Study and research at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and consists of the Argelander Institute for Astronomy, the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, the Institute for Applied Physics and the Physikalisches Institut.
Discover our study programs, research focuses, outreach programs and find out why it's great to study physics and astronomy in Bonn!
Latest News
Major new telescope on Chilean summit opens window on universe
Thirty-four years after scientists at the University of Cologne and Cornell University first conceived it, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) now rises above the Atacama Desert, near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Parque Astronómico Atacama. FYST will help answer some of the most important questions in astronomy, including how the universe works, the nature of dark energy and dark matter, how galaxies form and evolve and what happened in those mysterious first moments after the Big Bang.
New DFG Research Group at the Physikalisches Institut
The DFG is funding the development of ring laser interferometers for the high-precision measurement of rotational motions in the field of Earth sciences.
Call for applications for the Jasbinsek Kunkelmann Stipendium
Applications possible until May 15!
The "Stiftung für Physik und Astronomie" in Bonn honors academic performance and commitment in the study of physics (teaching degree and major subject) and astrophysics with the Jasbinsek Kunkelmann-Stipendium for the Master's program (one-year scholarship of € 300 per month). The scholarship is granted from 01.10.2026 to 30.09.2027.
Alaaf and good spirits
This year, the Physics Institutes once again held a Carnival celebration in the foyer of the Wolfgang Paul Lecture Hall on Weiberfastnacht.
Master Colloquium: Characterization of CMOS Active SenSors wit...
FTD
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
"Master Colloquium: Characterization of CMOS Active SenSors with Internal Amplification (CASSIA)" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie ...
Particle Physics Seminar: TBD
FTD
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
"TBD" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the "Additional Information" ...
Bethe Colloquium by Andreas Ringwald
Bethe Center
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
"CP Violation and the Ordering of Limits in QCD with a Theta Parameter" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For ...
Physics Colloquium: The bizarre one-dimensional quantum physics
ROT
01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
"The bizarre one-dimensional quantum physics" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow ...
