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Counselling Centres at the University in the Areas of Diversity and Equal Opportunities

For employees and students

A large flagpole stands in the center, displaying the Syrian opposition flag, which has three red stars on a white, black, and green design. The city below has a busy road with cars, trees, and buildings. One building is labeled

Antibiotics and Bacteria: A Battle for Survival

Cologne International Forum:
PUBLIC LECTURE with Rotem Gross
on 21 May 2025

Innovative Tandem Collaborations

Call for applications: funding for University of Cologne-based academics + international junior researchers

Accommodation Wanted for International Students!

Group photo of the LEAD! scholarship holders and Dr Georg Verweyen (right) from the International Office on a meadow in the university park. Some are holding cardboard cubes with the UN Sustainable Development Goals on each side. On display are SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. A ‘LEAD!’ roll-up banner can be seen in the background.

LEAD! 2024/25 Wrap-Up

Forty DAAD scholarship holders from all over Germany are meeting at the University of Cologne to complete the LEAD! programme.

The TANDEM Online-Portal of the UoC

Find the right partner for language exchange!

Solidarity with Ukraine

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Global Initiatives

The UoC is a research-based university with a global perspective. It actively seeks out collaboration with the best academics and competes to attract the best students from around the world.

Division 'International Affairs' (International Office): Contacts, Opening Hours, Welcome Centre, Events, Site Map ...

Erasmus+

Cologne Summer Schools

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A semester abroad always involves challenges, which are of course much easier to overcome with the right support, such as from the UNITE team. My semester in Mexico was a very special experience that enriched me greatly - also with regard to my future work as a teacher - and that I will remember for the rest of my life.

Alina Lüchtefeld is studying to become a teacher for special educational needs at the UoC

Centres for International Relations (ZIB)

At faculty level the Centers for International Relations (ZIB) direct and coordinate the decentralized international orientation of the UoC and the implementation of the various international projects on teaching and research.