GET INVOLVED
GOOD REASONS FOR GETTING INVOLVED
Alumni, friends, companies and foundations give to Frankfurt School. They support academics who are conducting research on pressing challenges in business, politics and society. Through scholarships, they promote diversity among the student body and ease students’ financial burden. Partnering with our donors means a lot to us. With their experience and perspectives, donors and friends enrich teaching, research and executive education as well as our community. We have launched programmes through which they can get involved. Access to talent and participation in academic discourse are just as much a focus as our networking events. Donations are tax deductible. We are, of course, open to sponsorship agreements. In this case, your contribution will be linked to a service in return (such as logo presence). Please feel free to contact us!
Recognizing your Contribution
We honour all our donors with a personal plaque on our Donor Wall in the foyer in front of the Audimax, showcasing their generosity to all visitors. In addition, donors and friends are warmly invited to join our Donors' & Friends' Circle and have access to exclusive events as well as to faculty. Scholarships, endowed professorships and awards can, of course, be named after donors. We also welcome naming for example lecture halls, trees or benches on our campus.
Scholarships
Scholarships are essential in enabling students to study at our university regardless of their financial situation. We are proud and grateful that alumni, companions and friends from business and society, companies, foundations and business associations donate to scholarships at Frankfurt School.
We are keen to establish personal contact between donors and their and scholarship holders. This has led to many friendships that have lasted well beyond the actual scholarship period. Donors and scholarship holders meet in person for the first time at the scholarship award ceremony in early November.
We invite you to donate to scholarships as well. Below, we present our scholarship programmes; full and partial scholarships are available.
Diversity Scholarship
Diversity is key for Frankfurt School. To strengthen it, we have created the Diversity Scholarship. This supports international students, young adults with special quantitative skills, and women, for example. Frankfurt School doubles every euro donated from its own funds!
The minimum donation for the Diversity Scholarship is 6,000. Euro.
Klaus-Peter Müller Scholarship Fund
Professor Dr h.c. Klaus-Peter Müller, Honorary Chairman of the Frankfurt School Board of Trustees, has set up a scholarship fund with a generous donation of one million euros. This enables scholarships for Master's and MBA students who are socially engaged and have outstanding academic achievements. They must also disclose their financial needs.
We are of course delighted to receive further donations to the Klaus-Peter Müller Scholarship Fund.
For further information, please click on the button below.
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
Research
Frankfurt School is one of the strongest business schools in continental Europe in terms of research. Our scientists address current, relevant, future-oriented topics of the in business and economics, regulation, supervision, management, politics and society. They publish their research findings in world-leading peer-reviewed journals.
They are organised into research centres that have established themselves as hubs: partners value the dialogue on current concerns, thereby gaining new perspectives.
Research findings are presented and discussed at workshops or conferences with donors, sponsors, partners and friends.
Special recruiting formats, guest lectures by donors, partners and sponsors in the degree programmes, and joint research projects are further examples of the dynamic exchange between donors, sponsors and faculty.
Whether you are interested in funding individual professorships, supporting a centre or a research project, we look forward to hearing from you and learning your topics.
Our Förderverein: Member of a Vibrant Community
The Förderverein is firmly anchored in the Frankfurt School network. Members and students come together at New Year's receptions, research conferences, career days, FS Women's Society events, Donors' & Friends' Circles and scholarship award ceremonies.
Whether it's discussions on pressing issues in business, politics and society, starting a career and career development, or meet & greets with top decision-makers – as a member of the Förderverein, you shape our community. You are invited to exclusive events and formats that define Frankfurt School: open, ambitious and dynamic, forward-looking.
Join Forces to Enable the Future
Our support association (“Förderverein”) assists students who work alongside their studies. Membership fees also contribute to an inspiring, diverse campus life. In this way, the members of the Förderverein make a direct, lasting and visible impact.
Examples where the Förderverein helps:
- Participation in international business games or student Olympiads
- Study trips to financial and economic centres worldwide
- Initiatives that promote entrepreneurship, diversity and community
- Individual support for students from developing countries
The Membership Models
Companies that employ Frankfurt School students:
Basic annual fee: 1,000 Euro
Additional variable fee: Depends on company size (number of employees) and number of employees studying at Frankfurt School.
Students: 50 Euro annual fee
Alumni: 200 Euro annual fee
Other individuals/supporters: 200 Euro annual fee
Thanks to our recognition as a non-profit organisation, contributions, membership fees and donations to the association are tax deductible.
A. T. Kearney, Frankfurt am Main
Bain & Company Germany, Inc., München
BearingPoint GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main
BS PAYONE GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Cofinpro AG, Frankfurt am Main
CHOM CAPITAL GmbH, Frankfurt am Mai
Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Frankfurt am Main
Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
COLEY CORPORATE FINANCE GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Frankfurt am Main
DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing GmbH & Co. KG
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Nagler & Company GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
DWS
Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft GmbH, München
Fisher Investments GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurter Vermögen AG, Bad Homburg
Frankfurter Volksbank Rhein/Main eG, Frankfurt am Main
FTI - Andersch AG, Frankfurt am Main
GMS Management Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Houlihan Lokey Germany AG, Frankfurt am Main
HSBC Continental Europe S.A., Germany
HSBC Transaction Services GmbH, Düsseldorf
IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Düsseldorf
ING-DiBa AG, Frankfurt am Main
INVESCO Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
IPONTIX CORPORATE FINANCE Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main
Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn
KfW - Bankengruppe, Frankfurt am Main
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, Frankfurt am Main
Lincoln International AG, Frankfurt am Main
Lucht Probst Associates GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Lupus alpha Asset-Management AG, Frankfurt am Main
MAINFIRST AFFILIATED FUND MANAGERS (Deutschland) GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Moody’s Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Morgan Stanley Europe SE, Frankfurt am Main
Nassauische Sparkasse, Wiesbaden
NIBC Bank N.V., Frankfurt am Main
proresult Unternehmensberatung AG, Frankfurt Am Main
P. Keppler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Offenbach
PwC Deutsche Revision AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main
RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Essen
Stifel Europe Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Solactive AG, Frankfurt am Main
Techem Energy Services GmbH, Eschborn
The Capital Markets Company GmbH
UBS Europe SE, Frankfurt am Main
VHV Gruppe – Vereinigte Hannoversche Versicherungen a.G., Hannover
WEPEX Unternehmensberatung, Frankfurt am Main
zeb/rolfes.schierenbeck.associates, Münster
- Bankenverband Baden Würtemberg e.V., Stuttgart
- Bankenverband Mitte e.V., Frankfurt am Main
- Bankenverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V., Düsseldorf
- Bayerischer Bankenverbank e.V., München
- Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR), Berlin
- Norddeutscher Bankenverband e.V., Hamburg
- Ostdeutscher Bankenverband e. V., Berlin
- Interessengemeinschaft Frankfurter Kreditinstitute (IFK)
- Dr. Lutz R. Raettig, former Chief Executive Officer,
- Morgan Stanley Bank
- Honorary President, Frankfurt Main Finance
- Member of the Advisory Board, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Marija Blazevic
Our Platforms and Stages
CEO Talks focus on strategic challenges at the top of the corporate ladder. Our students are always interested in speakers' personal career paths: what lessons can they pass on? CEOs from DAX companies, large medium-sized companies and family businesses regularly speak in this format and engage in discussions with students.
The FS Women's Society is aimed at female students and alumni as well as women from the Frankfurt School network. We invite women who hold management or board positions to introduce themselves and their career paths, or offer workshops in which, for example, presentation techniques are practised.
‘In Conversation with the President’ is a new series of talks that we are relaunching in 2026. At the invitation of Frankfurt School President Professor Dr Nils Stieglitz, selected students will have the opportunity to engage in discussions with entrepreneurs, top managers and leading politicians.
In addition, we regularly curate workshops, discussions and talks in collaboration with companies, associations and clubs.
Marija Blazevic
