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Universität zu Köln (UNIKOELN)

University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 4, 50923 Köln, Germany
3.95 / 5 based on 282 reviews.
Description:
Numbering almost 62,000 students, the University of Cologne, is one of the largest of the German universities. It is also one of the oldest: in 1988 it celebrated six hundred years of existence. The foundation of many other universities in late medieval Germany was due to the initiative of important-spiritual and temporal authorities, but in Cologne it was the citizens who established the university. Thus today the University of Cologne is still a "city university", and that in a double sense: founded by the citizens of Cologne and with a university campus not outside of but within the city itself. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the large economic and industrial Rhine/Ruhr area in the north and the city of Bonn in the south. Among students the University of Cologne is high on the national scale of popularity, as surveys have repeatedly shown.


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88% of students recommend
282 reviews
Housing
3.7/5
 All experiences (282)
Student life
4.3/5
 5 stars (102)
Academic
3.8/5
 4 stars (108)
Languages
4.2/5
 3 stars (72)
Expenses
3.6/5
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Overall
4.3/5
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282 reviews of Universität zu Köln

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HOUSING    
by Natacha, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Language, Erasmus
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why? If I could find a room/apartment near campus, which is very hard in Köln, I would prefer that, because even though the location of on campus housing is pretty good, I just wish I had had better flatmates. Mine were terrible.
Personal comments:
The facilities are incredible, just be warned that you may not live with people you're fond of.
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STUDENT LIFE    
by Carla, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, University Agreement
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students equally interact with the local and student community
Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal comments:
The Albertus and Magnus cafe's in the Zulpicher Strasse are great. They have good food (a lot of italian which is not so fat as the german food) and not expensive. Further you have to visit the brewhouses where you can eat. And of course a visit to Das Ding, the student discothek, which is really great.
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ACADEMIC    
by Carla, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, University Agreement
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
The strategic courses I followed where really great. Also the course on Fast Moving Consumer Goods, which was facilitated by Henkel, was interesting. Further there was a german course on e-commerce which was really good.



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
Try to take also some german courses who are not an the CEMS programme. The level of the CEMS courses is not so high and there are very interesting german courses

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by Petr, University of Economics Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Business Studies, CEMS
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Personal comments:
I had learned German for more than six years already and passed examinations at Goethe Institute as well as at my home university. Therefore, I had very few problems with communication even in the beginnig of my stay in Cologne. Anyway, my knowledge of the everyday´s language as well as of the language of instruction improved - i learned new vocabulary and became more self-confident in speaking and writing.
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EXPENSES    
by Terezia, University of Economics Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Management Science, CEMS
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits:
I spent more than at home, because Germany is more expanceve in general than Czech republic
Food, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Personal comments:
Always is good to ask the students from the last semester if they could keep the things for you in the host country and not to through it away (for instance SIM card, bet clothing, pillow and blanket, dishes, bicycle...)
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OVERALL    
by liesbeth, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Business Studies, CEMS
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
No, everything is very well organized at the university.
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
It would be great when a greater variety of CEMS courses could be offered



FINAL COMMENTS

Bring or buy a bike; make sure you live in the university area or inner city; try to live in a students appartment; go out a lot, the nightlife is great; do a CEMS business project in German; go atleast to Muenchen and Berlin, but travel more when possible; make German friends, not only ex-change students; buy a prepaid cellphone card!
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