Welcome to Bonn
The University of Bonn cooperates with a large number of universities and research institutions across the globe: The University has cooperation and exchange agreements with more than 60 partner universities overseas and with 250 European institutions within the ERASMUS network. Academics from Bonn are involved in more than 1,500 international research projects around the world.
Study and Research in an International Environment
"At Bonn we speak many languages: walking around campus you can meet faculty, guest lecturers and students from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Even if you are only visiting our university briefly you will quickly realize that, as our mission statement puts it, the University of Bonn is a research university that operates internationally.
The University of Bonn is one of Germany’s leading universities, and its international orientation in research and teaching has a long tradition. Founded in 1818, Bonn has always attracted eminent scholars and promising young students from all over the world. Today, international study programmes and the University’s wide-ranging network of international partner institutions ensure that Bonn will continue to attract international students and researchers. And what is more: the international orientation of research and teaching is not only something that we consider to be ‘nice to have’. Rather, it is a key component of our university’s profile, a guiding principle in all our activities; or, as we say in German, our ‘roter Faden’, the ‘red thread’, the leitmotif of our university.
I would like to invite you to follow this ‘red thread’, our leitmotif on these pages, and to find out how we continually internationalize research and teaching at the University of Bonn."
- Prof. Dr. Christa Müller
Deputy Rector for International Affairs
