Facts and Information
Universität zu Köln
Universität zu Köln
Subject areas featured in the ranking
- Biochemistry (Last update 2024)
- Biology / Bioscience (Last update 2024)
- Business Administration (Last update 2023)
- Business Computing (Last update 2023)
- Chemistry (Last update 2024)
- Computer Science (Last update 2024)
- Dentistry (Last update 2024)
- Economic Sciences (Last update 2023)
- Economics (Last update 2023)
- Education Science (Last update 2022)
- Geography (Last update 2024)
- Geoscience (Last update 2024)
- German Language and Literature (Last update 2022)
- Law (Last update 2023)
- Mathematics (Last update 2024)
- Medicine (Last update 2024)
- Nursing Science (Last update 2024)
- Physics (Last update 2024)
- Political Science / Social Sciences (Last update 2024)
- Psychology (Last update 2022)
- Romance Studies (Last update 2022)
- Sociology / Social Sciences (Last update 2024)
Map material from the free geographic information system OpenStreetMap. The DAAD explicitly does not adopt the information provided there (names, boundaries, etc.) in every case. No guarantee is given for the accuracy of this information.
Legend:
- University
Basic information
- Kind of Institution and funding body
- University, public
- Year of foundation
- 1388
- Total number of Students
- 51,195
- Students at this campus
- 51,195
- Semester contribution
- 320.05 €
- Tuition fees
- There are no study fees.
Students by area of study
- Medicine, Health Science
- 11.5%
- Natural Sciences, Mathematics
- 23.4%
- Law, Economic and Social Sciences
- 35.4%
- Humanities, Languages
- 26.9%
- Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
- 1.6%
- Other studies
- 1.2%
Students by type of degree pursued
- Bachelor's degree
- 38%
- Master's degree
- 15.8%
- Teacher qualification degree
- 27%
- Pre-Bologna degrees
- 17.8%
- Other types of degrees
- 1.3%
Central services
Opening hours central student counselling
Special features regarding the library
Locations: Cologne University and City Library, faculty-independent libraries (including Bib.GeStiK, University Archives), libraries of the individual faculties, katalog.ub.uni-koeln.de/portal/locations.html; Stock: Inventory of the UoC: > 8 million printed media; > 4 million e-books; > 150,000 e-journals; > 1,600 databases; scientifically significant old stock> 2,300 incunabula; : > 300,000 titles before 1900; Service: Usage Services: Literature research; Loans; Provision of workstations; Interlibrary loan (a/p); Subito; Provision of historical book holdings; Digitalisation; Scanning services; Collection management; Training courses; Management; Information Services | Open Access Publication Services: Publications server; OA Journals; OA Monographs; Advice on financing OA publications; Doi award | Research support: Provision of indexing tools; Advice on research data management; Long-term availability; | Third Mission: Exhibits; Panel discussions | Sorting centre
more information
more information
Foreign language center and courses
There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, Turkish
more information
more information
Special features regarding university sports
The university offers its own sports programme. Cooperation between the university sports of the University of Cologne and the general university sports of the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS). Under the title UniSport ², the two university sports institutions offer a joint sports programme. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. UniSport² offers extremely attractive exercise options. The spectrum includes leisure and trend sports courses, sports leisure activities, educational offers, competitive events, international encounters and inclusion offers. The courses taking place close to the campus alone involve about 500 weekly hours of university sports in more than 150 different sports and exercise areas led by highly qualified trainers. UniSport ² also organises events such as the Pádel-Uni-Liga, the UniLauf and tournaments.
more information
more information
Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
