# 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