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Every year, just before Christmas, the Aquatics Centre at the German Sport University Cologne is transformed into a special place of volunteerism and community. Once again, starting at 3:00 a.m., numerous students and supporters took part in the 12th “Christmas Sunrise Swim”, the traditional charity…

A significant milestone has been reached with the first-ever joint reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by all higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia: for the first time, 14 universities and 16 universities of applied sciences are reporting their emissions in accordance with…

The BMBF-funded collaborative project ‘Kompetenznetzwerk Digitalisierung und Sport in der Lehrer*innenbildung: Vermittlung, Bildung und Lernen im und durch Sport“’ ( Com e Sport for short ) is gradually entering its final phase. In the summer of 2023, work began on jointly developing modularised…

On 17th March, 2026, this year’s 26 graduates of the supplementary certification programme in physical education were honored. Lena Brack (Institute of Sport Didactics and Physical Education) and Anke Raabe-Oetker ( Institute for Movement Therapy and Movement-oriented Prevention and Rehabilitation)…

On March 17, 2026, this year’s 26 graduates of the supplementary qualification in sports promotion were honored at a certificate ceremony. Elmar Kugel, a department head at the Cologne District Government, also sent his congratulations. As part of the two-semester, free supplementary qualification…

The 8th international Sport and Discrimination Conference examines the intersectional nature of discrimination in sport. This one-day event, 13 June 2025, at German Sport University, Cologne, Germany invites presentations by academics, postgraduates, students, practitioners, and policy makers from a…

Professor Stephan Wassong, Director of the Olympic Studies Centre at the German Sport University Cologne and President of the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (IPCC), attended the opening days of the International Volunteer Games of New Acropolis. The Games began on 3 August and finished…

Welcome Billy Graeff with us! We are looking forward to exchanging ideas and spending time with our visiting researcher from Brazil. As you read on, he briefly introduces himself and his work. "As part of my ongoing academic trajectory and international collaborations, I am delighted to join the…

Sports presenter Laura Wontorra provided an insight into the profession of sports presenting during a visit to the German Sport University Cologne. Under the title ‘Between Information and Entertainment: The Field of Sports Presentation and its Current Developments’, she took part in a joint event…

Since January 2024, the German Sport University Cologne has been part of the Balu und Du community. Based at the Centre for Physical Education Teacher Education (ZfSb), students from all degree programmes at the German Sport University Cologne are involved in the initiative. As mentors (Balu), they…