Technical University of Cologne Technical University of Cologne Technical University of Cologne (', abbreviated TH Köln) is a higher education institution 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 26,000 students and 430 professors and headquartered in Cologne Südstadt. The TH Köln offers a total of 90 bachelor's and master's degree programs in
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