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INTERNATIONALIZATION REpORTSummary 2011–March 2015

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2 INTERNATIONALIZATION REPORT 2011 - 2015

INTERNATIONALIZATION REPORT


New York, USA

Delhi, India

Beijing, China

Universiteit NijmegenKU Leuven Charles University

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Cape Town3 Liaison offices: Beijing, Delhi, New York

7 Global Network Partners

69 Official University Partnerships

500 Exchange Programmes

3University of cologne

Prof. Dr. Michael BolligVice-Rector for

International Affairs(January 2011 to March 2015)

Dr. Stefan BildhauerHead of International Office

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

“cosmopolitanism and interculturality,” as the preamble of the UoC’s internationali-

zation strategy, approved at the end of 2013, states “are prerequisites to success in

nearly all areas of life nowadays [...] institutions involved in education and science in

particular must take on more social responsibility in the global context.”

The UoC has significantly expanded the scope and diversity of its internationalization

efforts and taken numerous concrete measures over the past few years—especially under

the influence of the excellence initiative and the HRK audit. A specific bundle of interna-

tionalization measures is contained within the UoC’s Institutional Strategy. The externally

monitored implementation process, the HRK “internationalization” audit, the so-called

re-audit, began in February 2014 and is due to be concluded in the spring of 2017.

There is already broad agreement on the reasons for internationalization. But what are

the costs and is it possible to identify any tangible benefits and successes? These are

the questions that this small brochure aims to answer by way of selected activities and

measures.

Internationalization already takes place in many parts of the UoC. We hope to be able

to encourage even more members of the UoC to work towards internationalization and

would be thankful for any suggestions to this end.

Yours faithfully,

Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig Dr. Stefan BildhauerVice-Rector for International Affairs Head of International Office

March 2015

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CONTACTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

CONTACTS IN RECTORATES AND CENTRAL ORGANISATIONS

(IN ALPHABETIC ORDER):

Christiane Biehl, M.A., Head of Department 93 “International Mobility”

Dr. Stefan Bildhauer, Head of International Office

Dr. Stefanie Boelts, personal assistant to the Vice-Rector for International

Affairs

Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Vice-Rector for International Affairs

(January 2011–March 2015)

Dr. Christina Elger, Evaluations Advisor

Nina Glutsch, Teacher Training Centre

Prof. Dr. Stefan Herzig, Vice-Rector for Teaching and Studies

Regina Immel, Vice-Rectorate for Teaching and Studies

Dr. Hans Leitner, Head of Department 91 “German as a foreign language

teaching department”

Dr. Johannes Müller, Head of Department 94 “International Science”

Dr. Susanne Preuschoff, Head of Department 92 “International Students”

Svenja Rausch, Department 82 “Marketing”, Manager of International

Marketing

Ingo Trempeck, Head of Department 74 “International Funding”

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CENTERS IN THE FACULTIES:

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science’s International

Relations Center:

Christoph Sonnenschein

The Law Faculty’s International Relations Center:

Dr. Jan Kruse

The Faculty of Medicine’s International Relations Center:

Dr. Benjamin Köckemann

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ International Relations Center:

Matias Wolosewicz

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences’ Faculty International

Relations Center:

Dr. Christine Benn

The Faculty of Human Sciences’ International Relations Center:

Dr. Stefan Neubert


The internationalization of degree programs, teaching

and research has always been an integral part of the

University of Cologne’s (UoC) identity.It has long played

an important role in the world of international research

and, as one of the largest and oldest universities in

Europe, has decades of experience in international

exchange programs involving both students and

scientists. Thanks to its excellent reputation, the UoC

can draw on a well-established network boasting

more than 200 research partnerships and collaborative

projects all around the world.

Extending this network and developing the necessary

strategies and tools for using it most productively

on all levels of academic life is the focus of the

UoC’s internationalization efforts. The UoC sees

internationalization as a central component of its

strategic development and an undertaking that

requires the collaboration and participation of all

involved in the university, from the executive board,

to the academic staff and students, as well as the

administrative staff in all their various roles.

This view is based on our conviction that

cosmopolitanism and interculturality are prerequi-

sites to success in nearly all areas of life nowadays and

that institutions involved in education and science in

particular must take on more social responsibility in

the global context. While research is under increasing

pressure from international competition and the best

results are mainly achieved within the framework

of international cooperation, it is important that

degree programs and teaching are comprehensively

internationalized: to prepare students for a globalizing

world full of transnational challenges and to give them

the chance of receiving an education that will make

them competitive within the global job market.

InternatIonalIzatIon StrateGY


The UoC is a research-based university with a global

perspective. It actively seeks out collaboration

with the best academics and competes to attract

the best students from around the world. We want

to be able to offer them the ideal conditions and

the best support structures possible. Sustainable

internationalization must therefore permeate all

areas of the university. We want internationality to

be a fixed feature throughout academic life: in the

faculties, amongst the students and researchers

and in administrative services. It is against this

backdrop that the UoC actively pursues the

following internationalization objectives:

1. INTERNATIONALIZING RESEARCH

Successful research requires international partners:

for transnational research themes, for the regular

exchange of current results, for collaborative projects,

for creating synergies and for procuring third-party

funding for joint research projects. By this and other

means, the UoC aims at consolidating its reputation as

a leading research University in the world.

2. INTERNATIONALIZING DEGREE PROGRAMS AND

TEACHING

a) Degree programs incorporating research or practical

experience must also be international and impart

intercultural competences, increase the perception of

diversity, reflect current international research trends

and profit from international academic cooperation.

Traveling abroad is not the only way to gain

international experience.

b) An international campus thrives on exchange:

our middle-term aim is to give about half of all UoC

students the opportunity to spend a semester abroad

or take part in double degree programs. At the same

time, we wish to encourage even more international

students to study in Cologne – on the undergraduate

and graduate programs, as exchange students, on

short-term programs and within the framework of

summer schools and workshops.

3. IMPROvING INTERNATIONALIZATION SUPPORT

STRUCTURES

a) Strengthening and developing coordination and

support entities and internationalizing administration.

b) In addition, the UoC is strengthening its inter-

national presence and thereby creating support

structures abroad.


InternatIonalIzatIon objectIves


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2004

Launch of faculty-based International Relations Centers (awarded prize by the

Federal Foreign Office “for excellent support of international students at German

universities”)

2005

Establishment of Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs

2006

Rectorate approves internationalization guidelines

2007

Opening of liaison office in Beijing / foundation of NRW-China University Alliance

Construction of “Albert’s International Assistance” Welcome Center

Foundation of “KölnAlumni WELTWEIT”

2009 Opening of liaison office in New Dehli

Securing of “Albertus Magnus” scholarship program from the MIWF for students

from emerging and developing countries

2010AvH “Welcome Centres for Internationally Mobile Researchers” prize

Funding begin for “Studienstart International” from the DAAD

Opening of liaison office in New York

2011Drafting of an international program within the framework of the Institutional

Strategy

DEvELOPMENTS OvER THE PAST 10 YEARS

2005 2007 2007 2009

VICE-RECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

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2012UoC becomes University of Excellence

(Funding of Institutional Strategy, two clusters of excellence, two research schools)

Launch of “Cologne Summer Schools,” sponsored by Santander Bank

HRK Audit “Internationalization of Universities”

2013Award-winner in AvH “Research Alumni at German Universities” competition

ERASMUS/MUNDUS - project IANUS II

Procurement of DIES “Proposal Writing”

International Student Satisfaction Award: Gold Award for Outstanding Student

Satisfaction

Approval of Internationalization Strategy developed collaboratively with all faculties

2014Division 9 (International Office)

Go out! Award: award-winner in “the best concept for the promotion and motivation

of study-related stays abroad“ competition

Award from the Federal Foreign Office “for excellent supervision of international

students at German universities” for university group work

International Student Satisfaction Award: Very Good Student Satisfaction

Centre for Modern India Studies

IPID4all (AMGC + a.r.t.e.s)

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EXTERNAL FUNDING External funding received by Division 9: 1,916,705 Euro

Additional allocation from the UoC in the Excellence Initiative for international

affairs (M6): 480,000 Euro

DAAD statistics for the UoC 2013: 4,747,976 Euro

The UoC’s share of the DAAD’s total funding has grown steadily from 2009

(3,310,330 Euro) to 2013 (4,747,976 Euro). Cologne is third in NRW behind

Aachen and Bonn.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (P4 AND D9) 2014

REVENUE EXPENDITURE

Total 4,756,829 € Total 4,756,829 €

of which Budget 2,360,124 € of which Personnel 1,918,612 €

External funding 2,396,705 € of which permanent 1,451,456 €

of which temporary 467,156 €

M6 480,000 € Material Resources 2,838,217 €

ERASMUS 713,240 € of which

DAAD 740,933 € Int. Faculty 220,000 €

AvH 125,000 € Strat.Partner 59,600 €

MIWF NRW 79,900 € Ambassadors 40,000 €

Santander 158,167 € Conferences 50,000 €

DaF 99,465 € DaF 160,000 €

Liaison offices 270,000 €

Mobility 130,000 €

Ext. funding for specific projects

1,908,617 €


In order to realize its internationalization objectives,

the UoC has compiled a catalogue of measures

defining 16 concrete tasks. These are complementary

and interlocking, so that some measures serve many

objectives. Each faculty will specify how they plan

to implement them in their own internationalization

concept. Some of the measures will be introduced in

more detail below.


MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES

1. Establishing ˝Global Network Partnerships“

2. Promoting ˝Strategic Research Partnerships˝ in key profile areas

3. Developing planning and management capabilities; regulatory reporting

4. Establishing a support structure for improved access to EU research funding programs

5. Internationalizing the teaching staff

6. Incorporating internationalization options in all curricula

7. Internationalizing teacher-training

8. Developing existing internationalized degree programs

9. Developing courses and events in English and other foreign languages

10. Developing international partnerships to increase study abroad

11. Improving conditions for international students

12. Developing a comprehensive summer school system

13. International alumni

14. Developing the International Office and International Relations Centers; internationalizing

university administration and its structures

15. Developing professional international marketing

16. “Interculturalism at home”


Comprehensive collaboration in research, teaching

and campus management will be established

with a limited number of selected universities

(ca. 10) with whom the UoC enjoys cross-faculty

partnership agreements. The aim within the

framework of these Global Network Partnerships

should be to create a particularly close network—

e.g. through intensive exchange between students,

postgraduates, academics and administrative staff

enabled by joint teaching events and courses as

well as joint research projects.

Contacts for strategic research partnerships:

Dr. Stefanie Boelts, Vice-Rectorate for

International Affairs

Friderike Mangelsdorf, Department 72

Contact for global network partnerships:

Department 94 “International Science”

1st MEASURE

Establishing “global nEtwork PartnErshiPs”(„Global Network PartNershiPs“)

STRATEGIC RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS Four thematic key profile areas (KPA)—internationally competitive research emphases—were defined within

the context of the Institutional Strategy. Each of these key profile areas has international strategic research

partner, with whom close cooperation in the area of research is carried out.

STRATEGIC RESEARCH PARTNERS KPA I Yale University | Institute of Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice | Global Skin Disease Research Network

(University of Colorado, Columbia University, Dundee University, Keio University, Singapore University)

KPA II Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen | University of Dallas

KPA III Université de Montreal | McGill University | Weizmann Institute | University of Copenhagen

KPA Iv University of Cape Town | University of the Western Cape, Cape Town | Universidade de Rio de Janeiro

Jawaharlal Nehru University | Sun Yat-sen University | Universidad de San Martín, Buenos Aires


KPB IVGlobal SouthUniversity of Cologne

CologneSun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dehli

University of the Western

CapeCape Town

Universidadde San Martín

Buenos Aires

GLOBAL NETWORK

PARTNERSHIPS• Universityof Montréal

• Technical University Montréal

• McGill UniversityMontréal

Radboud UniversityNijmegen

University of DallasDallas

KPB IIBehavioral

Economics and Social Cognition

Cologne

Strategic reSearch

partnerShipS

KPB IAging-associated

Diseases

EMERGENT AREA


Cologne

Keio University

Tokyo

University of Cape Town

Cape Town

Yale University New Haven

USA

Institute of Re-search on Cancer

and AgingNice

France

Global Skin Disease Research

NetworkUniversity of Colorado, Columbia-, Dundee-,

Keio- and Singapore University

Strategic reSearch

partnerShipSStrategic reSearch

partnerShipS

Strategic reSearch

partnerShipS

Strategic reSearch

partnerShipS

Charles University

Prague

WeizmannInstituteRechovot,

Israel

UniversityLeuvenLeuven

Universityof Copenhagen

Copenhagen

KPB IIIQuantum Mater and Materials

Cologne

University of Colorado

Boulder

MILESTONES

Signing of Global Network Partnership

Agreements

10/2012

Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou/China

11/2012

University of Colorado, Boulder/USA

07/2013

KU Leuven, Leuven/Belgium

10/2014

Keio University, Tokyo/Japan

10/2014

University of Cape Town, Cape Town/South Africa

10/2014

Radboud University, Nijmegen/Netherlands

03/2015

Charles-University, Prague/Czech Republic

10/2013

1st Global Network Partner Conference in

Cologne


In the future, EU funding programs, especially

the new framework programs for research and

innovation, the international DFG projects as

well as international graduate schools, will be

incorporated into the UoC’s strategic research

plans. A support structure will be set up to enable

better access to and execution of EU research

projects.

Contact:

Ingo Trempeck, Head of Department 74

UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE STARTING GRANT

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Bringmann, Mathematical Institute

(2013)

PD Dr. habil. Aribert Reimann, Historical Institute

(application with University of Oxford, then start of

ERC project at University of Cologne, 2012)

CONSOLIDATOR GRANT

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe, Institute for Genetics &

CECAD (2013)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Grüneis, Institute of Physics (2014)

Prof. Dr. Gesine Müller, Romance Language Seminar

(2015)

Prof. Dr. Juliette de Meaux, Botanical Institute (2015)

ADVANCED GRANT

Prof. Dr. Manolis Pasparakis, Institute for Genetics

(2012)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Langer, Institute for Genetics (2009)

(until 12/2014)

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COLOGNE STARTING

GRANTS

Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Trifunovic, CECAD (2012)

Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher, CECAD (2010) (UoC until

12/2013)

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING NETWORKS (ITNS)

COORDINATED BY UOC

ITaRS (Prof. Susanne Crewell)

DiXiT (Prof. Andreas Speer)

CodeAge (Prof. Björn Schumacher)

ITNS IN WHICH UOC IS A PARTNER

aDDRess (Prof. Björn Schumacher)

REAL (Prof. Michael Bollig)

MARRIAGE (Prof. Björn Schumacher, Prof. Aleksandra

Trifunovic)

MINO (Prof. Michael Jünger)

Establishing a support structurE for improvEd accEss to Eu rEsEarch funding programs

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The UoC will increase the number of international

professors and visiting academics.

The International Faculty Program will make it

possible for 10-12 outstanding international

researchers to work in research and teaching at

the UoC for a limited period, e.g. two months a

year over several of years. Professors visiting the

UoC within the framework of this international

faculty program will be offered contracts that

enable them to teach and conduct examinations.

Contacts for International Faculty:

Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs

and

Dr. Christina Elger (Evaluation Advisor)

Contact for the Welcome Center:

Department 94 “International Science”

The international faculty program (IF) of the UoC’s

Institutional Strategy recruits outstanding international

researchers who have previously been involved in

excellent collaboration with scientists at UoC. They work

at the UoC for a limited period. This new program is a

milestone in the internationalization of the UoC’s four

key profile areas. The professorships—of which there

have been 15 thus far—create critical masses, develop

new ideas and expertise for the UoC and contribute to

international visibility. The personal IF network offers

incentives for further international collaborations. The

IF professorships are deployed in various ways: they are

principal investigators in international, externally funded

projects, supervise PhDs and/or participate in teaching

and research.

InternatIonalIzIng the UoC teaChIng staff

“The IF program enables the UoC to bring top researchers from all

around the world to Cologne for several weeks a year in order to

teach and work with local researchers on collective projects. This

form of collaboration is very attractive to IF members, because

Cologne has an outstanding reputation in many areas of research,

as well as to the UoC, as it institutionalizes, and thus expands, its

international networks.”

Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter | Chair in Economics: Behavior and Design

UoC | IF Professor 2013-2014

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2012 2013 2014

Math and Science Faculty 175 174 219

Philosophical Faculty 130 133 187

Medical Faculty 62 72 64

Law Faculty 40 51 68

Economics and Social Science Faculty

20 19 26

Human Science Faculty 20 18 15

In total 447 467 579

of which:

Humboldt-Foundation 20 24 38

DAAD 16 52 83

Thyssen-Foundation 3 5 5

China Scholarship Council 6 12 12

RESEARCHERS SUPERVISED BY THE WELCOME CENTER

“The Welcome Center is an example of extreme improvement in

the welcoming structure and professionalization of international

scholarly exchange in Cologne. Finally we have a competent team

who can take care of visiting researchers’ logistical questions. One

cannot underestimate the importance of this innovation for the

University of Cologne’s image within the scientific community.”

Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Mansel | Director of the Institute of Foreign

Private and Private International Law

“I study the relationship with the central nervous

system and peripheral tissues. Specifically, we are

pursuing cellular energy metabolism as a driver of

brain-periphery communications, in which brain circuits

operate under driving principles of peripheral tissues

mediated by circulating hormones and nutrients.

The relationship with investigators at University of

Cologne is a synergistic one as they have expertise and

excellent track record in aspects of cellular and whole

body physiology that we lack. In return, we provide

our expertise to research groups at Cologne that are

less represented there. It has been my most rewarding

scientific and personal collaboration in research career.

I am eternally grateful for the opportunities provided

by the International Faculty Program by University of

Cologne.“

Prof. Dr. Tamas Horvath | International Faculty

Yale University | Jean and David W. Wallace Professor

of Biomedical Research and Chair

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Internationalization options will be incorporated

in the curricula of all degree programs. This may

include participation in foreign language events,

international workshops and summer schools as

well as trips abroad. Tools for the standardized

description of the degree to which a course is

internationalized will be provided within the

framework of the accreditation process.

Contacts:

Vice-Rectorate for Teaching and Studies:

Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Stefan Herzig

and

Regina Immel

A tool has been developed by the Vice-Rectorates for

Teaching and Studies, Diversity, and International Af-

fairs, and in cooperation with the faculties, and within

the framework of the “studying in Cologne” model,

for the standardized description of a course’s level of

internationalization. This tool enables a differentiation

between three types of course according to their le-

vel of internationalization: (type 1) courses that fulfill

the minimum standards of internationalization; (type

2) courses with additional international elements,

beyond the minimum standards; (type 3) courses with

obligatory international components. Within the fra-

mework of the model accreditation, the

faculties carry out reasoned self-evaluation, grading

their courses with one of these three types according

to standardized criteria, and make statements on their

development perspectives. The faculties thus obtain an

overview of the level of their courses’ internationaliz-

ation and can intervene accordingly where necessary.

The following criteria are indicators of a course’s level

of internationalization: mobility, numbers of outgoing

and incoming students, numbers of foreign so-called

degree-seeking students, foreign language modules,

language courses, international course content and

interculturalism, in terms of duration, quantity and

number of credits.

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MINIMUM STANDARDS

of internationalization

ADDITIONALinternational elements

OBLIGATORY international elements

Reception of international and foreign-language research

literature

Module with international / intercultural bearing (at least 24

LP-BA, 18 LP-MA)

Double Degree / Joint Degree

and / or

Foreign language module (at least 24 LP-BA, 18 LP-MA)

and and / or or

Guidance (course-specific, on outgoing student activities and for

incoming students)

Short-trip abroad (placements, excursion, project)

(at least 15 LP-BA, 9 LP-MA))

Obligatory, credited overseas section (study, practical, excursion)

(at least 24 LP-BA, 18 LP-MA)

and and / or or

At least 5 partner institutions (including faculty- and

university-wide partnerships)

“Internationalization at home” (summer school, e-learning) (at least 15 LP-BA, 9 LP-MA)

Completely in a foreign language

and and / or or

Language courses specifically for incoming and outgoing students

(at least 6 LP)

“Studienstart International” At least 90 % outgoing students

or

and / or or

Mobility window (embedded transparently)

At least 70 % incoming students

and and

Module with international or intercultural bearing (at least 6 LP)

MINIMUM STANDARDS MINIMUM STANDARDS

TRANSPARENT TRANSFER OF CREDITS: Embedded in examination rules, information on procedure, criteria, contacts

and courses already taken into account on the website

TYPOLOGY OF COURSE INTERNATIONALIZATION


“Preparing for an increasingly globalized world begins in the classroom, so intercultural competences and experiences as

well as the sensitivity of prospective teachers are therefore of the greatest importance. The participants in the Teaching

Assistant Program at the German Department of the Allegheny College will be well prepared for these tasks and challenges

and, alongside practical teaching experience, gain the corresponding intercultural experience during their stay abroad. Both

sides profit immensely from this exchange!”

Prof. Peter Ensberg | German Department, Allegheny College

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The internationalization of teacher training is

of particular relevance given the large number

of students involved in it at the UoC. The

internationalization of teacher training will be

developed into a profile feature of the UoC by

the Center for Teacher Training (Zentrum für

LehrerInnenbildung) together with the faculties

and the International Office.

Young prospective teachers must be qualified to meet

the challenges of multicultural classrooms responsibly.

Intercultural competences are thus becoming an in-

creasing focus of university teacher training. Alongside

practical insights into various school systems, findings

from other international educational courses and

practical teaching experience at foreign schools, Ger-

man schools abroad or at partner universities, the pro-

spective teachers should gather input for and a new

perspective on their own study and later career.

Cooperation between the university (Division 9, De-

partment 93; Teacher Training Centre) and the BVA

(Central Agency for German Schools Abroad—ZfA) on

the organization of teacher training placements has

taken place since 2013. Calls of applicants are adver-

tised at information events and are very well received.

Schools and trainees benefit mutually from the place-

ment abroad.

An increase in the range of placement countries, e.g. to

include Latin America and Asia, has been initiated due

to huge demand from students. India has already been

added to the list of countries, placements in Chile are

planned for the near future.

Contacts:

Department 93 “International Mobility“

and

Teacher Training Centre

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/ 2014, TWO PLACEMENT

CYCLES:

• February/ March 2014: five students completed

placements in ZfA supervised schools abroad

(Italy, France, Poland), of which three in DAS schools

and two in DSD schools.

• Eleven students applied in total.

August/September 2014: six students had place-

ments in DSD schools (one candidate in each of

the following: France, Spain, Finland, Sweden,

India) and one in a DAS school (France).

• A total of seven applications were entered in AAA.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/ 2015, ONE PLACEMENT

CYCLE SO FAR:

February/ March 2015: eight students completed

placements in ZfA supervised schools abroad (Fran-

ce, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Turkey), of which three

in DAS schools and five in DSD schools. A total of

nineteen applications were received.

InternatIonalIzIng teacher traInIng

7th MEASURE


“Through the German-Turkish master’s degree course it became clear to me that my bicultural identity presents a fantastic

opportunity, particularly in my chosen career. Both the academic exchange and the insight into German-Turkish legal practice

were very exciting and beneficial. The course was the ideal starting point for a cross-border, internationally oriented job as a

lawyer.”

Yusuf-Kaan Gürer | German-Turkish master’s degree course, 2nd year

Currently lawyer at Linklaters LLP

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“I took part in the German-English LL.B./Baccalaureus Legum course at University College London and the University of Cologne

from 2006 to 2010. My experiences in Germany and Great Britain gave me a unique insight into the differences between

continental European civil law and Anglo-American common law. Building on this insight, I have laid down the foundations for

an academic career in the fields of legal theory, philosophy of law and legal history over the past five years. After completing

two master’s degrees at Oxford University and Yale Law School, I am currently writing doctoral theses at Yale (law) and Princeton

(history) on comparative German and American legal thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.”

Katharina Isabel Schmidt, graduate of the 3rd year, English-German Bachelor degree course

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Developing existing internationalizeD Degree programs

The UoC will increase the amount of strongly

internationalized degree programs (e.g. double-

degree programs) in order to be able to offer even

more students international academic experience.

Contacts:

The faculties’ International Relations Centers

Further double master’s programs are planned.

There are already a further 8 international courses (e.g.

IMES, CEA, euroMACHS) in the faculties of Arts and

Humanities; Law; and Mathematics and Natural Scien-

ces. 6 courses are completely in English and the other 2

courses are taught in other foreign languages.

“International study at the University of Cologne and Universite Paris

1 Pantheon-Sorbonne made it possible for me to get to know two

different legal systems, languages, teaching methods and ways of

thinking and to compare them. This enabled me to acquire a better

understanding of our legal system and after passing the “first exam”

I decided to write my thesis on a comparative company law theme.”

Tobias Kollakowski LL.M. (Cologne / Paris 1) | graduate of the

German-French master’s degree course

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Double Masters Cologne–Warsaw Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science

Double Masters Cologne–Helsinki Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science

Double Masters Cologne–Louvain-La-Neuve Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science

Double Masters Cologne–Maastricht Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science

Double Masters Cologne–Ahmedabad Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science

German-Turkish LL.M. Cologne–Istanbul Law Faculty

German-English LL.B. Cologne–London Law Faculty

German-French LL.B. Cologne–Paris Law Faculty

German-French LL.M. Cologne–Paris Law Faculty

German-Italian LL.B. Cologne–Florence Law Faculty


ERASMUS

Belgium 12

Bulgaria 1

Denmark 7

Estonia 3

Finland 14

France 135

Greece 1

Iceland 2

Italy 4 7

Croatia 0

Latvia 1

Lithuania 0

Luxemburg 2

Malta 2

Netherlands 16

Norway 14

Austria 7

Poland 22

Portugal 26

Romania 2

Sweden 32

Switzerland 4

Slovakia 0

Slovenia 1

Spain 129

Czech Republic 10

Turkey 58

Hungary 24

United Kingdom 64

Cyprus 1

TOTAL 655

CROSS-FACULTY PARTNERSHIPS VIA D9

China 8

Japan 30

Korea 2

USA 15

Canada 7

Australia 4

Brazil 14

Mexico 15

Peru 2

Argentina 2

Chile 5

Columbia 7

Cuba 6

Uruguay 2

Denmark 2

Spain 3

TOTAL 124

In total

PROMOS study 162

PROMOS short-term 102

ERASMUS 655

Cross-faculty 124

Teacher training placements 30

Faculty courses 200

TOTAL 1273

“I really appreciate that the International Mobility

team was at my disposal as a competent contact

during my time abroad. The team advised me

patiently as to which partner university was

combinable with my subjects, and put me in touch

with other students who had already completed

their stay at UC Berkeley. Due to the detailed

advice and personal contact I was able to organize

my stay abroad in good time and could thus

concentrate completely on my courses when I got

to UC Berkeley. I could also rely on the support of

the team during my whole time in the USA.”

Pauline Kosasih | UC Berkeley

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Developing international partnerships to increase stuDy abroaD

“Department 93 advises students, postgraduates and researchers on

the theme of “study abroad” in an engaged, competent and prudent

manner. Many years of experience and proven expertise in the

coordination, organization and supervision of scholarship programs

and university partnerships or in conducting selection processes

contributes immensely to the increase in mobility numbers and is as

such of great importance for all of the target groups.”

Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas | Working group on urban and social geography

In addition to international degree programs, the

traditional form of student exchange will also

continue to be developed: by creating structures

that enable exchange, through new exchange

agreements, by expanding existing exchange

agreements and short-term programs for mutual

exchange.

Contact:

Department 93 “International Mobility”

Alongside the exiting partnerships between faculties

or institutions, the University of Cologne also main-

tains partnerships with foreign universities, supervi-

sed by the International Office. Cross-faculty agree-

ments are made with these universities, which means

exchange is fundamentally open to all students at

the UoC. Alongside the 7 global network partners-

hips, there are around 69 comprehensive partners-

hips, around 300 ERASMUS partnerships as well as

approximately 150 faculty or institute partnerships.

The “International Mobility” Department, in colla-

boration with the Professional Center and the Arts

and Humanities faculty’s language lab, planned and

carried out the “Fit fürs Ausland” event for the first

time in the winter semester of 2014/15. The course

is made up of four compulsory parts: information

events, language courses, intercultural training and

individual consultation. The “International Mobility”

Department conducted two lectures (one general

lecture on studying in English-speaking countries

and one lecture especially on financing study stays

in English-speaking countries) within this framework

and offered the participants individual consultation.

This concept will be pursued to ensure that partici-

pating students have the ideal and comprehensive

preparation for their time abroad.

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ImprovIng condItIons for InternatIonal students

The UoC attracts students from all over the world

and strives to provide the best possible conditions

for them to live and study in Cologne successfully.

To this end, the UoC is working on expanding

“Studienstart International”, a structured access

program for undergraduate students from non-

member states, established within the framework

of § 49 paragraph 9 of the new HG NRW (Higher

Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia). At the

same time, the faculties and the International Office

will work on improving the existent support systems

for international students. “German as a Foreign

Language” courses will be further diversified to

meet the requirements of the various target groups

and, complementary to point 12, will also be offered

in summer schools.

Contact:

Department 92 “International Students”

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ISAC

THE STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS:

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

In 2014 the International Students Association Cologne (ISAC), the umbrella organization for the University of

Cologne’s international student associations, was awarded with the Federal Foreign Office prize by the DAAD.

These are associations of international students from the same nationality, region or culture and are open to

all students. ISAC networks the associations and focuses their interests and initiatives.

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2014 MR DAMIR BABIC Bosnia-Herzegovina Sociology

2013 MRS ALEXANDRA FILIPOVICH Belarus Medicine

2012 MRS MEYTAL SANDLER Israel General Linguistics

2011 MRS NADEEN SABHA Jordan Physics

2010 MRS DAFINA KURTI Kosovo Sociology

2009 MR HOSSEIN ASKARI Iran Biology

2008 MRS ANASTASIA BAUER Russia English Studies

2007 MRS OLGA MITINA Kazakhstan Theatre, Film and Television Studies

2006 MRS BARCENA DE ARRELANO Mexico Biology

2005 MR CHANGSHENG LI China Business Administration

The Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst

has awarded the annual DAAD prize to foreign

students at German universities since 1995. This

prize honors foreign students who have excelled

during their studies in Germany, through special

academic achievement and remarkable social or

intercultural engagement. The awarding of the

DAAD prize is also intended to bring the enhan-

cement that foreign students represent for the

university community to the attention of a wider

public.

DAAD PRIZEWINNERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

The University of Cologne’s “Studienstart Internati-

onal” (SI) is a study entry program for international

students on undergraduate courses. The special aspect

about this new international study model is the con-

sistent focus of measures for study preparation and

accompaniment on the demands of the course. Ger-

man courses, study competency courses, specialist pre-

paration, events from the field of study, intercultural

seminars, orientation in Cologne and at the university,

close supervision, as well as leisure activities make

starting study easier for foreign students.

“One is quickly overwhelmed as a fresher. The Stu-

dienstart semester helped me to make this new

beginning with a group of people who were in a si-

milar situation. It helps you to settle in. You also get

to know people, as I did, who are always prepared

to answer questions and help.”

Peter Jeong | South Korea

“It was important for me to begin my studies well

and of course with confidence and without fear.”

Sulaiman Ossi | Syria


GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The job of the department German as a Foreign Langu-

age is to impart the German knowledge to foreign-lan-

guage students that they require for their studies. The

department offers a differentiated course program

with more than 50 courses in 7 different levels; the

number of participants per semester is around 1200.

The program comprises various types of course: stu-

dy preparation courses for DSH, ERASMUS courses for

exchange student, exercises to complement courses

with a skill emphasis (grammar, listening comprehen-

sion, writing etc.) or a thematic emphasis (such as

“German for lawyers”), study accompanying exercises

and phonetic exercises. The department also organizes

the International Cologne summer and winter langu-

age courses

WINTER SEMESTER 13/14 (1.10.2013 – 31.3.2014)

Number of participants

Number of courses/exercises

Lecture period 895 36

February/March 2014

344 14

TOTAL 1239 50

SUMMER SEMESTER 14 (1.4.2014 – 30.9.2014)

Number of participants

Number of courses/exercises

Lecture period 793 37

August/Septem-ber 2014

311 15

TOTAL 1104 52

Contact:

Department 91 “German as a Foreign

Language”

“The management team is very engaged in securing the quality

of language courses for non-native speakers. The standard of the

courses is therefore especially high. Only through this does it become

possible to open up access to our courses to foreign students. I am

impressed time and again by the progress foreign participants on

our bi-national study programs make in such a short time.”

Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Mansel | Director of the Institute of Foreign

Private and Private International Law

“I came to Cologne in order to research at the renowned Thomas-Institute

for one year within the framework of my doctoral studies. I attend

the GaFL department’s exercise VI-2 (C2) ‘Reading comprehension

and writing’. The course is demanding, but it helps me to achieve

my aim of being able to read German texts quicker and understand

them precisely.”

Rafael Koerig Gessinger | scholarship holder from Brazil

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Developing a comprehensive summer school system

Short-term courses such as summer schools are

very popular at an international level. In the course

of the campus’ internationalization, the UoC will

host regular summer schools, giving even more

international students the opportunity to visit

Cologne. UoC students will also have a greater

opportunity to take part in summer schools at other

international universities within the framework of

exchange agreements.

Contacts:


and

Department 93 “International Mobility”

A collaboration with Santander Bank has made the re-

alization of summer schools for international students

from partner universities at the UoC possible since

the summer of 2012. First steps of the project, that is

located in the International Office, have been the es-

tablishment of an umbrella brand “Cologne Summer

Schools” as well as the realization of a summer school

project following a specific concept. This concept inclu-

des the implementation of a three-week, English-lan-

guage, interdisciplinary summer school for internatio-

nal students from the UoC’s partner universities.

Since the project began in the summer of 2012, a total

of 12 summer school projects have taken place under

the “cologne summer schools” umbrella. By the end of

the first term in autumn 2015, the number is expected

to total 19.

A multitude of summer schools also exist at faculty

level, particularly in China, India and the USA.

“This course has combined very well culture, leisure time and classes. I also liked that we were living all

together in the same hostel what made it easier to get to know each other and to stay in contact all the time.

About the classes I particularly enjoyed that the seminars covered different topics, different fields of Law in

this case. I have got a deep insight into European Law.”

Jana Lamas de Mesa | Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain,

Participant of Cologne Summer School on Legal Aspects on European Integration

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The 7th summer school of the China-NRW University Alliance

took place in Shanghai in 2015. This very successful summer

school format began in 2008. Since then, approximately 60

students and doctoral candidates spend several weeks in sum-

mer schools in China or India every year, organized and exe-

cuted by the International Office, usually in cooperation with

partner universities. The summer schools either take place at

partner universities, such as the Tongji University in Shanghai,

or the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. But there is also

the chance to travel along the Silk Road to Lanzhou, or into

the Himalayas.

“Thematic” summer schools are also on offer, for example in

2014 for 10 students of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences

faculty of the University of Cologne and 10 students of the

Tongji University or in 2015, on the occasion of the “Interna-

tional Day of German Studies” in Shanghai, a summer school

in collaboration with Fudan University, in which only doctoral

candidates of German Studies took part.

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InternatIonal alumnI

Working with international alumni is an important

component in strengthening the UoC’s international

presence as well as a valuable networking tool. The

international project KölnAlumni WELTWEIT will

be developed further, the number of regional clubs

increased and collaboration with “KölnAlumni –

Freunde und Förderer der Universität zu Köln e.V.”

strengthened.

Contacts:

International Offce

KölnAlumni WELTWEIT is an initiative originated in

2007 by the Department of International Affairs at

the University of Cologne for the internationalization

of work with alumni. It gives former international stu-

dents, graduates and researchers the possibility to stay

in touch and in dialogue with their “Uni in Cologne”

after they return to their home country and to network

with other former students.

Since 2007, 7 alumni summer schools have been rea-

lized with financial backing, each offering 30 partici-

pants the chance to return to their former host univer-

sity for interdisciplinary academic training.

“I’m always kept up to date with what is happening at my former university through the KölnAlumni WELTWEIT network.

The regular summer schools, which have long become standard, enable the participants to experience the spirit of

internationalization directly and concretely: our “old” Alma Mater temporarily becomes a world centre, where people from

all five continents with different cultures and closely connected through their study in Cologne meet. This creates a feeling

of diversity and belonging, in keeping with the spirit of KölnAlumni WELTWEIT, which I am proud to be part of.”

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In 2012 KölnAlumni WELTWEIT and Albert’s Internati-

onal Assistance began building a network of internati-

onal research alumni and developing attractive offers

in order to make the contact with international mobile

scientists sustainable. While international researchers

are offered impulses for their continuing academic

career, the network’s tools also serve the development

of research and young talent as well as the UoC’s in-

ternational research marketing.

The centerpiece of the research alumni network, which

is now made up of almost 300 former UoC academics

from all around the world, is the “Albert’s researcher

reunion Grant.” Since the end of 2013, it has assisted

22 research collaborations between the University of

Cologne’s institutes and researcher alumni from the

network. This corresponds to the funding of short stays

in Cologne for researcher alumni over a total of 120

weeks. (That is double the amount of time that has

passed since the start of the program.)

Past scholarship holders have come from Egypt, Bul-

garia, China, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Romania,

Russia, Senegal, Sudan, UK, Hungary and the USA.

Network events have already taken place in Japan and

China (2013) as well as in India (2014). Members of

the network have also been engaged as speakers and

active participants in other events, both at home and

abroad.

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SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIPS, ATTENTIVELY CULTIVATED: THE UOC’S RESEARCH ALUMNI

KölnAlumni WELTWEIT SUMMER SCHOOLS

2007 How does Europe work?

2008 Global change

2010 Media today

2012 Germany in the 21st century

2013 Multidisciplinary gerontology

2014 International research and cooperation

2015 Gender and diversity


Developing professionalinternational marketing

The further development of international public

relations and marketing tools and strategies in

regional focal points is a short-term objective of

the UoC. This includes an international recruitment

strategy, professionalizing participation in

international educational fairs, developing the

activities of existing foreign offices and possible

opening new offices in the target regions of Africa

and Latin America and, if necessary, appointing

more “UoC Ambassadors”.

The University of Cologne is represented at a wide

variety of education and university fairs around the

world. Over recent years, the International Office has

taken part in trade fairs in the USA, Europe, Asia and

Latin America. Here, prospective foreign students

could find out about the courses on offer, admission

requirements and degrees available at the University of

Cologne at first hand and ask specific questions. Personal

encounters with representatives of the University of

Cologne have many advantages: prospective students

have the chance to discuss issues directly and thus gain

a personal impression of the University of Cologne. The

UoC was represented at NAFSA (USA), EAIE (Europe),

APAIE (Asia), EuroPosgrado (Latin America), German-

French-Forum (France), EHEF (Japan), Education Expo

(China), German University Fair (Greece) and many

others.

The new international web portal, addressing inter-

national target groups, will be online from summer

2015.

UOC LIAISON OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD

The University of Cologne has established liaison offices

in strategically important locations over recent years:

Beijing, China (2007), Delhi, India (2009), New York,

USA (2010)

Contacts:

International Offce

and

Department 82 “Marketing”,

Svenja Rausch, manager of International

Marketing, contact for the international web

portal

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE LIAISON OFFICES

• Promotion of the university and its programs

(through social media, websites, visits to fairs

and universities, cooperation with DWIHs, offering

information and consultation, school visits, local

cooperation with DAAD and DFG)

• Recruitment of doctoral candidates / cooperation

with government scholarship programs

• Supporting academics and the IO in the supervision

of existing partnerships

• Supporting cooperation through the organization

of delegation trips

• Research and support of faculties’ cooperation

aspirations

• Conducting local symposia, workshops and

conferences

• Taking care of alumni

• Ensuring local “legal capacity” (e.g. concluding

rental contracts, account management)

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„One of the biggest challenges faced by universities in Africa is the professional development of a next generation of

researchers. For this reason, the University of Cape Town’s collaboration with the University of Cologne has proved to be

particularly beneficial, as exemplified through the co-hosting of a Grant Proposal Writing Course for postdoctoral fellows

and emerging researchers. The 33 participants came from universities in seven SADC countries and represented a wide range

of disciplines. The importance of this event lay in that it not only provides practical-oriented training for young researchers,

it also strengthens south-south links among scholars, with financial and academic support from the north. This blended-

learning, collaborative event is now considered as an ideal model for researcher development and was the first of hopefully

further joint academic exchanges and collaboration between UCT and the University of Cologne.”

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ProGRANT-Building International Research Partnerships


PRAXIS-ORIENTED TRAINING FOR THE NEXT

GENERATION OF ACADEMICS IN THE GLOBAL

SOUTH: PROGRANT

Department 9 has coordinated the externally funded

DAAD project “ProGRANT,” a training program for

young academics in South-East Asia, Africa, Latin Ame-

rica and the Middle East, since the end of 2013.

The project offers praxis-oriented courses in partner

countries, in which participants train competences

that are crucial for successfully applying for research

funding in two seminars and one e-learning phase. The

courses are carried out in collaboration with the rese-

arch consulting service proWiss, academics from vari-

ous disciplines at the UoC as well as experts from the

respective regions and local partner institutions. The

project, financed by BMZ funds, is part of the DAAD’s

DIES (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strate-

gies) program.

The ProGRANT courses offer the University of Cologne

very good opportunities for international marketing

and the possibility to expand and build research cont-

acts with partner institutions in the region.

Partner institutions, such as the University of Cape

Town, one of the course partners in 2014, appreciate

this kind of collaboration and can also use the courses

in their own portfolios.

A strong network of young international academics in

the global South, connected to the University of Co-

logne, has developed through the ProGRANT project

(there are currently 180 young researchers in a total of

6 courses in 2014–15).

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Academic Cooperation Africa, the Middle

East and Asia


“InterculturalIsm at home”

The transfer of knowledge concerning cultural

diversity in society is a top priority for the UoC.

It strives to impart intercultural competences and

experience to all of its members and staff through

specialized programs.

To ensure that international and intercultural

encounters become the rule rather than the

exception for all at the UoC, the internation-

alization of administrative staff will be promoted

through language courses, intercultural training,

international staff exchange programs, and the

incorporation of internationalization in as many

processes and areas as possible, especially staff

training and personnel development.

Contact for staff mobility:

Andreas Böhncke, Department 42

Christiane Biehl, Department 93

Contact for intercultural training:

Susanne Preuschoff, Department 92

The internationalization of administration also plays an

important role as an interface and service point for the

faculties. This is also to be understood, in the context

of an international university’s mission statement, as

human resource development measures aimed at better

meeting the needs of international academics and

students. ERASMUS staff mobility can be an important

component in this context in promoting and expanding

the international competence of the administrative

staff. The concept is developed by the International

Affairs department and human resource development

staff and is funded through ERASMUS. The procedure

is supervised and followed up by the International

Office and the human resource development team. The

program also includes attending a language course as

well as intercultural training. Since 2010, approximately

10–16 UoC staff have spent time abroad with the

program every year.

The human resource development team, in coopera-

tion with experienced colleagues in the International

Office, offers intercultural training as a regular and in-

demand component of further training opportunities.

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“The Erasmus Staff Mobility Program excited me immediately. Gaining an insight into the workings of top

European university for one week? Fantastic. I chose a modern London city university in the beautiful district

of Bloomsberry. The UCL had just carried out a successful Corporate Design Relaunch. The marketing director

put together an exciting program for me, including individual appointments with the managers in Marketing

Communications, whose themes interested me, and participation in an away day. I felt more like a member

of the team than a guest. The intercultural training by Susanne Preuschoff is great preparation for your trip

abroad.”

Ulrike Kersting | Marketing Department| University of Cologne

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“The internationalization of administration also plays an important role as an interface and service point for

the faculties. This is also to be understood, in the context of an international university’s mission statement,

as human resource development measures aimed at better meeting the needs of international academics and

students. ERASMUS staff mobility can be an important component in this context in promoting and expanding

the international competence of the administrative staff.”

Christiane Biehl, M.A. | Department 93

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PUBLISHERInternational Office University of Cologne

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