You can find all the important information about our Geography study programs here.
News
Urban Experts Conf. Köln: 24-30/11/25
“Towards SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities: Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness in Urban Southeast Asia”.
Winter School: Water Management - Registration open!
24-28 November 2025 in Cologne. Click here for more information.
GfE program 2025-26
Lecture series 2025-26: Modern Earth Sciences
Every other Monday, 4:00–6:15 p.m. For details, see here. Partially in English.
Singapore/Indonesia excursion on Instagram
Follow the account: suedostasien.exkursion for the latest insights.
Innovative shading system in Cologne city center
Vertically attached cloths are intended to prevent overheating on Hohe Straße.
EnviroLink: Research group in Georgia
Investigation of microplastics in the Rioni River basin (Georgia).
WDR-Lokalzeit TV report
Insights into the work of the AKT@HoMe project on heat mitigation in cities.
Namibia Excursion 2025
You can find exciting insights into the excursion with Prof. Revilla Diez on the Instagram account. (Click here)
Invitation to the theory-practice dialog 2025
On 26.09.2025. Click here for the event flyer with program and registration form (in German).
Climate Festival Cologne
With exciting presentations and workshops from the university and our institute (in German language).
Best Paper Award for early career researchers
Dr. Linus Kalvelage receives the award of the renowned Journal of Economic Geography.
UoCMaps online
Interactive map of the UoC: search for buildings, addresses, facilities and navigation system possible.
Cooperation with partner institutions in India
Research and teaching projects in Bangalore and Pune (Prof. Bogner).
The Institute on Instagram
Click here now and follow geo.uzk.
Geography library:
Current opening hours in the winter semester:
Department of Geography:
Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm.
GeoLibrary:
Mon-Thu: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Fri: closed
Current opening hours.
Just drop by during opening hours or send an e-mail request to our librarian Ms. Becker-Haumann (fb-geo
uni-koeln.de), who will reply to you as soon as possible.
