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Margherita Ragg, a student on the M.Sc. in Psychology in Sport and Exercise (PSE) programme at the German Sport University Cologne, has been awarded the prize from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), worth 1,000 euros. The prize recognises outstanding achievements by international students…

The German Sport University Cologne is offering a postgraduate scholarship in the field of life sciences, commencing on 1 April 2027. Early-career researchers with a doctoral project related to sport science may apply by 13 December 2026. This university-funded scholarship provides funding for an…

The award ceremony took place as part of the DHB-Wissenschaftsforum. Nele Lammers has been awarded first place in the Bachelor’s category of the research prize by Deutscher Handballbund (DHB). She impressed the expert jury with her work on the strategic development of a sports marketing concept for…

Researchers from the German Sport University Cologne and New Zealand propose a new perspective for understanding performance under pressure; article published in the renowned journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences The decisive penalty kick in a final, match point in tennis, or the last attempt in a…

Reception at City Hall for international students On 9 October, the City of Cologne, together with Cologne’s universities and the Cologne Student Services Organisation, welcomed the new international students at the Historic Town Hall. The German Sport University Cologne was represented there in…

The Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University Cologne contributed to two panel discussions at this year’s Global Sport University Network (GSUN) conference. The Centre was represented by its Director, Prof. Stephan Wassong, and by Dr. Ansgar Molzberger. The first panel, Olympic Studies ,…

The web portal has been awarded first place in the ‘Inspired Innovation’ category. The project, developed jointly by the German Sport University Cologne, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the Öko-Institut, was awarded first place in the ‘Inspired Innovation’ category. The award was…

The 14th dvs Sports Games Symposium at the German Sport University brought together more than 200 participants from the worlds of academia and sports practice. A total of 86 presentations, workshops and discussions addressed current issues relating to sports games. Under the conference theme “GAME –…

How healthy is Germany? For the eighth time, DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV), the German Sport University Cologne and the University of Würzburg have examined the health behaviours of Germans in a representative survey. Since 2010, the DKV Report has regularly analysed physical activity,…

At the invitation of the Section Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychiatry at the German Sport University Cologne, a high-profile workshop took place on 1 August on the Spoho Campus in collaboration with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken. Among other…