Interdisciplinary teaching model in the first semester: Working on a task in block lessons and linking it with the associated sub-disciplines offers students the opportunity to gain a comprehensive impression of the profession. Here, a simple urban development and architectural thread is used to cover all the subject areas, which will be dealt with in a more complex form in later studies. Project-based studies overall.

The following five specialisations are offered by our faculty, each of which offers a project-based degree course: Design and construction strategies (SEK); Corporate Architecture (COA); Project Management and Real Estate Economics (PUI); Monument Conservation/Planning of Existing Buildings (DPB); Energy Optimised Building (ENB)

Active partnership with around 40 universities in Europe and internationally. In the last summer semester, 26 outgoing students and 19 incoming students at our faculty. Particularly close exchange with KIT in Kyoto: Bilateral exchange, workshops, etc.

Large-scale equipment in the carpentry workshop, circular saws, 3-axis milling machine; CAM laboratory: Cutting plotter, laser, 3D printer, robot arm, heating wire CNC, cutter, etc.; VR laboratory: VR headsets; Databases: Prometheus + all databases that Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH) has integrated.

The research focuses are wide-ranging and address issues of the environment/sustainability, urban space, digitality and cultural heritage using the example of architectures. Research in the faculty takes a multi-methodological approach that ranges from an engineering focus to a more cultural/social science focus. Current projects include research into participatory urban design, climate-neutral buildings worthy of preservation, technical building equipment for climate neutrality or the reuse of materials in construction projects.

Our faculty is involved in: Certificate of the diversity audit "Shaping Diversity in NRW" since 2014; Involvement of all faculties in sustainability (University Development Plan 2030) > all aspects of the "triangle of sustainability" are to be implemented in research and teaching. Collaborative research project :metabolon of Cologne University of Applied Sciences (THK) and Bergisch Waste Management Association (BAV), funding by the EU and ERDF > Investing in our future; Re-Lab at our faculty: Components of student models are stored here for further use by students; Construction laboratory with projects in Africa + Asia