Editing University of Bonn (section)

===Post-war to Modern Day===
[[File:Hausdorff Center.jpg|thumb|[[Hausdorff Center for Mathematics]], a world-leading research institute at Bonn]]
The university was re-opened on 17 November 1945 as one of the first in the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|British occupation zone]]. The first university president was [[Heinrich Konen|Heinrich Matthias Konen]], who had been expelled from the university in 1934 because of his opposition to [[Nazism]]. At the start of the first semester on 17 November 1945 the university had more than 10,000 applicants for only 2,500 places.

The university greatly expanded in the postwar period, in particular in the 1960s and 1970s. Significant events of the postwar era were the relocation of the university hospital from the city center to [[Bonn#Districts|Venusberg]] in 1949, the opening of the new university library in 1960 and the opening of a new building, the Juridicum, for the School of Law and Economics in 1967.

In 1980 the Pedagogical University Bonn was merged into the University of Bonn, although eventually all the teachers education programs were closed in 2007. In 1983 the new science library was opened. In 1989 [[Wolfgang Paul]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. Three years later [[Reinhard Selten]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]]. The decision of the German government to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin after the [[German reunification|reunification]] in 1991 resulted in generous compensation for the city of Bonn. The compensation package included three new research institutes affiliated or closely collaborating with the university, thus significantly enhancing the research profile of the University of Bonn.

In the 2000s the university implemented the [[Bologna process]] and replaced the traditional [[Diplom]] and [[Magister (degree)|Magister]] programs with Bachelor and Master programs. This process was completed by 2007.<ref>{{cite web
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