The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number of undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of subjects. Its library holds more than two million volumes. The University of Bonn has 525 professors and 32,000 students. Among its notable alumni and faculty are seven Nobel Laureates, two Fields Medalists, twelve Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners, Prince Albert, Pope Benedict XVI, Frederick III, Karl Marx, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Nietzsche, Konrad Adenauer, and Joseph Schumpeter. In the years 2010, 2011 and 2013, the Times Higher Education ranked the University of Bonn as one of the 200 best universities in the world.

Collaborative Research
 

• 13 Collaborative Research Centres
• 13 research groups and Clinical Research Units
• 4 Research Training Groups
• 13 BMBF joint research projects
• 18 ERC grants
• 1 BMBF research priority

 

Faculties

The University is organised into seven Faculties that are in turn made up of a large number of institutes, departments and clinics. Some additional institutions are directly subordinate to the Senate because of their special duties.
 

• The Faculty of Catholic Theology
• The Faculty of Protestant Theology
• The Faculty of Law and Economics
• The Faculty of Medicine
• The Faculty of Arts
• The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• The Faculty of Agriculture