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University of Bonn
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Seal of the University of Bonn
Latin: Universitas Fridericia Guilelmia Rhenana
TypePublic
Established1777, as Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn;
Foundation: 18 October 1818; 205 years ago (1818-10-18)
Budget€850,2 million (without the university hospital)[1]
RectorMichael Hoch
Academic staff
4,537[2]
Administrative staff
1,759[2]
Students35,619[2]
Location
Bonn
,
Germany
CampusUrban
Colors    Blue, yellow, grey
AffiliationsEUA, German U15, FGU, Erasmus, Excellence Initiative
Websitewww.uni-bonn.de

The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the Rhein-Universität (English: Rhine University) on 18 October 1818 by Frederick William III, as the linear successor of the Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn (English: Academy of the Prince-elector of Cologne) which was founded in 1777. The University of Bonn offers many undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of subjects and has 544 professors. The University of Bonn is a member of the German U15 association of major research-intensive universities in Germany and has the title of "University of Excellence" under the German Universities Excellence Initiative.

Bonn has 6 Clusters of Excellence, the most of any German university;[3] the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, the Matter and Light for Quantum Computing cluster, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, PhenoRob: Research for the Future of Crop Production, the Immune Sensory System cluster, and ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy. The University and State Library Bonn (ULB Bonn) is the central university and archive library of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and North Rhine-Westphalia; it holds more than five million volumes.

As of October 2020, among its notable alumni, faculty and researchers are 11 Nobel Laureates, 5 Fields Medalists, 12 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners as well as some of the most gifted minds in Natural science, e.g. August Kekulé, Heinrich Hertz and Justus von Liebig; Eminent mathematicians, such as Karl Weierstrass, Felix Klein, Friedrich Hirzebruch and Felix Hausdorff; Major philosophers, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, and Jürgen Habermas; Famous German poets and writers, for example Heinrich Heine, Paul Heyse and Thomas Mann; Painters, like Max Ernst; Political theorists, for instance Carl Schmitt and Otto Kirchheimer; Statesmen, viz. Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman; famous economists, like Walter Eucken, Ferdinand Tönnies and Joseph Schumpeter; and furthermore Prince Albert, Pope Benedict XVI and Wilhelm II.

  1. ^ "Zahlen und Fakten — Universität Bonn". www.uni-bonn.de.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference university_of_bonn_at_a_glance was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Clusters of Excellence". Universität Bonn. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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