University of Cologne

Sources

• Site notice https://portal.uni-koeln.de/impressum

  The official site notice confirms the legal name Universität zu Köln, the address in Cologne, and the university's public-law corporation status.

  The source is used to normalize the institution name, city, and country.

• Degree programmes from A to Z https://studieninteressierte.uni-koeln.de/range_of_courses/index_eng.html

  The official course catalogue shows that the university offers Bachelor's, State Examination, and Master's programmes across six faculties, including law, natural sciences, and medicine.

  The source is used as the general first-degree programme catalogue and to verify the presence of State Examination programmes.

• Romance Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Dual Major) https://studieninteressierte.uni-koeln.de/range_of_courses/index_eng.html?app=true&id=22

  The programme page shows the B.A. Dual Major structure: two subjects of 78 CP each, Studium Integrale worth 12 LP, and a 12 CP bachelor's thesis, totalling 180 CP.

  The standard period of study is 6 semesters, supporting the 3-year minimum duration.

  The page indicates that the two-subject combination is tied to application and enrolment rather than a free component choice after enrolment.

• Applications for 2-subject bachelor's programmes https://studsek.uni-koeln.de/bewerbung/1_fachsemester___grundstaendige_studiengaenge/grundstaendige_studiengaenge/2_fach_bachelor/index_ger.html

  The Student Application and Registration Office page states that the two subjects for a 2-subject bachelor's programme are selected in KLIPS 2.0 during first-semester application.

  Some combinations require approval before enrolment, after which the office manually creates the desired combination in KLIPS 2.0.

  The source supports programChoice level 0: the identified subject-combination choice occurs at application or enrolment, not as an ordinary choice by an already enrolled student.

• Studium Integrale Office https://phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/studium/bachelor/studium-integrale-buero

  The official page describes Studium Integrale as an interdisciplinary elective-compulsory area in the university's undergraduate bachelor's programmes.

  Students must earn 12 LP in Studium Integrale; the page also describes advising on course selection for profile development, the opening of courses for Studium Integrale, and KLIPS 2.0 labelling of relevant courses.

  The source supports courseChoice level 2: there is a required interdisciplinary course-choice area. Level 3 is not assigned because the sources found do not show free crediting from a broad catalogue of any university courses.

• Human Medicine, State Examination https://studieninteressierte.uni-koeln.de/range_of_courses/index_eng.html?app=true&id=164

  The official Human Medicine, State Examination programme page states a standard period of study of 13 semesters.

  The source supports the 6.5-year maximum duration for first-degree programmes.

• THE World University Rankings 2026 profile https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-cologne

  The THE World University Rankings 2026 profile is used only for the ranking value: position 164 under the supplied source rule, accessed 2026-06-26. RAEX-100 2026 covers Russian universities, so the RAEX field is omitted.

• QS profile: University of Cologne https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-cologne

  The QS profile for University of Cologne reports Total students of 25,709 and UG students of 53%. The calculation 25,709 x 0.53 gives 13,626 undergraduate students.

  The official University of Cologne statistics provide overall student totals by faculty, but the public data found do not split students into Bachelor, State Examination and Master levels. Therefore total is filled from the QS UG level, bachelor is left null, and specialist does not apply to the German model.