Preliminary courses

To prepare for the start of your studies, the University of Bonn offers a comprehensive range of voluntary and free preliminary courses. These preliminary courses are designed to support first-year students in their transition from school to university and to help close any knowledge gaps even before students pick up their studies. They’re also a good opportunity to get to know your own academic discipline better and forge contacts with future fellow students.

Subject assignment of the preliminary courses

The following list shows which prerequisite courses are recommended for your field of study. You will find an overview of all prerequisite courses sorted by faculty at the end of the drop-down menus.

Subject assignment of the preliminary courses

Agricultural Sciences (Teaching Degree)

Agricultural Sciences

Ancient Greek and Latin Literature and its Tradition

Ancient Greek Literature and its Tradition

Ancient Latin Literature and its Tradition

Anthropology of the Americas

Arabic

Archaeologies

Art History

Asian and Islamic Art History

Asian Studies

Bengali

Biology

Chemistry (minor)⁸
Mathematics (minor)¹

Biology (Teaching Degree)

Chemistry (minor)⁸
Mathematics (minor)¹

Catholic Religious Education (Teaching Degree)

Catholic Theology (Bachelor, Magister Theologiae, Church Degree)

Celtic Studies

Chemistry

Chemistry (Teaching Degree)

Chinese

Comparative Literature

Comparative Religious Studies

Computer Science

Computer Science (Teaching Degree)

Cultural Studies and Cultural Anthropology

Cyber Security

Dentistry

Chemistry (minor)⁸

Economics

Mathematics¹³

Economics-Politics/Social Sciences | Economics/ Politics (Teaching Degree)

Educational Sciences (Teaching Degree)

English (Teaching Degree)

English Studies

Food Chemistry

Chemistry (major)⁹

French (Teaching Degree)

French Studies

Geodesy and Geoinformation

Geography

Geography (Teaching Degree)

Geosciences

German (Teaching Degree)

German as a Second and Foreign Language

German Language and Literature

German Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies

German-French Studies

German-Italian Studies

Quer- und Längsschnitte der Geisteswissenschaften¹⁵
Selbstreflexion und -organisation¹⁶
Academic Writing¹⁷

Greek (Teaching Degree)

Hindi

Quer- und Längsschnitte der Geisteswissenschaften¹⁵
Selbstreflexion und -organisation¹⁶
Academic Writing¹⁷

Hispanic Studies

Quer- und Längsschnitte der Geisteswissenschaften¹⁵
Selbstreflexion und -organisation¹⁶
Academic Writing¹⁷

History

History (Teaching Degree)

Human Medicine

Chemistry (minor)⁸

Indonesian

Italian (Teaching Degree)

Italian Studies

Japanese

Korean

Language and Communication in the Global Media Society

Latin (Teaching Degree)

Latin American and Ancient American Studies

Law

Law Made Clear preliminary course¹⁸

Law and Economics

Mathematics¹³

Mathematics

Mathematics (Teaching Degree)

Media Studies

Meteorology and Geophysics

Midwifery

Molecular Biomedicine

Chemistry (major)⁹

Mongolian

Musicology/Sound Studies

Nutrition and Food Sciences

Nutrition Science and Home Economics (Teaching Degree)

Persian

Pharmacy

[In September] Chemistry (minor)⁸
[In March] Pharmacy (summer semester intake)²²

Philosophy/ Practical Philosophy

Philosophy/ Practical Philosophy (Teaching Degree)

Physics

[In September] Physics (major)²¹
[In March] Physics (major, summer semester intake)²³

Physics (Teaching Degree)

Physics (major)²¹

Politics and Society

Departmental information events²⁴
Student representation²⁵

Protestant Theology (Teaching Degree)

Protestant Theology (Church Degree, Magister Theologiae)

Protestant Theology and Hermeneutics

Psychology

Romance Studies

Scandinavian Studies

Southeast Asian Studies

Spanish (Teaching Degree)

Tibetan

Tibetan Studies

Turkish

Vietnamese

Which preliminary course is right for me?

To find out which preliminary courses are offered for your degree program, please refer to Degree Programs²⁸. By clicking on an academic discipline, you will find all relevant events in the “Preliminary courses” section. Find a list of all preliminary courses offered at the University of Bonn below, sorted by faculty.