Courses offered by the University
Students can choose from all regular courses offered at the University of Bonn provided they meet the necessary qualifications. The university offers about eighty degree programs with a wide range of courses. The classes offered by our seven faculties comprise the whole range of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine and law. In general, the language of instruction is German.
Courses Offered
You can find all classes offered by the University online at www.basis.uni-bonn.de
To find our more about the individual departments and their course offerings please consult their respective homepages:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Catholic Theology
- Faculty of Protestant Theology
- Faculty of Law and Economics/Law
- Faculty of Law and Economics/Economics
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Institut of Orient- und Asian Studies
These links will lead you to selected institutes, international students often take classes at:
- English
- Geography
- German
- History
- Japanology
- Communication
- Northamerican Studies Program
- Political Science
- Politics (Link currently unavailable)
Courses taught in English
Other departments sometimes offer courses in English as well.
You can download a list of courses taught in English here:
- Bonn International Physics Programme (BIPP)
- International Intensiv Course Engineering in Life Sciences
- Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS)in Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
- Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS)
- Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology offers courses in Life Science Informatics and Media Informatics
- Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Credit Transfer
Students will obtain credit for all courses sucessfully completed at the University of Bonn. The International Office will provide official transcripts of the coursework and grades to the students' home university after the end of the semester. Awarding credit is the prerogative of the home institution.
Therefore, students are strongly advised to inquire about all questions regarding credit prior to departure.
The transcript entails information such as course title, professor, class hours, tutorial hours (if applicable), ECTS credits and grade.
The grade is not an ECTS grade but follows the regular German grade system. You can find information and suggestions on grade conversion here.
Information on ECTS credits can be found at http://www.anglistik.uni-bonn.de/erasmus/kurstypen.html
