It is encouraging to see how participants and professors of the M.A. Olympic Studies continue to shape the ever-evolving academic and educational profile of the IPCC. Prof. Wassong is proud to have bu
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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 d
According to the German Rectors’ Conference, the German Sport University Cologne, Germany’s only university specialising in sport, has achieved an outstanding tenth place in the ‘Sports-Related Subjec
The Förderfinder (Funding Finder) for elite athletes is now online and, for the first time, offers a centralised, systematic overview of individual athlete support schemes in Germany. At www.foerderfi
Felix Wittmann from the German Sport University Cologne performed well at the WUC Crosslauf 2026. Together with his team, he won the bronze medal in the mixed short-distance relay. The German quartet
Higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia are now making it possible to measure the success of their climate protection efforts. Today (17 April 2026), 14 universities and 16 universitie
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 universi
The President's Office of the German Sport University Cologne welcomes and supports the initiative by the German Olympic Sports Federation for Germany to bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games i
Events at the LANXESS arena have a significant positive impact on tourism and social life in Cologne. This is the conclusion reached by the latest study, ‘Events als Treiber touristischer und sozialer