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
Visiting the NRW-Tag 2026
To celebrate North Rhine-Westphalia's 80th anniversary, the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW) invited our university’s Physikshow to delight visitors with physics experiments.
Science at the Theater
From quantum computing to gut health: Researchers from five Clusters of Excellence at the University of Bonn explain fascinating topics and surprising connections in an engaging way as part of the new event series “Science at the Theater.” Tickets for this collaboration with Theater Bonn are now available for advance purchase.
Riccardo Pennetta receives ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Riccardo Pennetta from the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bonn has received an ERC Starting Grant for his research project “Atom-by-atom assembly of QUantum MattEr in waveguide and cavity QED” (AQUME). For his project, he will receive around 1.5 million euros over five years from the ERC.
Light gases exhibit critical behavior
RESEARCH TICKER UNIVERSITY OF BONN: A team of researchers from the University of Bonn, Heidelberg University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico has studied the critical behavior of light particles (photons) close to a phase transition.
Events
An overview of the event formats regularly offered by the departments in the Physics/Astronomy Division can be found here.
Bethe Forum: Accelerating the Search for Disappearing Light Da...
Bethe Center for ...
09:30 AM
"Accelerating the Search for Disappearing Light Dark Matter — a Community Workshop" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere ...
Bethe Colloquium by Dieter Lüst
Bethe Center
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
"TBA" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the "Additional Information" ...
AMO Colloquium by Patrycja Kielb
IAP
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
"To be announced" - Für weitere Angaben folgen Sie dem Link in der Kategorie "Weitere Informationen". For further details, follow the link in the "Additional ...
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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