities.”

“Weitere Hochschulen: nicht in Trägerschaft des Landes Hessen … Frankfurt School of Finance & Management” page

“Frankfurt School of Finance & Management non-profit limited liability company (gGmbH) … Local Court (Amtsgericht) Frankfurt am Main HRB 82018” page

“Sie wurde im Jahr 2004 als Hochschule mit dem Recht zur Verleihung eines Doktors der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften vom Land Hessen staatlich anerkannt. Das Promotionsrecht wurde im Jahr 2016 entfristet.” page

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/about/accreditations-certifications · checked 14 November 2026

Neither the Hessian ministry nor Frankfurt School publishes the date of the first state recognition; the Wissenschaftsrat does, in its background information of 17 October 2022, which also records that the doctoral right was made open-ended in 2016. No page publishes a time limit on the recognition, so no expiry date can be given. The ministry page is only a list of Hessian institutions with links to their websites; it does not use the words "staatlich anerkannt" for individual institutions. Frankfurt School is the only German private institution in this dataset that holds the right to award doctorates (Promotionsrecht); the Wissenschaftsrat accredited it separately in 2015 and reviewed it again in the 2022 institutional reaccreditation, which found that Frankfurt School "wird ihrem institutionellen Anspruch als promotionsberechtigte Hochschule vollumfänglich gerecht".

Institutional accreditation

Institutional accreditation by the Wissenschaftsrat (German Council of Science and Humanities): first granted in January 2010 positively for ten years; the right to award doctorates accredited separately in 2015 positively for five years; reaccredited in October 2022, in a procedure that covered the doctoral right, with conditions (Auflagen) for an initial five years, the period extending to ten years if the conditions are met on time. The Wissenschaftsrat's list of completed procedures (status October 2026) records that decision as "2022, positiv auf 10 Jahre", i.e. running until 2032. Frankfurt School additionally holds system accreditation, so it accredits its own degree programmes within that framework: the FIBAA accreditation commission granted it on 6 July 2015 with effect until the end of the summer semester 2021, the chair of the Akkreditierungsrat extended that period to 30 September 2022, and the first reaccreditation report is dated 28 September 2022.

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“Liste der abgeschlossenen Akkreditierungsverfahren Stand: Oktober 2026 … Frankfurt School of Finance and Management 2010, positiv auf 10 Jahre … Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main 2015, positiv auf 5 Jahre – Akkreditierung Promotionsrecht – … Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt am Main 2022, positiv auf 10 Jahre - Reakkreditierung -”

“German Council of Science and Humanities: in January 2010, Frankfurt School obtained a ten-year accreditation by the Wissenschaftsrat (German Council of Science and Humanities), the longest possible period. It was reaccredited in October 2022.” page

“The subject of System Accreditation is Frankfurt School's quality assurance system. … Within the specified framework, Frankfurt School is permitted to accredit its own degree programs. … Frankfurt School was accredited by the German Accreditation Council in July 2015 and reaccredited for an additional eight years in October 2021.” page

“Die Frankfurt School of Finance & Management wird vom Wissenschaftsrat mit Auflagen für die Dauer von zunächst fünf Jahren reakkreditiert. Bei fristgerechter Auflagenerfüllung verlängert sich der Reakkreditierungszeitraum auf zehn Jahre.” page

“14. Sitzung am 06. Juli 2015 in Bonn … mit Wirkung vom 06. Juli 2015 bis Ende Som- … mersemester 2021” page

“Reakkreditierung Nr. (Anzahl) 1 … Akkreditierungsbericht vom 28.09.2022 … Die Akkreditierungsfrist wurde auf Antrag der Hochschule vom 22. Juni 2020 am 07. Juli 2020 durch den Vorsitzenden des Akkreditierungsrates bis zum 30. September 2022 verlängert.” page

www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/2026/Akkreditierungen_abgeschlossen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 · checked 14 November 2026

Two Wissenschaftsrat publications describe the 2022 decision differently and both are recorded above: its press release of 17 October 2022 says the reaccreditation was granted with conditions for an initial five years, extending to ten on timely fulfilment, while its list of completed procedures (status October 2026, which gives only the year) records "2022, positiv auf 10 Jahre" — the full ten years, i.e. to 2032. The same list gives the EBS, whose 2022 decision carried no extension clause, five years, so the ten years recorded for Frankfurt School appear to be the extended period; the Wissenschaftsrat publishes no separate confirmation that the conditions were met, so this is worth re-checking in 2027. Frankfurt School's own page says it "was accredited by the German Accreditation Council in July 2015 and reaccredited for an additional eight years in October 2021"; the Akkreditierungsrat's own records do not support that date. The 2015 decision was taken by the FIBAA accreditation commission on behalf of the accreditation foundation and ran to the end of the summer semester 2021, was extended to 30 September 2022, and the reaccreditation report (the first one, with four proposed conditions) is dated 28 September 2022. The Akkreditierungsrat's decision on that reaccreditation is not published in its ELIAS database, so the current end date of the system accreditation could not be confirmed; that Frankfurt School still accredits its own programmes under the Akkreditierungsrat's seal is not in doubt. Frankfurt School also holds the AACSB (2014, reaccredited 2024 for five years), EQUIS (2014, reaccredited 2022 for five years) and AMBA (2018, reaccredited 2023 for five years) business-school accreditations, together marketed as the "Triple Crown"; those are not German institutional accreditation.