International Relations Center Cologne WiSo Faculty 1 Being a guest student at the Faculty of...

International Relations CenterCologne WiSo Faculty

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Being a guest student at the

Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences,University of Cologne

(Cologne WiSo Faculty)

‘Innovation for Society’


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The University of Cologne

• Located in the centre of Cologne

• Founded in 1388

• Largest German university with 46,000 students

• Awarded ‘University of Excellence’ by the German government for its outstanding national and international research performance

• Six Faculties: Management, Economics and Social Sciences / Law / Medicine / Arts and Humanities / Mathematics and Natural Sciences / Human Sciences


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Cologne WiSo Faculty

• Interdisciplinary approach with four disciplinesManagement, Economics, Political Sciences and Sociology

• ‘Innovation for society’Excellent research linked with corporate and business world

• Experience and traditionFounded as School of Commerce in 1901


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Cologne WiSo Faculty

• EQUIS accredited

• Only German member of CEMS and PIM

• Top 2 German Faculties for Management and top 3 for Economics(Wirtschaftswoche ranking 2015)

• Consistently among top 5 Management Faculties in Germany for research (Handelsblatt ranking 2000 – 2014)


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The WiSo Faculty’s location in Cologne

photos: Lisa Beller, Dirsing/Schorn, Aleksander Perkovic, Mira Zöller


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7 ,960degree seeking students

70 + Clubs and party locations

70student associations

450guest students per year

500hours of university sports offer per week

in 120 disciplines

> 10% of Cologne’s population are students

20Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes

2 summer schools

Key figures

taught in English per term

30 Bachelorcourses

70 Master courses

international Master’s programmes7


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Internationalisation

• Member of international networks CEMS, PIM, AAPBS, AACBS, EFMD, EDAMBA

• International Relations Center (ZIB):internationalisation development and organisation

as of July 2015

More than 120 partner universities


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Corporate Relations

• Strong company involvement in research projects and seminars

• Business projects

• International congresses, e.g. World Business Dialogue, largest international student-run business convention

• WiSo Career Service:Key interface between students and employers


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Study Programmes

Bachelor’s Programmes (3 years)

• BSc Business Administration

• BSc Economics

• BSc Social Sciences

• BSc Information Systems

• BSc Health Economics

• BSc Economics with Social Sciences

• BA Vocational Education


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Study Programmes

Master’s Programmes (2 years)

• MSc Business Administration

• Supply Chain Management•Accounting and Taxation

•Corporate Development

•Marketing

•Finance

•Media and Technology Management

• MSc Economics

• MSc Information Systems

• MSc Sociology and Empirical Social Research

• MSc Health Economics

• MA Political Science

• MSc Economic Education


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Study Programmes

International Master’s Programmes

• MSc in International Management (combined with CEMS MIM)

• Double Master’s Programmes in Business Administration:

Aalto University School of Business, Finland

Louvain School of Management, BelgiumWarsaw School of Economics, PolandIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India

• Double Master’s Programme in Political Sciences:

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

• Double Master’s Programme in Health Economics:Maastricht University, The Netherlands


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Double Master’s Programmes

• Two-year international degreeOne year in Cologne, one year at partner university

• Double excellenceFull MSc degrees from both universities

• Taught entirely in English

• Fully integrated into the institution’s regular course offer


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CEMS Master’s in International Managementin combination with Master‘s in International Management

One-year joint degree programme in conjunction with a Cologne MSc in International Management

• Network of 29 first-class business schools, over 70 multinational corporations and social partners worldwide

• International focus and strong links with industry and business

• Consistently among the top 10 in the Financial Times Master’s in Management Ranking

The global leaders’ programme


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Exchange opportunities for Bachelor and Master students

• Guest students can choose courses from all of the Faculty’s disciplines

• 30 undergraduate and 70 graduate courses taught in English per term

• Several hundred courses taught in German per term

• German language courses free of charge

• More than 450 guest students per year


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Academic calendar


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Cologne International Summer University

• 2 – 4 weeks in August

• Undergraduate and graduate courses in Management, Economics and Social Sciences

• All courses taught in English by international academic staff

• Cultural and social events


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Cologne Intensive Study Programme in European Management

• 4 weeks in June

• Courses on topics such as Intercultural Management, European Economic Policy, Leadership

• Strong company involvement, social activities, excursions

• Exclusively for MBA students from partner universities


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Support for guest students

International Relations Center (ZIB WiSo):

• Daily advice and support with administrational formalities

• Welcome Days

• Buddy Programme

• Accommodation support

• Organisation of social, networking and corporate events for guest students, together with PIM & CEMS Student Club


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City of Cologne

• Fourth-largest city in Germany with 1 million inhabitants

• Business, trade and media cityfourth-largest trade fair in the world, film & TV production companies

• Historic cityCologne Cathedral, Romanesque churches, medieval city centre

• Student life80,000 students, bars and cafés, nightclubs, park areas

• Arts and cultureCarnival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, museums, football


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International Relations Center (ZIB WiSo)

www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/international.html

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