University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the leading German research universities: in 2012 we won substantial funding in the German Excellence Initiative and are now one of eleven Excellence Universities. The University of Cologne has about 50,000 students enrolled in the 260 degree programs (BA and MA) of our six faculties: Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Human Sciences.

We are firmly committed to the advancement of fundamental research which will influence tomorrow’s world and provide answers to the challenges of change and complexity of today’s world. With over 600 years of tradition our greatest resource today is an exceptionally broad subject base and our talented people. We have particular strengths in five key research areas: Aging-associated Diseases, Behavioral Economic Engineering and Social Cognition, Quantum Matter and Materials, Socio-Economic, Cultural and Political Transformations in the Global South and in Plant Sciences. The University is set on an urban campus in the heart of the thriving city of Cologne. Open, friendly and with an international outlook, Cologne is a great place to live, work and study.