Editing Cologne (section)

==Education==
Cologne is home to numerous universities and colleges,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wissensdurst-koeln.de/category/wissenschaft-forschung/hochschulen/ |title=Hochschulen – Wissensdurst KĂśln – Das KĂślner Wissenschaftsportal |publisher=Wissensdurst-koeln.de |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=19 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719011744/http://www.wissensdurst-koeln.de/category/wissenschaft-forschung/hochschulen/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wissensdurst-koeln.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/flyer-spitzenforschung.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114109/http://wissensdurst-koeln.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/flyer-spitzenforschung.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live |title=Forschungsschwerpunkte |publisher=Wissensdurst-koeln.de}}</ref> and host to some 72,000 students.<ref name="Cologneeconomy"/> Its oldest university, the [[University of Cologne]] (founded in 1388)<ref name="Cologne History"/> is the largest university in Germany, as the [[Cologne University of Applied Sciences]] is the largest [[Fachhochschule|university of Applied Sciences]] in the country. The Cologne University of Music and Dance is the largest [[Music school|conservatory]] in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goethe.de/Ins/th/prj/nbc/edu/sch/enindex.htm |title=goethe.de |publisher=goethe.de |access-date=8 August 2010 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726184629/http://www.goethe.de/Ins/th/prj/nbc/edu/sch/enindex.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Foreigners can have German lessons in the VHS (Adult Education Centre).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadt-koeln.de/en/5/00215/ |title=Cologne Adult Education Centre – City of Cologne |publisher=Stadt-koeln.de |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190033/http://www.stadt-koeln.de/en/5/00215/ |archive-date=4 November 2012}}</ref>
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* Public and state universities:
** [[University of Cologne]] (''Universität zu Köln'');
** [[German Sport University Cologne]] (''Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln'').
* Public and state colleges:
** [[Cologne University of Applied Sciences]] (''"Technology, Arts, Sciences TH KöLN" Technische Hochschule Köln'');
** [[Köln International School of Design]];
** [[Hochschule für Musik Köln|Cologne University of Music and Dance]] ({{Lang|de|Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln}});
** [[Academy of Media Arts Cologne]] (''Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln'');
* Private colleges:
** Catholic University of Applied Sciences (''Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen'');
** [[Cologne Business School]];
** [[international filmschool cologne]] (''internationale filmschule köln'');
** Rhenish University of Applied Sciences (''Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln'')
** University of Applied Sciences Fresenius (''Hochschule Fresenius'')
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* Research institutes:
** [[German Aerospace Centre]] (''Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt'');
** [[European Astronaut Centre]] (''EAC'') of the [[European Space Agency]];
** [[European College of Sport Science]] (''ECSS'');
** [[Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing]] (''Max-Planck-Institut für die Biologie des Alterns'');
** [[Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies]] (''Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung'');
** Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research (''Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung'');
** [[Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research]] (''Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung'').
** CologneAMS – Centre for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne
Former colleges include:
* The [[Cologne Art and Crafts Schools]] (''Kölner Werkschulen'');
* The Cologne Institute for Religious Art (''Kölner Institut für religiöse Kunst'')
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Lauder Morijah School ({{langx|de|link=no|Lauder-Morijah-Schule}}), a Jewish school in Cologne, previously closed. After Russian immigration increased the Jewish population, the school reopened in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lipshiz|first=Cnaan|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/12/10/global/soviet-immigration-once-a-bane-of-germanys-jews-has-become-their-salvation|title=Soviet immigration, once a bane of Germany's Jews, has become their salvation|newspaper=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|date=10 December 2018|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210220546/https://www.jta.org/2018/12/10/global/soviet-immigration-once-a-bane-of-germanys-jews-has-become-their-salvation|url-status=live}}</ref>