Search for Degree Programmes

You can use the search for Degree Programmes to find information about the courses of study offered at the University of Cologne. It is useful, if you are e.g. considering a bachelor or master programme at the University of Cologne or want to change your degree programme.

The courses of study comprise all degree programmes, differentiated by degree, that the University of Cologne offers.

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Degree Programmes

Search Operators and Parameters

Search Criterion	Description	Examples
Case Sensitivity	The search function ignores upper and lower case.	Searching for “universität” will find "universität", “Universität” and “UNIVERSITÄT”.
Placeholders	You can use placeholder characters in order to search for text components. The following placeholders are applicable: * or % = placeholder for more than one character ? or _ = placeholder for exactly one character	Searching for "raum" or "%raum" will find "Seminarraum", "Veranstaltungsraum", "Ausstellungsraum", etc. Searching for "raum*" or "%raum%" will find "Seminarraumnummer", "Veranstaltungsraumbelegung", etc. Searching for "M?ller" or "M_ller" will find "Müller", "Möller", "Miller", etc.
Umlauts ä, ö, ü	The search will show results for both ä, ö, ü and ae, oe, ue.	Searching for "universitaet" will find "Universitaet" as well as "Universität".
"ss" and "ß"	The search will show results for both “ss” and “ß”.	Searching for "Straße" will find both "Straße" and "Strasse".
Other Diacritical Signs	If other diacritical signs are used (e.g. ^, °, ~, `, ´), the search will show results for spellings with or without these accents/signs.	Searching for "Andre" will find "Andre" and "André".

Additional Tips for Searching for Courses and Degree Programmes

Search Criterion	Description	Examples
Result Accuracy	All used search terms are interpreted as word components as if they were complemented by placeholders.	The search for "Arbeit" will find "Arbeiten", "Arbeitsrecht", etc.
Combining Multiple Search Terms	Multiple words divided by blanks are used as multiple search terms combined by AND, i.e. all search terms must be included in the result.	Searching for "Deutsch Zweitsprache" will only find results that include both "Deutsch" and "Zweitsprache".
Number of Characters	There is no minimum for the number of characters. A blank search is possible. In this case, all results are listed (taking into account all other given specifications).

Search Instructions

1. Select the Degree Programmes option from the navigation bar. The Search Degree Programmes page appears.

View of the opened Search application. The Degree Programmes option is highlighted in the navigation bar.

2. Enter the Search Term into the Search Bar. Please follow the instructions above regarding Search Operators and Parameters.

3. Choose the desired degree by clicking the selection field Degree.

Please note: The selection field contains current and discontinued degree programmes. The addition “(alt)” (”(old)”) marks discontinued degree programmes. You can limit your search results by choosing “current” or “discontinued” in the “Status” search option.

4. The search option Status is preset to “current”.

5. Choose the desired Academic Year.

6. Click the Search button. The results of the query will appear below the search area.

Please note: The search offers only individual degree programmes. For a multiple subject degree programme you need to search for each of the individual degree programmes.

Example 1:

You are looking for information about a single-subject bachelor’s degree programme “Educational Science” (“Erziehungswissenschaft”).

Enter the search term “Educational Science” into the Search Bar.
Choose the search option “82 Bachelor’s Programme -1 Subject” in the Degree pull-down menu.
Choose the desired Academic Year.
Click the Search button. The results of your search are listed below the search area.

Degree Programme Search Function: Search term Erziehungswissenschaft and selected option 82 Ein-Fach-Bachelor. The Search button is highlighted. The search results display the columns Degree, ID, and Curriculum.

Example 2:

You are looking for information about the Master of Education programme for secondary and comprehensive schools (“Lehramt an Gymnasien und Gesamtschulen (M.Ed.)").

1. Leave the Search Bar “Search Term” blank.

2. Choose the search option “M3 Lehramt an Gymnasien und Gesamtschulen (M.Ed.)“ in the Degree pull-down menu.

3. Choose the desired Academic Year.

4. Click the Search button. The results of your search are listed below the search area.

5. Click on your desired degree programmes’ curricula in the column Curriculum, e.g. Bildungswissenschaften ("Educational Science"), Biologie ("Biology") and Englisch ("English") (see screenshot).

Degree Programmes search function with the search term M3 Lehramt. Highlighted are the Search button and the subjects Educational Sciences, Biology, and English in the Curriculum column within the search results.

How to Use the Results

If there are results for your search, you can now view the different degree programmes’ curriculum structures. To open them, click the desired Curriculum in the column Curriculum.

Degree Programmes search function with the search term Educational Sciences and the selected filter 82 Bachelor's Programme – 1 subject. The subject Educational Sciences is highlighted in the Curriculum column of the search results.

The page Curriculum opens.

In the following, you will find information about the structure of a curriculum as well as about the different options that this view offers.

Curriculum Structure

1. You opened the page Curriculum. You can now view the Curriculum Structure, depicted in the form of a tree structure.

2. The curriculum lists the individual modules of a degree programme according to the respective exam regulations’ subject specific annotations. By clicking the “+/-“-Symbols you can open or collapse the curriculum structure.

View of the expanded curriculum structure for the Bachelor's program in Educational Sciences. The displayed study tree is further expanded within the Basic Modules section.

The Columns in the Curriculum View

Column	Description
Node Filter Name	Curriculum according to exam regulations.
__	: Description of module according to the module handbook. , : Registration for course is possible. : You are registered for this course. , : Registration for exam is possible. : You are registered for this exam.
rec. sem.	Recommended semester, if specified in the exam regulations.
Credits	ECTS credits awarded for completion of module.
Duration	Not relevant for students of the University of Cologne.
WF	Not relevant for students of the University of Cologne.

Definition of the Node Types in the Curriculum

Node Type	Abbreviation	Definition
Rule Node (Object)	RKN	Rule nodes serve to depict the basic structure of the SPO-version. Examples: The rule nodes group the structure into sub-trees, that in turn group compulsory subjects, elective subjects or compulsory elective subjects Main nodes of sub-trees that depict main and minor subjects
Module Node (Object)	MKN	Main node of the “module trees”.
Exam Node (Object)	PKN	Exam nodes list courses or exams that are available for registration

Show Courses in the Curriculum

1. Expand the curriculum by clicking the "+/-“-Symbols until you reach the level where individual courses appear.

2. All allocated courses appear in a table. Apart from the title of a course, the other columns list Lecturer as well as Time and Place of the first date of a specific course.

View of the curriculum structure for the Bachelor's programme in Educational Sciences. In one module, the study tree is expanded across several levels. A specific course is highlighted in the columns for Exams, Lecturer, Place, and Time.

3. This table offers the following further options:

Click the Title of a Course to open the page Course – Detailed View.
Click the Room Information to open the page Room, which contains the floor plan (if provided).

Please note: Please do not register for courses using the search function. The chapter "The Allocation of Courses" provides instructions for the correct registering process.

View Weekly Schedule in the Calendar

1. Navigate the curriculum until you reach the desired element (e.g. area or module) and click the Calendar Icon to the right of the title.

View of the curiculum for Educational Sciences. The curriculum tree is expanded in the Basic Modules section. The subsections Lecture 1, Seminar 1, and Module Exam are displayed. The calendar icon next to Seminar 1 is highlighted.

2. The page Course Timetable opens.

3. Click the Selection Field in the top left corner and choose Weekly Schedule. The weekly schedule appears in the calendar view.

Excerpt from the Course Timetable page. The selection field described above is set to Timetable and highlighted.

4. Click the Title of a Course to open the page Course – Detailed View.

View the Semester Plan

The Semester Plan is only useful for students of the Faculty of Medicine. It differs from the curriculum view in that respect, that all courses are allocated to a specific semester during which they need to be completed.

1. Enter the search term “Medicine” into the Search Bar.

2. Choose the search option “08 State Examination“ in the Degree pull-down menu.

3. Choose the desired Academic Year.

4. Click the Search button. The results of your search are listed below the search area.

Degree Programmes search function with the search term Medicine and 08 State Examination selected. The search results display the columns Degree, ID, and Curriculum. The Human Medicine curriculum is highlighted.

5. Click the desired Curriculum in the column Curriculum.

6. The page Curriculum opens.

7. In the navigation area, change the view to Semester Plan. The semester plan opens.