Fuck Up Stories - Student Edition

Too much social pressure? Chosen the wrong degree program? Overwhelmed or even expelled from the University? Having doubts about one’s studies has become a widespread phenomenon. This is demonstrated once a year at the Fuck Up Stories – Student Edition (FUS), where courageous speakers talk about their failure to succeed at university, their shattered career plans and what they did next.

Dealing openly with setbacks is an important aspect of the Fuck Up Stories: failure is part and parcel of this and can even be a necessary experience in order to reorientate yourself and forge your own path successfully. At the event, the speakers will talk candidly and extremely personally about their own doubts, fears and challenges during their studies. How did they manage to make a new start after supposedly messing up their studies? What did they learn from it? How did their friends, parents and fellow students react?

Timing and registration

Date and time
July 10, 2025, 7:30 - 8:15 p.m.

Where
Campus Poppelsdorf (Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 5, 53115 Bonn) as part of the CAMPUS Garden¹
In case of rain, in Lecture Hall 2 of the Lecture Hall Center (right next door).

Registration
Participation is free.
You do not need to register in advance.

The event will be held in German

Our speakers 2025

?

1/1 © Unsplash, Tandem X Visuals

More information to follow.

?

1/1 © Unsplash, Tandem X Visuals

More information to follow.

?

1/1 © Unsplash, Tandem X Visuals

More information to follow.

?

1/1 © Unsplash, Tandem X Visuals

More information to follow.

Looking back 2019-2024

At the previous events, brave speakers told their own personal stories with authenticity, emotion and honesty. When did the doubts begin to creep in? What path did they find for themselves? Did they have any support? And where are they now?