In November, 16 students once again visited the Institute of Physics to conduct research in particle physics.

The Netzwerk Teilchenwelt Bonn once again trained science communicators at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef in 2025.

The Cosmic Day 2025 took place at the Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics in Bonn and offered participating students an intensive and hands-on introduction to astroparticle and detector physics. Throughout the day, the students experienced a diverse and engaging program combining theoretical background, experimental work, and international scientific exchange.

As part of the international Beamline for Schools (BL4S) 2025 competition, five international school teams are conducting their own experiments at particle accelerators—at CERN, at DESY in Hamburg, and for the first time also at the University of Bonn. The competition is organized by CERN and is open to students from around the world who submit their own experimental proposals for particle accelerator beamlines.

At the International Masterclasses ‘Hands on Particle Physics’ at the University of Bonn on 11 March (Belle II), 25 March (ATLAS) and 11 April (LHCb) 2025, around 60 students got to know particle physics up close and became researchers themselves for a day.

On 6 March, the Particle World Bonn network travelled to the Eifel region with students and fellows from Bonn and the surrounding area to visit the Effelsberg radio telescope. There was a private introductory lecture and guided tour by Dr Norbert Junkes (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn).

In the last week of January, we hosted three 9th—and 11th-grade students at the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn. Since 2024, we have been offering interested pupils the opportunity to gain insight into physics through a several-day internship.

On January 22, students from the upper secondary school of the Gymnasium Hennef-Meiersheide received exciting insights into experimental particle physics and current research at the LHCb experiment at the Research and Technology Center Detector Physics. The masterclass, organized by Prof. Sebastian Neubert's working group, offered lectures, an in-house data analysis, laboratory tours and a joint visit to the cafeteria and was carried out in cooperation with Netzwerk Teilchenwelt and the student laboratory at the University of Bonn.