Universities in Cologne

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Cologne currently has 24 universities and four university-like educational institutions. This makes the city the third largest university location in Germany after Berlin and Munich . In Cologne's neighboring cities Brühl , Erftstadt and Pulheim there are also other universities that are also oriented towards Cologne .

With a wide range, including universities that are unique in Germany, Cologne attracts students from all over Germany and abroad. Also worth mentioning is the Cologne Campus Radio , which is attended by students from all Cologne universities.

Universities (selection)

  • The Technical University of Cologne (TH Köln) was established in 1971 as the Cologne University of Applied Sciences through a merger of several technical and engineering schools. Some of its predecessor institutions can be traced back to 1833. Since 1995 the former University of Applied Sciences for Libraries and Documentation has been part of the TH Köln, which was founded in 1949 as a librarian training institute for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and was converted into a university of applied sciences in 1982. The locations in Gummersbach and Leverkusen also belong to the TH Köln.
  • The private Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln (RFH) emerged in 1971 from the Rheinische Ingenieurschule founded in 1958 by Gottfried Päffgen. At the time of the conversion of the higher technical schools into technical colleges, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia could not offer its own teaching company for mechanical engineering in Cologne, but they wanted to cover the full range of subjects usual at technical universities. Therefore, the Rheinische Ingenieurschule was supported accordingly by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the conversion so that the requirements of the university framework law at that time could be met. The RFH has expanded the areas of business, law and media considerably since the mid-1990s. It also offers advanced and part-time evening courses.
  • The Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT Cologne) is one of the largest and most traditional music universities in Europe. Founded in 1845, it was part of the Rhineland University of Music from 1972 to 1987. Since then it has had its current name; until 2008 it was called the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Some facilities of the HfMT Cologne are also located in Aachen and Wuppertal .
  • The Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia (KatHO NRW) was founded in 1971 from 14 church colleges for social work, social education and curative education as well as an institute for religious education. It is Germany's largest denominational and at the same time state-recognized university for courses in social and health care. It is largely refinanced by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The university does not have a main location, but consists of four sister institutions with equal rights, the departments in Aachen, Cologne, Münster and Paderborn . Together these four departments, or the six departments located there together with their research and further education institutes, form the KatHO NRW. The largest department is in Cologne.
  • The private and state-recognized European University of Applied Sciences (EUFH), which was founded in 2001 and is closely linked to the regional economy and offers business-related and dual study programs, is also located in Brühl .
  • The Cologne Business School (CBS) is a private and state-recognized university of applied sciences, founded in 1993 and again independent since 2010, which offers the three-year English-language Bachelor's degree in International Business with different focuses and in connection with another foreign language. For some postgraduate courses it cooperates with foreign universities. Since 2010 it has also offered master’s courses.
  • In the Cologne study center of the FOM University (FOM) , various bachelor's degree programs are offered , partly in cooperation with the TH Köln and Bayer AG . The FOM, originally founded as a college for economics and management, specializes in the needs of professionals and trainees. All courses are offered part-time. The lectures take place in the evenings and on Saturdays.
  • The private International Film School Cologne (IFS), established in 2001, trains future filmmakers in bachelor programs. It has been cooperating with the TH Köln, which also awards bachelor's degrees, since 2004 via a franchise agreement. In addition, there are two master's programs in serial storytelling and digital narratives as well as one-year advanced training programs in other areas such as film editing and animation.
  • The private Macromedia University , based in Stuttgart, has one of its six locations in Cologne. Among other things, it offers courses in media management, media design, film and television studies and journalism.
  • The Hochschule Fresenius is a branch of the university of the same name in Idstein , which was opened in 2003. It is a private and privately owned university, recognized by the state of Hesse , which offers bachelor's degrees in business administration, logistics and trade, media and communication management, health economics as well as business law and business psychology in Cologne. The university also offers other master’s courses. Since 2013, Hochschule Fresenius has been offering the International Business School in Cologne, a course that includes one semester in New York in the fourth and one in Shanghai in the fifth .
  • With its accredited Bachelor, Master and MBA courses, the state-recognized and private medium-sized technical college (FHM) qualifies specialists and executives with business knowledge for medium-sized businesses. Studies began in 2000 with 50 students. In 2009 the mark of 1,000 enrolled students was finally exceeded. Starting from the headquarters in Bielefeld , another location was also built in the neighboring town of Pulheim in Cologne . In 2007 the FHM was institutionally accredited by the Science Council of the Federal Republic of Germany. The range of courses includes classic full-time courses, part-time courses for working people and dual study models. In cooperation with the Chamber of Skilled Crafts in Cologne , a triple course was also developed, which combines classic vocational training in a skilled trade and master craftsman qualification with a scientific bachelor's degree.
  • The University of Media, Communication and Economics (HMKW) in Berlin has been operating a campus in the Zollstock district of Cologne since 2011 , on which the four bachelor's degree programs in journalism and corporate communication, graphic design and visual communication, media and event management as well as media and business psychology are offered . All four bachelor's degree programs can be completed both in the traditional six semesters and as a dual, including a vocational qualification, in eight semesters. In addition, HMKW offers the three master's programs in Communication Design, Convergent Journalism and Business Psychology.
  • The International School of Management , headquartered in Dortmund , opened its own campus in Cologne's Mediapark in 2014 , which for the first time accepted 70 students for bachelor's degrees in the winter semester. In addition, there were 20 who are completing a bachelor's or master's degree while working.
  • The IB Hochschule (IBH), founded in 2007 and based in Berlin, is a state-recognized private university sponsored by the International Federation . The Cologne location offers courses in health sciences as well as cultural and social sciences.
  • The state-recognized Eufom University, which is supported by public institutions and based in Luxembourg, maintains its own study program in Cologne.
  • The Federal Finance Academy (BFA) also exists in Brühl and is the only central training and further education facility for executives in tax administrations in Germany.

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, August 7, 2014, p. 24