| Cologne University of Applied Sciences | |
| Native Name: | TH Köln |
| Motto: | University of Technology, Arts, Sciences |
| Established: | 1 August 1971 |
| President: | Stefan Herzig [1] |
| Campus: | Urban, 3 campuses |
| Former Names: | FH Köln (Fachhochschule Köln) |
| Budget: | € 176.4 million[2] |
| Students: | 23,500 [3] |
| Administrative Staff: | 2,000 [4] |
| Academic Staff: | 430 professors |
| Native Name Lang: | 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.
TH Köln has campuses in Cologne at Südstadt for faculties related to humanities, Deutz for faculties related to engineering, and Mülheim for the Cologne Game Lab. It also operates two campuses in Gummersbach for computer science and Leverkusen for chemistry.
The Department of International Affairs at the TH Köln offers student exchange opportunities with more than 360 partner universities in 94 countries. The TH Köln is also one of seven members of UAS7, which represent the seven leading German universities of applied sciences internationally.[6]