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.
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.