University of Bonn

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität is the complete name of the Rhenish Université of Bonn (Germany). It is one of largest and prestigious universities of the country. Its current vice-chancellor is Matthias Winiger. In the six-month period of summer 2005, the University counted approximately 30.000 students including 5.000 foreigners. It is the first employer of the city.

History

The university of Bonn was founded the October 18th 1818 by King Frederic-Guillaume III of Prussia. The October 18th 1944, a bomb damages the principal building very seriously (old Kurfürstliches Schloss, castle of the Prince-Voters of Cologne).

Faculties

Faculty of Law and Economy (Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät)

One of most famous of Germany. The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Johannes Köndgen.

catholic Faculty of Theology (Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät)

The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Georg Schöllgen.

Faculty of Protestant Theology (Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät)

The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Michael Meyer-Blanck.

Faculty of Philosophy (Philosophische Fakultät)

It comprises many institutes and account of the famous teachers. The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Georg Rudinger.

Medical college (Medizinische Fakultät)

The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Reinhard Büttner.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural science (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät)

The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Armin B. Cremers.

Faculty of Agronomy (Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät)

The current senior (2005) is Prof Dr. Ernst Berg.

Famous characters

Nobel Prize

Wolfgang Paul (Nobel Prize of physics in 1989)
Reinhard Selten (“Nobel Prize” of economy in 1994)
Luigi Pirandello (Italian writer Nobel Prize of literature in 1934), it studied the Romanistique but contrary to the two first did not teach in Bonn.

Famous professors

Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799 - 1875), Astronomy
Rudolf Thurneysen (1857-1940), Linguistic compared
Josef Ratzinger since 2005 Pope Benoit XVI, Theology

Famous students

Konrad Adenauer (politician and former German chancellor), Right
Joseph Goebbels (politician Nazi), History of art, Philosophy, Germanistique
Heinrich Heine (writer), right
Karl Marx, right
Friedrich Nietzsche (writer and philosopher), theology and Philosophy
Robert Schuman (French politician), right
Guillaume II (emperor)
Thomas Mann (writer)
Albert of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha (husband of the Queen Victoria)
Gift Zagier, mathematics

External bond

Official site

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