University of Bonn

Also known as Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universität Bonn, Uni Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn University, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn

public research university located in Bonn, Germany

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The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany, where students and faculty conduct academic studies and research across various disciplines. As a major German research institution, it plays an important role in advancing knowledge and training the next generation of scholars and professionals.

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Official name: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Employees: 7530
Official website: www.uni-bonn.de/en
Image: University-bonn 2005-11-18.jpg
Students count: 36805

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Commons category: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Commons gallery: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
inception: 1818-10-18
IPv6 routing prefix: 2a00:5ba0::/48
API endpoint URL: shibboleth.uni-bonn.de/idp/shibboleth

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The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), is a public research university 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 eight Clusters of Excellence, the most of any German university; 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, ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy, Color meets Flavor and Our Dynamic Universe. 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.