Career Day * New Research Building * "Highly Cited Researchers 2021" ranking

Over 32,000 More Square Feet for Top-Level Research

The University of Bonn has formally opened its newest research building: the Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics (FTD) on Kreuzbergweg was inaugurated in the presence of Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, the Minister of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Gabriele Willems, CEO of BLB NRW, Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch and other honored guests. Constructed on a site measuring some 75,300 square feet (approx. 7,000 square meters), the new building offers nearly 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) of space for top-level research in the field of detector physics. In the future, the building will pool the expertise of various working groups that are leading the way in Germany and across the world in developing new devices for detecting elementary particles. Among other uses, these devices also form part of large-scale international projects such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator in Geneva. Read more

University of Bonn prominently represented in "Highly Cited Researchers 2021" ranking

According to the creators of the ranking, the individuals on this list of "Highly Cited Researchers" are among the world's most influential one percent of their field. The benchmark is the frequency with which their scientific publications were cited by other researchers in the past decade (period from 2010 to 2020). The ranking is published annually by the "Web of Science Group" and includes around 6,200 scientists in 21 subject categories. Read more

"Studying in times of Corona" - 1st place for the University of Bonn in the PR-Bild Award competition

For almost two years now, the Corona pandemic has been shaping all aspects of our lives. Universities are no exception. A year ago, the University of Bonn had already addressed the impact of the pandemic on university operations in its magazine "forsch" and visualized it with a series of images. The cover motif, which shows students wearing mouth guards in a "hybrid" lecture, has now won 1st place in the nationwide PR-Bild Award 2021. Read more

Alumni Online: Did you miss the events? Watch the recordings now!

Global environmental and climate change, resilience and conspiracy theories - just a few of the topics covered in past Alumni Online events. Did you miss the events? View the recordings of the lectures now in the Alumni Portal. Read more

The Advent calendar of the University of Bonn is here! In our Infopunkt and for the first time also on www.unishop-bonn.de our popular university advent calendar is now available again - in a practical tabletop format, filled with delicious Fairtrade chocolate and completely plastic-free and recyclable! The price of the advent calendar is 5,50 Euro/piece (plus shipping costs in the online store).

The Infopunkt is located in the main building of the University of Bonn, An der Schlosskirche. Opening hours: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., plus Tuesday through Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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(c) Photo motif "Christmas tree in the arcade courtyard of the University of Bonn": Volker Lannert / Uni Bonn
(c) Photo Advent calendar: Antje Schaffrath / Uni Bonn