Editing University of Cologne (section)

====University partnerships and networks====
The university maintains over 40 official partnerships. In addition to the official university partnerships, there are almost 300 cooperations and exchange relationships with renowned universities all over the world at the level of the individual Faculties and departments.

Extensive funding opportunities are available through the [[Erasmus Programme|Erasmus]] programme of the [[European Union|EU]], the [[German Academic Exchange Service|DAAD]] or fee waivers agreements with partner universities (complete list of partner universities on the university website). In 2005, the University of Cologne took over the central mediation and coordination of relations between the higher education institutions of North Rhine-Westphalia and China.