Dear students,

The year is drawing to an end and the WiSSPo is going into a short but well-deserved winter rest. We can therefore be contacted as follows at the turn of the year:

• From 23rd December 2024 till 6th January 2025, the WiSSPo will be closed on site.
• From 24th December 2024 till 1st January 2025, mails are neither answered nor applications processed or forwarded.
• On 2nd & 3rd January 2025, the WiSSPo will be available by e-mail via the contact form, from 6th January 2025 also by telephone again.
• From 7th January 2025, the WiSSPo will be available again during regular office hours with the full range of services and study guidance.

Important: From 20th December 2024, documents and applications that are due by a deadline can be submitted digitally as a PDF by e-mail via the contact form or via the WiSo Inbox. The WiSSPo letterboxes on site will be emptied again from 7th January 2025.

The WiSSPo team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a healthy, successful start to the New Year!

In this Consulting Bootcamp: Skill Building with Roland Berger, you will be equipped with the relevant know-how and the necessary skills needed for a successful career in consulting:

You will learn how to structure projects efficiently, develop well-founded hypotheses, carry out precise analyzes and create convincing presentations. Experienced consultants from Roland Berger provide insights into proven methods and share practical examples.

Find out how this management consultancy works and what employee culture it cultivates.

It's best to register now - places are limited!

Roland Berger, a leading global strategy consultancy with a wide range of services in many industries and corporate functions, is present in all important markets with over 3,500 employees and has 52 offices worldwide.

When and Where: 23rd January 2025@ 101 Seminarraum 0.224
Event language: German

Register now  - first come first serve!

We are excited to welcome you to Career Tuesday!

Your WiSo-Career-Service
www.wiso-career.uni-koeln.de

…and he will be coming to the WiSo Faculty! Join him and us for a chance to win a little surprise.

When: 11th December 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: WiSo hallway close to lecture hall XXIV

We are looking forward to seeing you!
ZIB WiSo Outgoings Team

Info Session: Short Programme in Sociology in Utrecht, NL

Cologne Sociology students (Bachelor and Master) have the opportunity to participate in a specially designed six-week exchange programme at the University of Utrecht taking place from the beginning of September until mid-October 2025. Applications are possible until 31st January 2025.

For further details join our info session on Friday, 13th December 2024 at 11:30 a.m.!

Please click here for registration.

In case of any questions please contact the ZIB outgoing coordinators: wiso-outgoingsuni-koeln.de

Dynamic, diverse, cosmopolitan, innovative, and inspiring but also gritty, relentless, crowded, and unapologetic – all of that and so much more is New York City!

Join us for a Coffee Chat at 9:30 a.m. on 17th December (register here) to learn more about the WiSo@NYC programme and to get your questions answered.

Care to prepare? Read some of the testimonials – and finds coffee shop recommendations - on ILIAS: WiSo@NYC 2025 - Infofolder (pre-application)

Or bring your own coffee and join us remotely for an upcoming Online Info Session for WiSo@NYC on 13th, 16th and 18th December 2024 at 9:00 a.m.:

Zoom-Link: https://uni.koeln/ME3KF

Meeting-ID: 944 5233 3490
Passwort: 185455

Contact: academicshortswiso.uni-koeln.de

On 9th January 2025, the Institute for Economic Policy (iwp) will host the Ludwig Erhard Lecture 2025 together with the Ludwig Erhard Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. 

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Clemens Fuest, President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research, will speak on the topic of ‘Growth prospects 2025 and Germany as a business location’. 

The event will take place from 5.45 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. in Aula 2 of the main building of the University of Cologne. Afterwards we invite you to a Kölsch reception. 

We kindly ask you to register in advance. Please click on the following link: https://www.supersaas.de/form/iwp-koeln/Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture_2025.