University of Cologne Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

Founded in the 1388, University of Cologne is fourth university with the longest history in the German-speaking region. The school has long been concentrating in research and development, and enjoys a good reputation in particularly for its business education and research, and thereby taken on a number of research projects from the German Research Foundation and the European Union. In the area of industry-academia collaboration, over 250 institutions provided the school with resources for research, which promoted the development of the interdisciplinary research center, and supported the partnerships with international universities and businesses. In addition, the school has exerted great efforts in the internationalization development; apart from establishing sister schools worldwide, the school has also collaborated with Finland’s best business school, Helsinki School of Economic, and the Louvain School of Management, Universite catholique de Louvain in Belgium, in offering cross-university dual degree programs.