Editing University of Cologne (section)

===Teaching===
The University of Cologne is a research-orientated comprehensive university. With 137 degree programmes, the university offers a wide range of study and research opportunities. <!-- 157 of these degree programmes are undergraduate programmes (including the state examinations in medicine and dentistry and the first examination in law) and 181 are consecutive programmes. --> The teaching degree programmes make up a total of around 45%. The largest degree programmes are Law, Human Medicine and Business Administration.

In January 2022, the University of Cologne published its mission statement teaching and learning, which describes the university’s ambitions and serves as a basis for the further development of teaching and learning offers. Based on the mission statement for teaching and learning, the University of Cologne has developed a quality management system that involves and is shaped by all status groups. The Accreditation Council awarded a ‘System Accreditation’ quality seal to the University of Cologne for its QM system that serves to regularly evaluate and further develop the university's degree programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=System Accreditation for the University of Cologne |url=https://www.uni-koeln.de/en/university/news/news/news-detail/universitaet-zu-koeln-ist-systemakkreditiert |access-date=20 March 2025 |website=System Accreditation for the University of Cologne|date=29 September 2023 }}</ref> The Vice-Rectorate for Teaching and Studies is headed by [[Beatrix Busse]].