Cologne has ten higher education institutions, making the city not only one of the largest but also one of Germany’s most popular university cities.
Cologne is home to the largest university and the biggest music university in Germany, the only German sport university, as well as seven other higher education institutions. The city’s numerous research institutions also make Cologne a biotechnology center among other things.

Complete information can be found on the Cologne academic Internet portal, Wissensdurst. The portal includes information on all of Cologne’s academic and research institutions, detailing the Cologne academic community in a targeted, transparent, and appealing fashion.