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32 English Study Programs at University of Cologne
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University of Cologne
About the University
The University at a glance
The University of Cologne is one of the oldest and largest universities in Europe. Due to its outstanding scientific achievements and the high quality and diversity of its degree programmes, it enjoys an excellent international reputation.
The UoC’s mission is to create, preserve and impart knowledge, to offer its students and early-career academics outstanding academic education, to qualify them for both academic and professional careers, to promote cutting-edge research and to drive innovation while focusing on the constantly changing needs and challenges of today’s society.
Statistics
Faculties: 6
Clusters of Excellence: 4
Graduate Schools, including two Excellence Graduate Schools: 34
Collaborative Research Centres / Transregios: 12
ERC-Grants: 20
Leibniz Prize Winners: 11
Alexander von Humboldt Professorships: 4
UoC Centres: 16
Third-party Funding: 209,9 Mio. € (Medicine 94,9 Mio. €) (12/2017)
Total budget: 809,3 Mio. € (Medicine 255,8 Mio €) (12/2017)
Academic staff: 5.827 (including Professorship / including Clinical Staff) (12/2017)
Administrative and technichal staff: 6.018 (including. Med. Faculty + Clinic without nursing staff) (12/2017)
Professors: 649 (12/2017)
Degree programme: 335 (WS2017/18)
Freshmen: 7.169 (WS 2017/18)
Students: 48.841 (WS2017/18)
Graduates: 7.862 (year of examination 2017)
Completed Doctorates: 741 (WS2017/18)
International Rankings
National Rankings
Tuition Fees
Application & Admission
Application Deadlines
Winter Semester 2022/2023
Summer Semester 2023
Winter Semester 2023/2024
24 programs
1 programs
30 programs
Application Modes
Application Modes
Application Process
Application Process
Language Requirements
IELTS Band
TOEFL Scores
Cambridge Levels
5.5 (3 programs )
72 (3 programs )
B2 First (FCE) (10 programs )
7 (3 programs )
100 (2 programs )
C2 Proficiency (CPE) (15 programs )
IELTS Band
5.5 (3 programs )
7 (3 programs )
TOEFL Scores
72 (3 programs )
100 (2 programs )
Cambridge Levels
B2 First (FCE) (10 programs )
C2 Proficiency (CPE) (15 programs )
Program Features
4-24 semesters
Duration→ View all programs with online courses
Online CoursesMaster of Arts
Master of Business Administration
Master of Science
Bachelor of Science
Executive MBA
Winter intake
71.9%Summer intake
3.1%Winter & Summer intake
25%Location

List of English-taught Study Programs offered by University of Cologne

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Biochemistry
(per semester)

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Biological Sciences
(per semester)

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Business Administration

(per semester)

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Business Administration Double Master Program
(per semester)

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Culture and Environment in Africa
(per semester)

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Cologne
Demography and Social Inequality - Double Master's Degree
(per semester)

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Cologne
Double Master's Programme in Economics
(per semester)

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Cologne
Double Master's Programme in European Studies
(per semester)

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Double Master's Programme in Health Economics and Management
(per semester)

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Economics
(per semester)

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Environmental Sciences
(per semester)

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Health Economics

(per semester)

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International Management
(per semester)

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North American Studies
(per semester)

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Physics
(per semester)

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Political Science
(per semester)

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Sociology and Social Research
(per semester)

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Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences
(per semester)

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Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere
(per semester)

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Chemistry
(per semester)

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English Studies
(per semester)

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Economic Research
(per semester)

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Linguistics
(per semester)

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Information Systems

(per semester)


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Quantitative Biology
(per semester)

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Bachelor Management, Economics and Social Sciences
(per semester)

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Master in Sociology
(per semester)

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Digital and Computational Archaeology
(per semester)

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Cologne
Sociology: Social and Economic Psychology
(per semester)

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Business Administration - Part time
(per semester)


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Cologne-Rotterdam Executive MBA
(per semester)

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African Studies and Egyptology
(per semester)