According to Deutsche Startup Monitor, the University of Cologne has improved its position from 4th to 3rd place / As in 2023, it is the most start-up-friendly non-technical university in Germany
Particularly many graduates of the University of Cologne go on to found a company. 3.6 per cent of all founders in Germany obtained their highest academic degree at the University of Cologne. That is the result of Deutsche Startup Monitor (DSM) 2024, which was presented yesterday in Munich. In this year’s ranking, Cologne is once again the most start-up friendly non-technical university in Germany. Compared to the previous year, it improved its position from 4th to 3rd place. Only TU Munich and RWTH Aachen University were ranked ahead of the University of Cologne by DSM. With around 1,800 founders surveyed, the annual study by the start-up association and the auditing company PwC is considered the most comprehensive study on the start-up scene in Germany.
The survey of founders in Germany showed that start-ups play an important role in putting research results into practice. More than one in two start-ups (55.1 per cent) worked with or received support from a university or research institutions during the start-up process. According to the authors of the study, the close collaboration with universities is considered a unique selling point of Germany as a start-up location.
