Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

TH Köln
Former names	FH Köln (Fachhochschule Köln)
Motto	University of Technology, Arts, Sciences
Type	Public
Established	1 August 1971
Budget	€ 176.4 million[1]
President	Stefan Herzig [2]
Academic staff	430 professors
Administrative staff	2,000 [3]
Students	23,500 [4]
Location	Cologne, Gummersbach and Leverkusen , North Rhine-Westphalia ,  Germany
Campus	Urban, 3 campuses
Affiliations	UAS7, EUA
Website	www.th-koeln.de

Cologne University of Applied Sciences,^[5] officially called TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences (German: Technische Hochschule Köln, abbreviated TH Köln) is an institute of higher education located in Cologne, Germany, established in 1971. It was created from a merger of numerous smaller colleges, the oldest of which was the Royal Provincial Trade School, founded in 1833, and renamed Trade College of the City of Cologne on 15 December 1879.

TH Köln is the largest University of Applied Sciences in Germany by number of students, having about 23,500 students and 430 professors and headquartered in Cologne Südstadt. The TH Köln offers a total of 100 bachelor's and master's degree programs in full. The other big universities of Cologne are the University of Cologne and the German Sport University Cologne.