# Central Research Institutes
**Source**: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/organisation-and-institutions/faculties-research-centers-and-other-academic-units/central-research-institutes/central-research-institutes
**Parent**: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/organisation-and-institutions/faculties-research-centers-and-other-academic-units/faculties-and-research-institutes
Reporting directly to the Rectorate, Central Research Institutes usually focus on interdisciplinary topics which cut across the discipline boundaries of the seven faculties at the University of Bonn.
### Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it)
[Learn more](https://www.b-it-center.de/)1
### Bonner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung (BZL)
[Learn more](https://www.bzl.uni-bonn.de/organisation)2
### Center for Development Research (ZEF)
[Learn more](http://www.zef.de/)3
### Center for Economics and Neuroscience (CENs)
[Learn more](http://www.cens.uni-bonn.de/)4
### Center for Life Ethics (CLE)
[Learn more](https://www.lifeethics.uni-bonn.de/)5
### Interdisciplinary Latin America Center (ILZ)
[Learn more](https://www.ilz.uni-bonn.de/english)6
### Department of Old Catholic Studies
[Learn more](https://www.ak-seminar.de/welcome/)7
### Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics
[Learn more](http://www.or.uni-bonn.de/index.eng.html)8
### Franz Joseph Dölger-Institut zur Erforschung der Spätantike
[Learn more](http://www.antike-und-christentum.de/)9
### Global Heritage Lab
[Learn more](https://globalheritagelab.org/)10
### German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE)
[Learn more](https://www.drze.de/en/drze?set_language=en)11
### Institute of Science and Ethics (IWE)
[Learn more](https://www.iwe.uni-bonn.de/?set_language=en)12
## Links
1. https://www.b-it-center.de/
2. https://www.bzl.uni-bonn.de/organisation
3. http://www.zef.de/
4. http://www.cens.uni-bonn.de/
5. https://www.lifeethics.uni-bonn.de/
6. https://www.ilz.uni-bonn.de/english
7. https://www.ak-seminar.de/welcome/
8. http://www.or.uni-bonn.de/index.eng.html
9. http://www.antike-und-christentum.de/
10. https://globalheritagelab.org/
11. https://www.drze.de/en/drze?set\_language=en
12. https://www.iwe.uni-bonn.de/?set\_language=en