German Sport University Cologne

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The German Sport University Cologne, founded in Cologne in 1947, combines qualified teaching and international research of the highest level.
The German Sport University Cologne is no ordinary university. It is the only University in Germany dedicated exclusively to the world of sport and exercises science. While sport and exercise science courses are available alongside many other subjects at other universities, Cologne's situation is unique. All aspects of the exciting field of sport and exercise science are studied in detail at 20 institutes, four affiliate institutes, and nine academic centers.
This expertise concentrated in one location allows for a unique interdisciplinary approach and provides the opportunity to examine complex social topics from various sport and exercise science perspectives. The spectrum ranges from health to biomechanics and physiology and economic, historical, and ethical considerations.
Located at the Müngersdorf Sports Park, in the heart of Cologne's green belt and within an almost excellent sports infrastructure, Europe's largest sports university offers a unique environment for 1000 employees and more than 6.000 students from 85 countries. Sixty university partnerships are a sign of its international focus. As a university aligned with European ideas and state-of-the-art graduate and postgraduate degree programs, it has continuously encouraged and influenced sport and exercise science.
The spectrum of studies at the University includes five bachelor's and nine master's degree programs and degrees in PE and six master's degrees in advanced studies. Additionally, Ph.D. Studies in German and English are offered. The variety of training options enables precise orientation, which aims to facilitate future career choices and prepares students optimally for the sport and exercise and the healthy job market, which is continually growing.
Due to its wide range of subject fields, the German Sport University Cologne holds a unique position among universities on a national and international level. Its research, teaching, further education, and consultation activities revolve around sport and exercise as a standard and comprehensive reference point.
The University consequently strives to take the structural change in sport and exercise science into account and emphasizes the increasing significance of sport and exercise about health, social policy, and the economy. Accordingly, the University has greatly expanded the spectrum of tasks and fields of application for sport and exercise science to create new, innovative solutions.
The German Sport University Cologne is dedicated to ensuring its position as a leader in both national and international sport and exercise science.
Thanks to its varied teaching and research environments, it's the close interlocking of theory and academically-based practice in all fields and types of sport. With its excellent services in sport and exercise science, the German Sport University Cologne is established as the top European Sport University.
Aware of its responsibility towards both sport and society, the University continually invests in innovation, including support and development for elite sport and leisure and recreational sports.
Moreover, the German Sport University Cologne recognizes the significance of women's equality and personal, cultural, and ethnic diversity in academic work.
All university members use the means and options available to them in the context of their current duties and roles under the University's mission statement. This requires ongoing discussion, critical self-reflection, and the will to change the content of research and teaching and organization forms.
The University is particularly committed to its employees' academic excellence, the quality of its students, and active positioning in its academic and non-academic environment.
In the President's Office report for the German Sport University Cologne "KOMPAKT," the University sets out critical data for the past academic year and budgetary year, set out in exciting interviews and reports and a figures section.
The topics range from introducing current research projects about a study and teaching developments to construction measures on the campus or staff changes. For example, the figures section supplies information on budgets, external grants, staff posts, and developments in student numbers. It is a summary of the year at the German Sport University Cologne.
The German Sport University Cologne stresses the importance of quality management and aims to become independent from external accreditation processes. Therefore, the further development and achievement of quality objectives for study and teaching are in the University's hands alone.
The QM REPORT is a comprehensive report on the quality of study and teaching development at the German Sport University Cologne. It offers a summary of the instruments and procedures of quality assurance and an evaluation of quality in study and teaching.
Founded in 2009, the project team "History of the University" ("Hochschulgeschichte," Institute for Sport History, Central Library of Sport Science, Department of Public Relations and Communication) has as its aim to exploit in detail the totality of historical collections located at the German Sport University Cologne and therefore to make them more readily accessible for future research.

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