After the introduction of tuition fees for long-time students, the University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is still the largest university in Germany with approximately 49,000 students; second-largest is Munich University, followed by the University of Münster. Faculties exist for economics and social science, law, medicine, philosophy, mathematics and natural science, educational science , and adult education.
History
The university originally existed from 1388 (foundation grant from Pope Urban VI) to 1789 (dissolved by the French Government) and was re-established in 1919 by means of a treaty with the Prussian Government.
Contact
- University of Cologne
- Albertus-Magnus-Platz
- 50923 Cologne
- tel: (02 21) 4 70-0
- fax: (02 21) 4 70-51 53
- Homepage: http://www.uni-koeln.de/index.e.html
