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
Mental Health Focus Weeks
For the first time at the University of Bonn:
02. - 13. November 2026
BCGS has been running for 20 years!
Friday, 13.11.26 - 03:00 PM - 09:00 PM
20th anniversary celebration of the Bonn Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy
Registration deadline: 22 October 2026
BCGS poster session 2026
13 November 2026 from 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm, Aula of the Main Building of the University of Bonn
Poster session WiSe 2026/27
The next poster session will take place on Friday, October 16, 2026, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the foyer of the Wolfgang Paul Lecture Hall.
Events
An overview of the event formats regularly offered by the departments in the Physics/Astronomy Division can be found here.
Particle Physics Seminar: Photoproduction Physics from the Glu...
ROT
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
"Photoproduction Physics from the GlueX Experiment" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, ...
Bethe Colloquium by Dieter Lüst
Bethe Center
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
"Strings and the Swampland" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the ...
Physics Colloquium: A Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background
HISKP
03:15 PM - 05:00 PM
"A Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow ...
AMO Colloquium by Helmut Ritsch
IAP
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
"Engineered quantum dynamics in dipole coupled nano-arrays of quantum emitters" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere ...
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Prof. Dr. Claude Duhr
Departmental Chairperson
E-Mail: cduhr@uni-bonn.de
Tel: +49 228 73 3769
Office: 1.007, Wegelerstraße 10
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Silke Kleuser
Office
E-Mail: skleuser@uni-bonn.de
Tel: +49 228 73 2223
Office: 0.011, Nußallee 14-16