News — Medical Faculty

Excellent Performance in THE Impact Rankings for Sustainability¹

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2025 has recognized the University of Bonn’s strong commitment to sustainability. The study highlights the impact that universities are having on each of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

#Hack4Surgery: Hackathon with the BOSTER²

At the #Hack4Surgery hackathon, 12 teams developed solutions for real-life challenges in the emergency room. The event took place on 6 June 2025 at the Bonn Surgical Technology Center (BOSTER) of the University Hospital Bonn (UKB). With the help of machine learning methods and based on real, anonymised patient data, around 35 students and doctoral students from the University of Bonn developed predictive models to support doctors in making key decisions in everyday clinical practice. The first #Hack4Surgery was organised by BOSTER together with the Transfer Center enaCom and the Bonn-Aachen Institute for Information Technology (b-it).

“Digitalization doesn’t work when you try it top down”³

Professor Valentin Stein serves as the “Digi” for the Faculty of Medicine. In the podcast, he talks about the challenges associated with running a medical clinic’s IT infrastructure, concerns about making patient data available for research, core considerations in digitalization…

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Times and Wonders⁴

The new issue of the University of Bonn’s research magazine forsch is now available. In forsch 2025/01, the focus lies on the interplay between science, ethics, and global collaboration. The magazine showcases how researchers are addressing pressing societal challenges – and how science can actively contribute to public discourse.

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Photovoltaics, Food Sharing and Fair Soccer⁵

Each spring, Poppelsdorf Campus is transformed into a hot spot for sustainability. The public was invited to find out more about what the University of Bonn is doing in the areas of research, teaching and operations on Sustainability Day, held May 21, 2025. Numerous staff and students were involved in making the day a success, manning the 25 or so stands.

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Save the Date: MIB Future Panel 2025⁶

October 2nd, 2025@DZNE Lecture Hall, Venusberg

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ImmunoSensation goes into the next round⁷

The Bonn Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation3 will be funded for further seven years as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. The aim of the new funding period, which begins on January 1, 2026, is to research immune diversity: the structural, functional and dynamic diversity of the immune system. Involved are the University of Bonn, the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). The funding amounts to around 50 million euros.

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Most successful University in the competition, having received eight Clusters of Excellence⁸

A huge success for the University of Bonn: today, all six of the University of Bonn's existing Clusters of Excellence were selected for further funding in the nationwide Excellence Competition. In addition, both newly applied Bonn cluster initiatives will receive funding from the federal and state governments. This means that Bonn will be represented by a total of eight clusters in the coming funding period - more than at any other university in Germany.

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