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Events at the University of Bonn

There is always something going on at the University of Bonn and something to experience every day: lectures, guided tours, scientific conferences and much more. With our event calendar you will always have an overview. It is the central source of information for events at the University of Bonn and summarizes the daily events in a clear and easily accessible manner.

Latest Events
13. Bonner Mathenacht
abends Hausdorff ...
02:00 PM
Wir laden Sie und Euch wieder ein zu einem Nachmittag, einem Abend und einer Nacht voller Mathematik!
Saatgut- und Jungpflanzenbörse im Nutzpflanzengarten
Botanische Gärten der ...
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Zur Eröffnung der Gartensaison bieten der Verein zur Erhaltung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt VEN gemeinsam mit den Botanischen Gärten eine Samen- und ...
2nd Bonn Conference on Mathematical Life Sciences
Bonn
Whole Day
From March 16 to 19 2026, we are hosting for the 2nd time the Bonn Conference on Mathematical Life Sciences in the beautiful city of Bonn. The conference will ...
Lehren und Lernen - Grundlagen (Basismodul)
Quantiusstraße 4, 53115 ...
09:00 AM
Bei diesem Workshop handelt es sich um eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des hochschuldidaktischen Qualifizierungsprogramms des Bonner Zentrums für Hochschullehre ...

Events on a regular basis

The rector and the two porters, all covered with facemasks, move out of the auditorium. The facemasks are color-coordinated with the gowns.
Universität Bonn/University Bonn; Eröffnung des Akademischen Jahres/Opening of the Academic Year; Einzug des Rektorates in die Aula 2019/ Marching in of the rectorate 2019 © Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn

Opening of the Academic Year

The traditional ceremony on the 18th of October is the central celebration at the beginning of every academic year at the University of Bonn since its founding year in 1818.

First-semester-students at the Ersti-Party gathering in the Arcade Courtyard, which has been atmospheric illuminated in blue and yellow.
© BF/Uni Bonn

First-Semester-Welcome

The annual First-Semester-Students' Welcome event at the beginning of the winter semester is the official, central welcoming event for first-semester-students at the University of Bonn.

The back of the heads of graduates can be seen with their different colored berets.
© Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn

Unifest Bonn

We were the first traditional German university to introduce a central graduation ceremony with the Bonn University Festival, at which all graduates appear in gowns and berets.

Panel Internation Days 2023
© Universität Bonn

International Days

The focus of this event are our international collaborations, our excellent early-career researchers and our top-level research together with international partnerships.

Previous uni-wide events

A large, curved "We" with rich ornamentation dominates the founding certificate of the University of Bonn. It is shown here behind one of the four Towers of the main building of the university.
© Uni Bonn

200 years of the University of Bonn

The 200th anniversary of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn took place on 18 October 2018 with a grand ceremony at the WCCB in the presence of the Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

A fence banner with the words "Science is thinking, without barriers" can be seen in front of the main building of the university.
© Volker Lannert / Universität Bonn

International Conference

The internationalization conference examines the topic of internationalization from an academic and theoretical perspective and contrasts this with practice.

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