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
Excellent conditions for physics in Bonn
Ina Brandes, North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Science, presented a funding commitment of 113 million euros for the renovation of the Physikalisches Institut at the University of Bonn’s administration building. The funds come from the “North Rhine-Westphalia Plan for Good Infrastructure.”
New! Certificate Program „Advanced Machine Learning and Data Analysis in Physics“
Starting in the summer semester of 2026, the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Bonn will offer the certificate program “Advanced Machine Learning and Data Analysis in Physics.”
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.
Events
An overview of the event formats regularly offered by the departments in the Physics/Astronomy Division can be found here.
Amplitudes Seminar: FOR Virtual Seminar: Resurgence for QFT
Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
"FOR Virtual Seminar: Resurgence for QFT" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the ...
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium (Fronleichnam on Thursday)
Käthe-Kümmel-Str. 1, ...
01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
"No Colloquium (Fronleichnam on Thursday)" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the ...
Amplitudes Seminar: TBA
Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
"TBA" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the "Additional Information" ...
Particle Physics Seminar: TBD
ROT
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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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