News from TH Köln

  • Final InCTIES Project Meeting at the University of Zilina: Visions for the Future

    The five InCITIES partner institutions TH Köln, ISCTE, Gustave Eiffel, Laurea and UNIZA met for the last time at the University of Zilina (Slovakia) from 8 - 9 April 2025. The purpose of the meeting was to present and discuss achievements to date and to look ahead to the approach to be taken in the remaining six months of the project term in order to achieve the project objectives. More

  • Where are all these people going? Conserving, installing and experiencing media art

    Exhibition at Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, 9 May - 20 July 2025, based on an international research project More

  • Call for Nominations: International Fellowships for International Guest Scholars

    Are you a professor of TH Köln and already cooperating successfully with international colleagues in teaching, research and transfer and would like to further expand your collaboration? Nominate suitable candidates for an "International Fellowship". More

  • Preparatory German Language Courses: Apply now!

    Application for the German Course B1/B2 and the German Course C1 with DSH in the winter semester 2025/26 is now possible! The application procedure takes place via uni-assist. Application Deadline: July 1, 2025. More

  • Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German National Committee IHP, HWRP at TH Köln

    Under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Lars Ribbe (Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems), the 83rd meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and the Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) took place at TH Köln on 6 March 2025. More

  • [COMPLETED] Maintentance of student and examination administration systems

    Please note: From April 7 to April 10, 2024, TH Köln’s student and examination administration systems will be unavailable due to a system update. More

  • ENRUC Workshop – Cross-Border Collaboration for Water and Land Management in the Eastern Nile Basin

    Eastern Nile Basin Research Universities and Centers (ENRUC) organized a hybrid workshop from 18 to 20 February 2025 with the theme “Innovative solutions for climate-resilient water and land management in the Eastern Nile Basin” at the TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences. More

  • Olympic atmosphere at the Leverkusen campus

    More than 1,300 students from all over Germany have competed in this round to take part in the final of the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad in Dubai. The 20 best participants from North Rhine-Westphalia prepared for the third round of the competition at a state seminar lasting several days at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at TH Köln. More

  • New founding of the ITT

    The ITT, under the umbrella of the Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems at TH Köln, has been re-established as the “Institute for Natural Resources Technology and Management”. More

  • Open consultation hours for refugees

    You have taken refuge in Germany and would like to study at TH Köln or improve your German language skills before studying? We can provide you with information on the necessary requirements and the application process. We will be happy to advise you! More

  • A remedy for adhesions after abdominal surgery

    Lana Kortenbrede's dissertation ‘Fast room-temperature curing polyurethane-based hydrogels for medical applications’ focussed on the development of a hydrogel implant. The cooperative doctorate was supervised by Professor Marc Leimenstoll from the TH Köln and Professor Axel Griesbeck from the University of Cologne and was carried out in collaboration with the company Covestro. More

  • Summer semester 2025: We are still accepting applications

    Prospective first-year students can still apply for admission to a number of programs offered in the upcoming semester. Find out more about the programs and submit your application for admission through TH Köln's campus management system (CaMS). More

  • Alumni celebration 2025: Reunion at the Leverkusen campus

    Great interest and lively exchange: The alumni celebration of the Faculty of Natural Sciences took place for the first time on January 10 at the new Leverkusen campus. More than 100 former students accepted the invitation and exchanged ideas with current students and members of the faculty in a variety of settings. More

  • Sustainably restoring rainforest in Brazil

    TH Köln and local partner develop training program for reforestation More

  • First Steps@TH Köln: Pre-Arrival Web-Seminar for new international first-year students

    You have recently received an admission letter to TH Köln? Congratulations! Join us in the Zoom Session for international first-year students to learn about the next steps and use the opportunity to meet other new students and to ask us any open questions you may have – we look forward to meeting you! More

  • Closing times at Christmas - Department of International Affairs

    The Department of International Affairs will be closed from Dec 21, 2024 to Jan 01, 2025. The on-site consultation hour on Jan 02, 2025 is canceled. More

  • First Round Table of the Ready, Study, Go Business Network

    On December 5, 2024, the first Round Table of the Ready, Study, Go business network took place at the premises of the Federal Employment Agency in Cologne. The goal of this new format is to provide companies and institutions with a platform for practical exchange on the integration of international professionals. More

  • Bringing urban land back to life

    Land is the basis for a healthy life – in the countryside as well as the city. But what can be done when urban areas no longer have green spaces or land for neighborhood gardens? The answer is in the modular university course materials currently being developed by TH Köln, the G20 Global Land Initiative of the United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification and United Nations University. More

  • Networking Event for Early Career Researchers

    On November 18, 2024, the 18th Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs Afternoon took place at the Deutz Campus. The event centered around a discussion with doctorates and postdocs from TH Köln on the topic: "Graduated - Now Wiser? Providing Impulses, Encouraging, Sharing Knowledge." Additionally, the election of the doctoral representatives was conducted. More

  • Prof. Dr. Johanna May at the InCITIES Scientific Café "Energy" on November 28, 2024

    The project "InCITIES-Trailblazing inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities" organizes regular virtual networking events for scientists of the consortium, in which current research projects and topics are presented and discussed. More

  • InCITIES: European Universities driving local and global innovation

    On December 4, 2024, Université Gustave Eiffel, TH Köln’s partnering university in both the PIONEER Alliance and the InCITIES project, hosted a high-level event as part of the InCITIES project at the Maison Irène & Frédéric Joliot-Curie in Brussels. More

  • The Kölsche Dinner: Intercultural Exchange, Cologne Style

    An evening of connection and Cologne brewery culture for students from TH Köln’s Buddy Program More

  • Online Training for Instructors: Innovative Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration – Asia

    CALL FOR APPLICATION – Join the Online Training for Instructors: Empowering Sustainable Agriculture for Land Restoration »Trigger Change! Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture for Land Restoration« South East Asia – 25-29 November 2024. Hosted by TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. More

  • Infosession about the German Health Insurance

    You have recently received an admission letter to TH Köln? Congratulations! Before you can start your studies in Germany, you must register with a Statutory Health Insurance. More

  • DAAD Prize 2024 of TH Köln for Alua Kuchukova

    Alua Kuchukova won this year's DAAD prize for her academic achievements and social commitment. She received the 1,000-euro award at the City of Cologne's town hall reception for new international students, doctoral candidates, and visiting scholars at Cologne's universities. More

  • Good Supervision of Doctorates - 8th Networking Event for Doctoral Supervisors

    The 8th annual networking meeting for doctoral supervisors at TH Köln took place on October 8, 2024. Numerous professors followed the invitation and met to exchange ideas in the Bildungswerkstatt. More

  • PIONEER Alliance meeting at Université Gustave Eiffel in Lyon

    With a lot of positive energy, enthusiasm and rolled-up sleeves, the Alliance is getting ready for the official start of its work for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities on January 1, 2025! More

  • InCITIES Newsletter #2

    The second InCITIES newsletter is here! We are excited to announce the release of the second issue of the InCITIES Newsletter. In this edition, we aim to provide accurate and trustworthy information about the project's scope, objectives, activities, and the outcomes achieved to date. More

  • Active substances tested in weightlessness

    A total of 11 experiments from various fields were tested during the 43rd parabolic flight campaign of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Among them was the cell biology experiment “RUTH”, which investigates the effects of weightlessness on neuronal networks and brain organoids with the participation of the TH Köln. More

  • Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems at the ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT 2024 exhibition

    The Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems of TH Köln will once again be represented at this year's ENGAGEMENT WELTWEIT in Siegburg with an information stand on its international Master's degree programs in the field of technology and resource management. More

  • Instructors Training Course: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture for Land Restoration

    Call for application to participate in the Online Training of Instructors course »Trigger Change! Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture for Land Restoration« 30 Sep - 4 Oct 2024 More

  • PIONEER Alliance Call for Micro-Stories about TH Köln’s Campus Cities

    Do you love creative writing? Do you have a personal connection to Cologne, Gummersbach or Leverkusen - TH Köln’s campus cities and want to share it? Then we cordially invite you to take part in the PIONEER Alliance writing project: “Micro- stories about TH Köln’s campus cities”. More

  • Virtual Reality Training Environment for Surgical Operations

    TH Köln develops AI-based simulation system for training interventions in human soft tissue More

  • Survey Results on the Language Policy at TH Köln - Student Results

    In the autumn of 2023 we asked for your opinion on the language-related offers at TH Köln. Please find the most important results here. We would like to thank all students who took the time to participate in the survey! More

  • Student council organizes visit to IFAT 2024 with students from 15 nations

    (by Rüdiger Heidebrecht) More

  • RETIME project to develop new strategies for climate-resilient cities

    On June 18-19, 2024 the RETIME project to develop new strategies for climate-resilient cities was officially launched. More

  • EU funding for PIONEER

    Recognition for the PIONEER Alliance: The network of European Universities, which was founded in 2019 on the co-initiative of TH Köln and now comprises ten universities, has been included in the Erasmus+ funding program of the European Universities Initiative. A total of 56 collaborations applied for this funding round. More

  • Prof. Dr. Udo Nehren at the InCITIES Scientific Café "Nature in the City" on June 27, 2024

    The project "InCITIES-Trailblazing inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities" organizes regular virtual networking events for scientists of the consortium, in which current research projects and topics are presented and discussed. More

  • Inaugural Webinar for Course on Innovative Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration

    The Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems at TH Köln in cooperation with its CNRD partner German Jordanian University organized the inaugural webinar to introduce the global course "Trigger Change! Innovative Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Land Restoration" on May 20, 2024. More

  • End-of-Study Scholarship for international degree-seeking students

    You are an international degree-seeking student @th_koeln and planning to graduate within the next 12 months but are facing financial difficulties? The end-of-study-scholarship may be for you. More

  • TH Köln students take part in InCITIES BIP "Sustainable mobility innovations

    Three students from TH Köln took part in the Blended Intensive Program (BIP) "Sustainable Mobility Innovations" organized by the University of Zilina (UNIZA) in Slovakia from February 19 to April 26, 2024. More

  • Graduation ceremony 2024 at Leverkusen campus

    On 24 May 2024, the graduates of the Applied Chemistry (B.Sc. & M.Sc.), Pharmaceutical Chemistry (B.Sc.) and Drug Discovery and Development (M.Sc.) degree programmes were bid farewell in a festive ceremony attended by around 180 guests. For the first time, the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences organised its annual graduation ceremony at the new campus. More

  • New webinars and online trainings on sustainable agriculture land restoration

    Supporting the G20 Global Land Initiative, the Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems at TH Köln, in cooperation with high-ranking academic experts, has developed a new academic training for sustainable land restoration. The international project aims to train one million students & professionals in 20 years to counteract land degradation worldwide. More

  • Research and transfer achievements honoured

    Spatial hearing for virtual and augmented reality applications, strengthening political representation of interests in social work, a social media action concept for open child and youth work and research into new active ingredients to combat muscle atrophy - these were the topics for which the science prizes were awarded on Research Day. More

  • Applications for the summer semester 2025 are open!

    Prospective first-year students can now apply for admission to all Bachelor's and Master's programs offered in the summer semester 2025. More

  • Applications for the winter semester 2024/2025 are open!

    Prospective first-year students can now apply for admission to all Bachelor's and Master's programs offered in the winter semester 2024/2025. More

  • Applications for the winter semester 2025/2026 are open!

    Prospective first-year students can now apply for admission to all Bachelor's and Master's programs offered in the winter semester 2025/2026. More

  • PIONEER Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) "Service Design & Marketing in Social Innovation" 2024

    This BIP Project provides the unique opportunity to learn about Service Design and Marketing in the context of Social Innovation in an interdisciplinary and international team. More

  • Leverkusen campus receives highly efficient cell sorter

    The Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences can use a highly efficient cell sorter (fluorescence-activated cell sorting; FACS) to select mammalian cell clones for the production of vaccine prototypes. Prof. Dr. Jörn Stitz acquired the funds for the purchase of the large-scale device in connection with the funded EVIT research project. More

  • ITT Alumni Seminar: River Deltas at Risk. Application now open.

    The ITT at the Faculty of Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems, together with EE+E Environmental Engineering+Ecology and with financial support from the DAAD, is organising the international alumni seminar on "River Deltas at Risk". Alumni of the ITT from developing countries and other German universities are invited to participate. More

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