After the introduction of tuition fees for long-time students, the University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is now the second-largest university in Germany with approximately 45,000 students; it is surpassed only by Munich University and followed by the University of Münster. Faculties exist for economics and social science, law, medicine, philosophy, mathematics and natural science, educational science, and adult education.
The university originally existed from 1388 (foundation grant from Pope Urban VI) to 1789 (dissolved by the French Government) and was re-established in 1919 by means of a treaty with the Prussian Government.
