Stories about our research in Cologne

The University of Cologne stands for world-class research. In 2012, it joined the ranks of top research institutions funded in the German Excellence Initiative, a state-sponsored programme to support the country’s top universities. Our most prominent research areas are age and aging research, behavioural economics, quantum matter and materials as well as research on the Global South conducted with local cooperation partners. These stories will give you an impression of these areas and other exciting research pursued with international cooperation partners at our university.