Beamline for Schools: winners selected
The winning teams of the 13th edition of the Beamline for Schools (BL4S) physics competition have been chosen. BL4S, initiated by CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, is open to secondary school pupils from all around the world. Participants are invited to submit a proposal for a physics experiment to be undertaken at the beamline of a particle accelerator, either at CERN or at one of the partner institutes DESY and ELSA at the University of Bonn. In 2026, five winning teams have been chosen, based on the scientific merit of their proposals.
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.
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.