German Sport University Cologne (
German
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:
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, DSHS, Spoho), is a sport university in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
, Germany.
History
The Sport University Cologne was founded in 1947. After the Sport University had changed its name to "German Sport University" in 1965 it gained the official status as a university in 1970. After German reunification, the East German "Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur" (German University for body culture) Leipzig was dissolved, leaving the Sport University Cologne as the only one in Germany.
Rankings
In the
Shanghai Ranking
The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...
's 2020 ''Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments'', the German Sport University Cologne is ranked 17th in the world and 1st in Germany.
See also
*
European College of Sport Science
References
External links
Official website
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Educational institutions established in 1947
Universities and colleges in Cologne
Sports science
Sport in Cologne
Lindenthal, Cologne
1947 establishments in Germany
Sports universities and colleges