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Hausdorff Center for Mathematics

Bonn is an internationally renowned center for mathematical research and teaching. The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), established in 2006 as the first German Cluster of Excellence in Mathematics, is a major center for mathematical research and international scientific exchange. Its spectrum ranges from pure and applied mathematics to interdisciplinary research, including theoretical economics. HCM features the Hausdorff Research Institute (HIM) with its trimester programs, the Hausdorff School for Mathematics (HSM) which is our central institution for all early career researchers - postdocs and PhD students - and comprises our graduate school (BIGS Mathematics).

Hausdorff Center for Mathematics

Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics

Hausdorff School for Mathematics

Department of Mathematics
- the Institutes

The University of Bonn has four institutes dedicated to mathematical teaching and research. The Department of Mathematics coordinates teaching and research in Mathematics within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn. If you love mathematics, Bonn is the place to be!

Mathematical Institute

Institute for Applied Mathematics

Institute for Numerical Simulation

Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics is a research institute for pure mathematics and belongs to the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG). With its well known guest program the institute aims at stimulating the exchange of ideas within the international mathematics community.

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

News

Bonn again second best university at IMC

At this year's International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) in Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria), held from July 28 to August 3, 2025, the Bonn team finished second in the unofficial team ranking and was thus - as last year - the second most successful university in the world in the competition behind St. Petersburg State University.

Frontiers of Science Award for Christian Brennecke

For his scientific work “Bogoliubov Theory in the Gross-Pitaevskii Limit”, Christian Brennecke, Bonn Junior Fellow at the HCM and Professor at the Institute for Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn, received the Frontiers of Science Award 2025, together with three co-authors. The prize was awarded on July 13 at the International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing.

Jan Schröer, Lorenzo Portinale, Thoralf Räsch: Three teaching awards for Bonn Mathematics

The University of Bonn has honored 14 lecturers for their outstanding commitment with teaching awards, including Jan Schröer from the Mathematical Institute. The prizewinners were selected by the students themselves. The ceremonial presentation of certificates by the Vice-Rector for Studies, Teaching and University Development, Klaus Sandmann, took place as part of the Bonn University Festival in front of over 7,000 participants on Bonn's Hofgartenwiese. In addition, further teaching awards from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences were presented by Vice Dean Barbara Kirchner as part of the Faculty's academic ceremony. Lorenzo Portinale from the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Thoralf Räsch from the Institute of Mathematics are among the awardees for 2025. Bonn Mathematics would like to congratulate all three prizewinners!

Three speakers at IMC 2026 from Bonn Mathematics

With Dennis Gaitsgory, Jessica Fintzen and Valentin Blomer, three mathematicians from Bonn have received an invitation to the next International Congress of Mathematics (ICM), which will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 23 to 26, 2026. Dennis Gaitsgory, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, who was recently awarded the Breakthrough Prize, will give one of the particularly renowned plenary lectures. The ICM is the most influential conference in the field of mathematics. During the opening ceremony of the congress, many prestigious awards such as the Fields Medal will be presented.