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Social Policy and Social Work, Department

Fakultät für Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften

Technische Hochschule Köln

Fakultät für Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
Ubierring 48
D-50678 Köln
Telephone: +49 221 8275-3633
https://www.th-koeln.de
TH Köln
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,490

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/16 points

International orientation

Outgoing students

1.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

20.0%

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

7

Third party funds per professor

no data

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

62

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Teaching and learning culture of the Department of Applied Social Sciences is characterised by generalist and interdisciplinary education in all degree programmes; Close links between research and practice (teaching research, practical research); High degree of service and advice orientation for individual study design; Great attention to project orientation and new forms of learning; Variety of support and specialisation options; Great respect for our students’ diversity.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Teaching and learning culture of the Department of Applied Social Sciences is characterised by generalist and interdisciplinary education in all degree programmes; Close links between research and practice (teaching research, practical research); High degree of service and advice orientation for individual study design; Great attention to project orientation and new forms of learning; Variety of support and specialisation options; Great respect for our students’ diversity.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Over 40 Erasmus partner universities worldwide; Qualification programme for immigrant academics in North Rhine-Westphalia; State recognition.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norwegen; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Niederlande; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slowenien; Hochschule Luzern, Luzern, Schweiz; University of Alicante, Alicante, Spanien; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, Gr0ßbritanien; Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lissabon, Portugal; Dongguk University, Seoul, Südkorea; Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexiko; Istanbul Kent University, Istanbul, Türkei

Special features regarding the equipment

The faculty has a room complex for coursework, innovative courses and conference formats (educational workshop); Consultation rooms have also been set up. The technical equipment in the seminar rooms and lecture halls has also been extensively updated.

Other special features

Inclusion pursues the vision of social justice and aims to overcome barriers that cause disadvantage, exclusion and discrimination. The "Forum for Inclusive Education", a collaboration between the Integration Agency of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Mittelrhein e.V. (Workers’ Welfare Association for the Central Rhine District) and the Institute of Childhood, Youth, Family and Adults (KJFE) of Cologne University of Applied Sciences, is an open series of events with changing lectures and workshops.

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education