- Student-faculty ratios: 36.5
- Male to female ratio: 63 : 37
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uni-koeln.de/
- Address: Albertus-Magnus-Platz,Köln, 50923,Germany
- Phone: -
Located in central Cologne, not far from the River Rhine, the University of Cologne (UoC) was founded in 1388, making it one of Germany’s, and Europe’s, oldest universities, where it was a leader in theological study. Although UoC closed in 1798 under French rule, it re-opened again in 1919 as an institution that was independent of its past. The modern-day university seeks to combine the historical institution it once was with the present-day, reflecting a pride in its heritage and traditions while conveying a modern outlook – a factor that UoC says provides students with a unique learning environment. Today, the university is one of the largest research universities in Germany, home to over 45,000 students and comprising six faculties. Almost a third of its students go on to enter the teaching profession, making it one of the foremost institutions for teacher training. It recently launched a project encouraging ambitious secondary school students to attend and participate in lectures at the university, with the concept being so successful as to be adopted by several other institutions. UoC established a Professional Centre in 2008 to offer students career advice, as well as opportunities to train in certain areas of expertise. The institution also prides itself on its investment in gender equality and diversity, with various methods in place to promote equality across the board. Alumni of the university include a German Federal President, a Federal Chancellor, several European Court judges and four Nobel Prize recipients, the physicist Peter Grünberg among them. With partnerships in place with universities that include the Paris-Sorbonne, University College London, Maastricht University and the Warsaw School of Economics, UoC students are able to pursue joint degree programmes with other renowned institutions across Europe.
- Total number of students 37,483
- Number of international students 5,669
- Total number of academic staff 989
- Number of international staff 78
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 2,019
- Number of master's degrees awarded 3,308
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 679
- Number of research only staff 1,022
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,628
- Number of new master's students 3,558
- Number of new doctoral students 354
- Global score 57.9
- Global research reputation #293
- Regional research reputation #172
- Publications #214
- Books #361
- Conferences #694
- Normalized citation impact #357
- Total citations #200
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #196
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #316
- International collaboration #572
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #291
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #219
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #382
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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16%
Percentage of International Students
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63 : 37
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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36.5
No. of students per staff
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36,965
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2014
251-275
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2015
301-350
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2016
156
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2017
=170
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2018
145
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2019
=146
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2020
=157
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Arts & humanities
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2016
66
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2017
=83
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2018
=91
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2019
101–125
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
101–125
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2019
126–150
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Life sciences
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2018
101–125
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2019
101–125
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Physical sciences
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2018
251–300
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2019
301–400
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Business & Economics
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2019
151–175
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European Teaching
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2018
201+
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#172 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 38.6
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #125
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #71
- Arts and Humanities publications #198
- Arts and Humanities books #252
- Arts and Humanities conferences #134
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #153
- Arts and Humanities total citations #179
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #178
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #159
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #172
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #102
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#187 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 42.8
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #112
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #75
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #242
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #255
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #240
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #245
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #296
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #184
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #123
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #212
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #250
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#445 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 43.5
- Chemistry global research reputation #381
- Chemistry regional research reputation #222
- Chemistry publications #493
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #442
- Chemistry total citations #462
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #538
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #651
- Chemistry international collaboration #431
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #272
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #577
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #655
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#185 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 58.7
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #343
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #187
- Clinical Medicine publications #147
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #260
- Clinical Medicine total citations #142
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #144
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #284
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #455
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #317
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #129
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #205
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#151 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 32.0
- Economics and Business global research reputation #196
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #57
- Economics and Business publications #93
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #167
- Economics and Business total citations #119
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #152
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #189
- Economics and Business international collaboration #190
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #148
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #162
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #193
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#165 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 51.3
- Geosciences global research reputation #160
- Geosciences regional research reputation #116
- Geosciences publications #143
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #172
- Geosciences total citations #141
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #156
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #203
- Geosciences international collaboration #112
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #54
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #206
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #238
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#92 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 45.2
- Immunology global research reputation #65
- Immunology regional research reputation #21
- Immunology publications #159
- Immunology normalized citation impact #63
- Immunology total citations #135
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #105
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Immunology international collaboration #59
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #46
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #111
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #58
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#97 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 45.5
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #9
- Microbiology publications #221
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #25
- Microbiology total citations #117
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #134
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #88
- Microbiology international collaboration #143
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #93
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #70
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #29
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#90 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 53.8
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #113
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #28
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #94
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #189
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #100
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #127
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #98
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #145
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #237
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#158 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 42.3
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #172
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #102
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #121
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #172
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #126
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #119
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #144
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #242
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #149
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #165
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #232
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#398 Physics
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- Physics overall score 50.7
- Physics global research reputation #180
- Physics regional research reputation #148
- Physics publications #336
- Physics normalized citation impact #501
- Physics total citations #452
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #417
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #465
- Physics international collaboration #384
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #246
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #475
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #548
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#204 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 51.9
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #322
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #76
- Plant and Animal Science publications #435
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #31
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #252
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #285
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #119
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #214
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #125
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #111
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #10
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#119 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 47.7
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #268
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #101
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #105
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #117
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #99
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #163
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #92
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #111
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #129
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #185
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#209 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 43.3
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #241
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #86
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #235
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #241
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #225
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #199
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #140
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #165
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #140
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #233
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #276
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#199 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 25.8
- Space Science global research reputation #145
- Space Science regional research reputation #73
- Space Science publications #117
- Space Science normalized citation impact #209
- Space Science total citations #175
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #187
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #218
- Space Science international collaboration #156
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #84
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #178
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #196