University of Cologne

TheUniversity of Cologne is one of the leading German research universities: in2012 we won substantial funding in the German Excellence Initiative and are nowone of eleven Excellence Universities. The University of Cologne has about50,000 students enrolled in the 260+ degree programs (BA and MA) of our sixfaculties: Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Faculty ofLaw, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty ofMathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Human Sciences.

We arefirmly committed to the advancement of fundamental research which willinfluence tomorrow’s world and provide answers to the challenges of change andcomplexity of today’s world. With over 600 years of tradition our greatestresource 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 SocialCognition, Quantum Matter and Materials, Socio-Economic, Cultural and PoliticalTransformations in the Global South and in Plant Sciences. The Universityis 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.