The teaching and learning culture of the Department of Applied Social Sciences is characterised by: Generalist and interdisciplinary education in all programmes; Close links between research and practice (teaching research, practical research); High degree of service and advice orientation for individual study design; Great attention to project orientation and new forms of learning; Variety of support and specialisation options; Great respect for our students’ diversity.

Over 40 Erasmus partner universities worldwide; Qualification programme for immigrant academics in North Rhine-Westphalia; State recognition.

Hogeschool Amsterdam, NL und University of Ljubljana, Slowenien und Universidad de La Laguna, Teneriffa / Spanien.

The faculty has a room complex for coursework, innovative courses and conference formats (educational workshop); Consultation rooms are in the application phase.

The faculty finances extensive personal support for researchers and promotes various research topics across the full range of the faculty's disciplines. Six established research focus areas (Autonomy spaces in the welfare state, education spaces in childhood and the family, digital technologies and social services, media worlds, migration and intercultural competence, informal education) are structurally anchored here and are characterised both by extensive regional as well as national partnerships and collaborations with other universities and research institutions, as well as by their transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary focus and cooperation.

Inclusion pursues the vision of social justice and aims to overcome barriers that cause disadvantage, exclusion and discrimination. The "Forum for Inclusive Education", a collaboration between the Integration Agency of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Mittelrhein e.V. (Workers’ Welfare Association for the Central Rhine District) and the Institute of Childhood, Youth, Family and Adults (KJFE) of Cologne University of Applied Sciences, is an open series of events with changing lectures and workshops.