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UniversityUniversity ofof CologneCologne GeneralGeneral FactsFacts aboutabout thethe UniversityUniversity ofof CologneCologne

• Located in the centre of • Founded in 1388 (second oldest German ) • Largest German university with 49,000 students

• The 7 faculties of the University of Cologne:

¾ Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences ¾ Faculty of Philosophy ¾ Faculty of Law ¾ Faculty of (with own hospitals) ¾ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ¾ Faculty of Educational Sciences ¾ Faculty of Remedial Education

www.uni-koeln.de TheThe FacultyFaculty‘‘ss historyhistory

• 1901: School of Commerce founded by local merchants as the first independent, city-financed School of Commerce in

• 1919: the School of Commerce co-initiates the reopening of the University of Cologne together with , Mayor and later Chancellor of Germany

• it turns into the "Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne"

www.wiso.uni-koeln.de TodayToday

• The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences is the largest in Germany, with around 9,000 students

• Six tracks of study, each leading to a different type of degree: ¾ Management ¾ Economics ¾ Economics with Social Sciences ¾ Business Informatics ¾ Economic EEducationducation ¾ Health Economics www.wiso.uni-koeln.de TopTop RankedRanked FacultyFaculty

• No. 1 for Economics and No. 2 for Management (“manager magazin”, 2003, evaluation by Human Ressource Managers of 250 leading German companies)

• No.10 in Europe for Master of Management / Economics (Ranking of Top 25 Masters in Management in Europe Financial Times, 2005)

www.wiso.uni-koeln.de InternationalizationInternationalization

• The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences runs its own International Relations Center (ZIB), responsible for internationalization development and organization

High quality approach towards internationalization activities •high quality partnerships worldwide •international study programs •innovative forms of faculty cooperation •international corporate network •memberships in cooperative networks www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/zib InstitutionalInstitutional NetworkNetwork membershipsmemberships

• CEMS: Member of the Community of European Management Schools with a network of 17 leading management schools and faculties, together offering the study program CEMS Master’s in International Management

• EDAMBA: Member of the international Ph.D. program EDAMBA

• EFMD: Member of the international membership organization EFMD

• PIM: Member of the PIM Network, international consortium of leading business school InternationalInternational RelationsRelations CenterCenter

Study offer for guest students at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences:

• One or two semesters in • One or two semesters in English language ("International Business and Politics" Program) • Business Projects in German or in English language • seminars on scientifc work, skill seminars • pre-semester German language course free of charge

• Organizational student services www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/zib TheThe FacultyFaculty‘‘ss DepartmentsDepartments

¾ Banking ¾ Market Research and Marketing ¾ Business Planning and Logistics ¾ Media Economics ¾ Economic and Social Education ¾ Media Management ¾ Economic and Social Geography ¾ Operations Research ¾ Economic and Social History ¾ Organization ¾ Economic and Social Psychology ¾ Personnel Economics ¾ Economic and Social Statistics ¾ Procurement and Product Policies ¾ Economic Policy ¾ Production Management ¾ Electronic Commerce ¾ Public Finance ¾ Energy Economics ¾ Political Economy ¾ Finance ¾ Political Sciences ¾ Financial Accounting and Auditing ¾ Social Policy ¾ Information Systems ¾ Taxation ¾ Insurance ¾ Trade and Distribution ¾ International Management ¾ Trade Fair Management ¾ Management Accounting ¾ Transport Economics

www.wiso.uni-koeln.de ResourcesResources forfor StudentsStudents

• Huge University Library with a total of 2.8 million books, specialising in Management

• Computer facilities and a wide range software courses available

• Wireless Internet access on campus

• Sport facilities with broad offer of sports courses

• University student residences run by the associated Student Care Company

• Dining halls offering breakfast, lunch, dinner at reasonable prices CorporateCorporate RelationsRelations

Corporate Relations have been essential charateristic throughout the Faculty‘s existence:

• academic tradition: "theoretically based solutions for practical problems" • faculty contacts in company boards • company involvement in research projects • management courses taught by managers of local and international companies • Business Projects – consultancy like, academically supervised projects carried out by international student teams • International congresses (e.g. the biannual congress „World Business Dialogue“), company contact fairs, carrier service • Company presentations, Skill Seminars, Work shops, Case Studies Cologne:Cologne: BusinessBusiness andand TradeTrade CityCity

• European headquarters of Ford • German headquarters of Sony, Axa and Sara Lee

• Cologne airport is the European hub of UPS and the German hub of DHL - and of low-cost airline "Germanwings" connecting to 24 destinations in Europe

• Fourth largest trade fair in the world (“KoelnMesse”) with 2 million visitors p.a. • Cologne is the centre of the German media and communications industry • Neighbour to the largest industrial area in Germany, the Ruhr Valley CologneCologne inin BriefBrief

• Located at the River close to the middle Rhine valley (UNESCO world heritage) surrounded by green mountain landscapes • Cosmopolitan city: 1 million inhabitants 20% foreigners, multicultural music and arts center • Historic sites and cultural life: Archeology: Romans founded Cologne ("Colonia") „Kölner Dom“ - huge gothic cathedral, medieval part of town Philharmonic Concert Hall, Opera, theatres

12 romanic churches, museums, botanic gardens, carnival .... ThankThank youyou forfor youryour attentionattention

www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/zib (International Relations Center, Zentrum für internationale Beziehungen)