The University of Bonn's Teaching Profile
As a fully-fledged classic university of the arts and sciences, the University of Bonn is dedicated to conducting research and teaching in a wide range of academic disciplines. Committed to maintaining the unity of research and teaching, the University works to stimulate academic interest in young people, thereby helping them develop their individual potential and personality.
The University of Bonn is a space where new knowledge is generated, taught, and passed on to the next generation of stakeholders in the modern knowledge society. The overall orientation of studying and teaching at the University is based on the following principles.
Guiding Principles in Studying and Teaching
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Promote Talent
Curriculum development is led by transparent aims specific to each degree program. These aims reflect the identity of the University as a venue for the qualification of tomorrow's thinkers and strivers.
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Research and competence-oriented teaching
The University promotes the systematic development of modern research and skills-oriented teaching. This includes a commitment to introducing students to the cutting-edge research conducted at the University of Bonn at the earliest possible opportunity.
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Orientation and qualification
The curricula which we provide, together with the guidance and inspiration imparted to individual students, empower them to develop their own unique qualification profile and prepare themselves for the individual challenges which they wish to meet.
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Equal Opportunities and Participation
Equal opportunity and participation in studying and teaching are key elements of the community assembled at the University of Bonn. The parity of esteem accorded to all members of the University and the gender equality and family-friendly conditions nurtured in our community of learning is a matter of central importance to us.
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Internationality
We seek to equip our graduates with academic thought and action, thereby qualifying them for entry into the international knowledge system and the borderless world of work. The University maintains an international focus to its research and teaching.
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Democracy and academic freedom
The City of Bonn is a symbol of the peaceful democratization of West Germany after 1945; the university of this city understands democracy as the central bedrock of academic freedom.
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Sustainability
Inspired by the presence in Bonn of the United Nations and its pioneering work in the area of sustainability, the University seeks to give all its students the opportunity to engage with a range of sustainability issues in its studying and teaching operations.
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Research profile areas in teaching
The research conducted at the University is reflected in the teaching that it provides. We seek to shape our curricula in such a way as to provide students with the option to develop their skills in the areas of our expertise, without being hemmed in by the boundaries of academic disciplines.
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Interdisciplinarity and transfer orientation
The University of Bonn deploys interdisciplinary degree programs as an important element in the generation and teaching of new, socially relevant knowledge.
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Quality assurance lesson plan
The University maintains a culture of continual reflection on the degree programs which it provides, in terms of the contents, quality and organization of their curricula. This represents the basis for effective, specialist quality assurance in teaching and is a prerequisite to satisfying superordinate external and internal requirements.
Prizes for Excellent Teaching
The University awards prizes in two categories every year to recognize and reward excellent performance in this area.
Strategy Process
In 2018, the University implemented an inter-faculty process for the strategic orientation of studying and teaching.
Teaching Sustainability
Working through a range of formats, the University of Bonn offers all its students the opportunity to engage with sustainability topics in an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented manner.
Networks and Ideas
The university promotes exchange and the formation of networks, whether informally as part of themed workshops or through specific (funded) projects for the further development of studying and teaching
Digitalization of Teaching
From the eCampus e-learning platform, e-exams and tools for collaborative teaching and learning, to AI-supported teaching.
System Accreditation
A dedicated system accreditation project to develop and test out an internal, closed-loop quality management (QM) system.