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University of Bonn
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Type	Public
Established	1818
President	Michael Hoch
Administrative staff	6,500
Students	27,800
Location	Bonn , Germany
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Europaeum
Website	http://www.uni-bonn.de
Data as of June 2009^[update]

The University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university in Bonn, Germany. Started in 1818, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers many programs in different subjects. Its library has more than two million volumes. The University of Bonn has 525 professors and 27,800 students. Among its famous students and teachers are seven Nobel prize winners, two Fields Medalists, eleven Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners, Pope Benedict XVI, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph Schumpeter and Joseph Goebbels.

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The Electoral Palace, the main building of the University of Bonn
Frederick William III, founder of the university
Building of the University Library
A nurse attending to an infant in the University Hospital of Bonn in November 1953
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz was a professor of chemistry at the University of Bonn from 1867 to 1896
Minke whale skeleton, Museum Koenig
The Electron Stretcher Accelerator ELSA at the Department of Physics.

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