The Mystery of Dark Matter
University of Bonn-led study questions the Bullet Cluster as evidence for dark matter
Bonn Students Win Robo-Race
LamarRacing prevails against 35 teams at the international RoboRacer Competition
IT for super-telescope at 5,600 meters
#UniBonnOnTour: Ask your questions to the participating Bonn astrophysicists Dr. Reinhold Schaaf and Dr. Christos Karoumpis
The Mystery of Dark Matter
Bonn Students Win Robo-Race
IT for super-telescope at 5,600 meters

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With eight Clusters of Excellence, we are Germany's most successful University of Excellence, producing evidence-based academic contributions that help our modern, complex and changing society address the global challenges of the 21st century. Supporting the next generation is central to our mission.

We aim to inspire and foster young talent, early-career researchers and emerging leaders who play a vital role in safeguarding our democracy and shaping a future of progress, prosperity, and sustainable transformation in a digital and globally connected world. 

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Making a Second Home in Bonn
Whether it is cooking dinner together, having someone to spend Christmas with or enjoying a spontaneous trip to the opera, many international students find that it is precisely these encounters that can make the place where they are studying—somewhere a long way from where they came from—really feel like home. The University of Bonn’s “iStudy Family and Friends” program matches international students with local people for exactly this purpose. As many as 125 students from over 40 countries have already signed up since the 2025/26 winter semester, with 35 of them successfully making initial contact with 33 mentors. Additional hosts are now being sought so that even more students can find their special connection.
When the map needs an update
Every time we move through a familiar environment, the hippocampus consults an internal map, a detailed spatial representation that is built up through repeated experience. But what happens when something unexpected occurs on a well-known route? Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn were able to demonstrate in a mouse model that the brain does not redraw its maps from scratch. Instead, it annotates them: preserving the underlying spatial layout while overlaying new information on top of the existing map. Their findings have now been published in the journal PNAS.
University of Bonn Students Triumph with Autonomous Racecar
Das studentische KI- und Robotikprojekt der Universität Bonn LamarRacing hat bei der RoboRacer Competition im Rahmen der IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2026 in Wien eine Auszeichnung gewonnen. Im Zeitfahrwettbewerb erzielte das Bonner Team LamarRacing die beste Leistung des gesamten Teilnehmerfelds und gewann mit deutlichem Vorsprung die Time-Trial-Wertung. Für diese Leistung erhielt das Team die Auszeichnung „Best Performance Overall“. Im anschließenden 1-gegen-1-Rennformat erreichte LamarRacing den vierten Platz.

We are Uni Bonn!

Together we are the "we": The roots of the success of the University of Excellence Bonn lie in its people. In the #WeAreUniBonn campaign, we present employees, students, and alumni who, with their remarkable achievements, contribute to the success of our university. 

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Crafting a Life
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03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Crafting a Life: A Participatory Art Project on the Life and Legacy of Theodor Wonja Michael by Cheryl McIntosh and the Theodor Wonja Michael Library Join us ...
Chit-Chat Lounge
International Club, ...
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
We hold a Chit-Chat Lounge every Monday together with the International Students Department of the General Students’ Committee (AStA). It gives us a relaxed ...
Prof. González - Warhead Engineering for Cysteine Proteases
Pharmazeutisches ...
05:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Prof. Florenci V. González Warhead Engineering for Cysteine Proteases: Tuning Reversible and Irreversible Covalency Diskussionsleitung: Prof. Dr. M. ...
Dr. Petra Rösch: Treasure House and Library
Abteilung für Asiatische ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The Japanese Buddhist sculpture of Jizō Bosatsu is an outstanding example of the MOK's Buddhist sculpture collection. It became famous through the discovery of ...

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