University of Bonn
The University of Bonn was founded in 1818 and is formally known as The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn after Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm. The institution, founded during the Age of Enlightenment and based on critical thinking and liberal ideas, grew fast, with many prominent professors attending from all over Germany.
By the 1930s, the Nazis had driven many Jewish scholars and dissidents to flee, and the subsequent wartime shelling of Bonn in 1944 resulted in the university's demise. The university was reconstructed after the war, students returned, and academics set about restoring the institution to its former glory.
Today, the University of Bonn is regarded as one of the world's leading research institutions. It is home to around 35,000 students and 4,500 academic staff, and it has strategic collaborations with 70 universities throughout the world. Its strong international spirit is visible in its 4,000 international students, who account for around 12.5 percent of the student population, which is greater than the national average. It awards roughly 800 PhDs each year.
Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Economics, Biosciences, and Philosophy are among the University of Bonn's subject strengths. It boasts two Nobel Prize winners: Wolfgang Paul for Physics in 1989 and Reinhard Selten for Economics in 1994, as well as eight Leibniz Prize winners. Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and composer Robert Schumann are among its most prominent graduates.
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World rank: 123
Location: Bonn, Germany
Website: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/
