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Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Technical University of Darmstadt make up the RHINE-MAIN-UNIVERSITIES (RMU). The universities have a combined total of more than 95,000 students and 1,500 professors and cooperate closely in research, studying and teaching. These renowned research universities are shaping the Frankfurt-Rhine-Main region as an internationally visible academic hub.
Between them, the universities offer more than 630 degree programs, with courses covering the entire spectrum of academic fields. In the future, they will combine their research strengths to offer additional joint degree programs. The alliance will increase each university’s academic potential and create strong research networks.
Close cooperation and intensive exchange are essential for science and research. The Rhine-Main Universities consider themselves to be a driving force of interaction – between each other, in the region, with society and business, and internationally.
The RMU was founded in 2015 and is based on the idea of a powerful strategic alliance, led by a team of strong independent partners. Through coordination and close cooperation, they foster improvement in research, teaching, knowledge exchange, and administration and services.
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The “PlanL” project complements teacher training in a special way: Teachers-to-be simulate school life. They sit on chairs in the classroom or stand at the blackboard, they interpret poems, solve equations and resolve conflicts. Prof. Dr. Margarete Imhof from the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) established this particular simulation game format in Mainz. In the winter of 2023, following thorough revision and modernization, PlanL was launched as a cooperation project of the strategic alliance of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU).
Nicole Deitelhoff is one of the most sought-after peace and conflict researchers, both in Germany and on an international level. The alumna of Technical University Darmstadt is a Professor in International Relations and Theories of Global Order in the “Formation of Normative Orders” Cluster of Excellence at Goethe University Frankfurt and Managing Director of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). The 50-year-old holds a master’s degree and a PhD in political science, law and economics from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU). The renowned scientist has an ambivalent relationship with the TU: The university has shaped and strongly inspired her, but there have been hard times as well.
