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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

Catharina Stroppel appointed as new director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

Catharina Stroppel, professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn and member of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, has been appointed as a director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (MPIM) in Bonn. She will take up her full-time position at the MPIM in March 2026.

Tasho Kaletha to receive 2026 Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory

Together with Zhiwei Yun (MIT), Tasho Kaletha from the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn, will receive the 2026 Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory, based on several recent publications. The Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory is given for notable work in Lie theory published during the preceding six years.

Solveig Tränkner receives the Ada Lovelace Prize from the INS

For the 2024/25 academic year, Solveig Tränkner was awarded the Ada Lovelace Prize for Female Mathematicians by the Institute for Numerical Simulation (INS) for her Bachelor's thesis, entitled "Data Visualisation with t-SNE in Theory and Practice", which was supervised by Jochen Garcke.

Christoph Thiele awarded the Brouwer Medal 2026

In 2026, the Brouwer Medal will be awarded to Christoph Thiele, professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn, who holds one of the prestigious Hausdorff Chairs at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics. The Brouwer Medal is awarded every three years by the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap, KWG) to a leading expert in a specific area of mathematics. The ceremony will take place at the BeNeLux Mathematical Congress (April 7–8, 2026, in Antwerp), where Thiele will also deliver the 2026 Brouwer Lecture.