Bonn is a vibrant university city, a cultural center that hosts prestigious concerts and exhibitions, a center for technologies of the future and the headquarters for several United Nations organizations. Located about 20 kilometers south of Cologne on the river Rhine, Bonn is a medium-sized city with a population of 300,000 that combines a cultural past with a strong involvement in the present. It was the capital of West Germany until unification in the 1990’s, and Bonn remains a center of politics and administration and is still called a Federal City (“Bundesstadt”). Since unification, Bonn has endeavored to redefine itself as a leader in national and international affairs. It has developed into a hub of international cooperation in the area of environment and sustainable development, and the number of UN agencies in Bonn, most of which are based at the newly established United Nations Campus in the city’s former parliamentary quarter on the banks of the Rhine, continues to grow.

Students with German proficiency enroll in regular courses offered by the University of Bonn and select classes for which they are qualified from all departments of the University. Courses are available in the full range of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and business and economics. German is the language of instruction and students must do all aspects of the course work in German for courses in the following subjects:

English Literature & Comparative Literature, Linguistics, Archeology, African/American Studies, East Asian Language & Culture, European Studies, History, Art History, Philosophy, Communications, Religious Studies, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy.

Optional coursework in English is also available to all students in: English Literature, Astronomy, Biology, Geography, Economy, History, Literature, Physics, and Political Science.

The program fee includes tuition and fees, room, monthly food stipend for the duration of the program, in-city transportation pass, KU orientation, five-week Bonn orientation, limited health insurance, one-week excursion to Berlin or other major city in Germany, field trips and cultural activities, and emergency medical evacuation and repatriation services.

Additional costs: Approximately $3,600 per semester (airfare, personal expenses, passport, books, optional internship fee).