The Städelschule[a], full name Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule,[1] is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

In a deed dated 15 March 1815 he left his house, his art collection and his fortune to establish a museum – now the Städel Museum – and to pay for the training in art and architecture of deserving students, in the hope that they might be "...educated to become valuable and useful citizens and artists".

It was Städel's intention only that funds should be provided to pay for students' tuition at other schools, however the institute employed its first teacher, Johann Andreas Benjamin Reges (1772–1847), from 1817.

In 1829 it was decided that the Städel Institute of Art would be an art education institute and the teachers Philipp Veit (1793–1877, painting), Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer (1800–1860, architecture) and Johann Nepomuk Zwerger [de] (1796–1868, sculpture) were appointed.

[8] The Master of Advanced Design evolved from the postgraduate program "Conceptual Design" established by Bock;[9][10] it was later led by Peter Cook, Enric Miralles, Ben van Berkel[11] and Johan Bettum.