The University of Bonn was founded almost 200 years ago and is one of Germany's, and Europe's, most important institutes of higher education. As the home of learning to over 38,000 students, it enjoys an outstanding reputation both at home and abroad.
Boasting almost 200 years of history, over 38,000 students, and an outstanding reputation both at home and abroad, the University of Bonn is without question one of Germany's leading universities. Our University is situated in a beautiful and international city that has a lot to offer culturally and outdoor recreation opportunities.
The direction of the University of Bonn is determined by all those who make up the institution - those who teach, study, and research here. Everyone benefits from our carefully developed institutional profile.
Bonn is a research university that operates on an international level, and in doing so, we continually maintain our long standing traditions.
We cooperate with several different universities and research establishments across the globe. We have developed a unique teaching and research methods that have received worldwide recognition and acclaim.
The University of Bonn is a research-based university that operates internationally, actively seeks cooperation, and sets clear subject priorities. Internationally recognized strengths continually shape our academic profile.
Over the forthcoming years, the University of Bonn is committed to further consolidating and enhancing this profile by selectively redefining professorships as they become vacant, pursuing a consistent policy of appointments, and building upon existing research activity incentives.
The University of Bonn is among the leading research universities in Germany. Numerous projects funded and funded by Germany's central research funding agency (DFG) demonstrate our research potential and a strong commitment to achieving academic excellence.
Also, DFG-supported cooperative projects have much helped to build significant structures. By benefiting from external experts' input, these are the best means by which we can identify the most gifted researchers and young academic talent.
Furthermore, to promote research, the University of Bonn regularly offers prizes of up to one million euros as start-up funding for projects. Another incentive scheme involves rewarding activities that attract further third-party funds and bring in high-level research prizes.
Awards and distinctions have acted as a significant factor in the distinguished reputation that we have built at the University of Bonn. The most famous examples of such awards were the Nobel Prizes awarded in 1989 and 1994 to Wolfgang Paul and Reinhard Selten. Also, Bonn can to date boast eight Leibniz prize-winners. And while science prizes cannot be guaranteed, the University is committed to creating a genuinely research-friendly environment that will achieve unparalleled excellence.
The University of Bonn's identity as a leading research university has seen us also set the highest standards in teaching.
Students are continually provided with the unique opportunity of playing an active role in research projects. And a solid education based on research-linked degree courses means that graduates of the University of Bonn will possess distinct advantages when they enter the labor market - the same kind of advantages that teaching staff obtain through teaching at our University.
Learning through research is critical in creating highly qualified individuals who will be critical players in science and society.
At the University of Bonn, the international orientation of research and teaching has been a long-standing tradition. We are committed to supporting our academics' initiatives to work together with colleagues from other Universities and research institutions. And this is not least down to the fact that we recognize that such research collaborations will significantly benefit both students and post-graduates embarking on a University career.
Our leading position in the statistics on grants and fellowships awarded by such organizations as the DFG, DAAD, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation confirmed this trend. And our continually evolving international study programs and bilingual or English-only courses are designed to ensure that the University of Bonn will attract international students.
This clearly explains why the proportion of international students at the University of Bonn has been significantly higher than the national average in Germany for many years now.
The University of Bonn is an internationally active research university. With its excellent relationships with renowned universities and research institutes worldwide, the University of Bonn regards itself as a significant actor within the transnational knowledge society. The large international student body, high mobility of local students, and its status as a highly sought-after university for a research stay in Germany underpin this self-image.
The University of Bonn is a globally respected and networked research university with a clearly defined academic profile and defined fields of excellence in research. Some indicators of Bonn's researchers' success include two Nobel Prizes, numerous Leibniz Prizes, and other academic honors, as well as "third-party funds" amounting to about 154 million euros, which are raised each year in stiff competition with other researchers.
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