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Bonn maths students enjoy great success at the IMC once again

At this year’s International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria — held from July 27 to August 3, 2026 — the University of Bonn took third place (*) in the unofficial team ranking. In the end, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology proved to be too strong and took first place by a wide margin. In the individual ranking, Lennart Christian Grabbel achieved an outstanding fourth place. All seven participants from Bonn took home medals.

Rediscover Math Through Dance

We invite high school students in 10th grade and above to gain exciting insights into mathematics and studying math. The event will take place at the Lecture Hall Center at Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 5 in Bonn. The event begins after summer break on Thursday, September 10, with a five-part workshop and concludes with a campus scavenger hunt on Saturday, September 12. Registration is open until August 20.

Bonn PhD student Daniel Ebert receives a Heureka Student Award

Daniel Ebert, a PhD student at the Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics, has been awarded the first prize at the 2025 heureka Student Award for his master’s thesis “Better Cost Allocations in Vehicle Routing” (advisor: Jens Vygen), along with a cash prize of 2,000 euros. In his thesis, he developed a new mathematical concept for the fair distribution of costs in delivery transport and demonstrated its practical utility in an industrial application.

Former BIGS PhD student Mingjia Zhang receives the 2026 Maryam Mirzakhani News Frontiers Prize

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2026 Breakthrough Prizes. Three women mathematicians recently completing PhDs each receives a $50,000 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize. Among them is Mingjia Zhang, a former BIGS PhD student from Bonn.