Welcome to the USB
From library cards to literature research
Course: Fit for study & research
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Welcome to our course pages. We offer courses all year round - for prospective students, first-time students, advanced students and professionals.
Basics: Fast and secure through your studies
This overview leads to the course platform ILIAS EduLabs - all dates, further information and material can be found there.
The Quickguides
To the point and in less than half an hour
Ready to homework
This way the homework will definitely succeed
Studium Integrale: interdisciplinary knowledge with CPs
Would you like to deepen your knowledge and take your academic skills to the next level? Every semester there is a suitable course offer from the Studium Integrale. Credit points can be awarded for these courses.
This overview leads to the course administration with KLIPS: Dates, registration and further information can be found there.
Techniques of scientific work (3CP)
From research to the finished paper
Techniques of scientific work (6CP)
Exclusively for students of the WiSo Faculty
Writing lab via Zoom (3CP)
Exercises in scientific writing
Data Literacy (3CP)
Handling data competently - don't be afraid of R, Python and git
Open Science Skills (3CP)
Reproducibility, FAIR, transparency (again WS 25/26)
Digital know-how: data, research, publishing
Discover our courses on digital skills that will help you in your studies and in open research!
We take you to the next level
Programming, visualizing, structuring folders
Open Science - How does that actually work?
Our services on data literacy, publishing and open science
Doctorate: From the idea to the dissertation
We offer courses on these topics for doctoral students on request:
- Information literacy
- Scientific work & writing
- Data Literacy & Open Science
Write to us at: kurse_phds
ub.uni-koeln.de
Courses offered by the faculties
There are many subject-specific courses on offer at the University of Cologne that can be of great help to you during your studies.
WiSo Teaching Library
From literature research to working with AI
Law
Tips for literature searches and introduction to databases
Competence Center Writing (Phil Fak)
Professional advice on academic writing
Faculty of Human Sciences
HWA courses and training
Locations of the libraries
Overview map of all campus libraries
Offers for students and teaching staff
Discover our exclusive offers on the subject of school, including our popular course "Fit for the subject paper". All dates, further information and material can be found on the ILIAS EduLabs course platform.
For pupils & teaching staff
Finding literature and writing specialist papers with confidence
Course platform ILIAS EduLabs
Click here to go to our course platform ILIAS EduLabs.
Course overview
All courses from A-Z
Contact us
Do you have questions about an offer? We are happy to help!
Please write to us at: kurseub.uni-koeln.de