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The University of Bonn (German: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1818 the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number of undergraduate graduate and PhD programs in a range of subjects. Its library holds more than two million volumes. The University of Bonn has 525 professors and 30,800 students. Among its notable alumni and faculty are seven Nobel Laureates, two Fields Medalists, twelve Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners, Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Goebbels, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Joseph Schumpeter. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by researchers of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University the University Bonn is ranked 97th internationally and 6th nationally.[10] The Times Higher Education Supplement ranks the University of Bonn 53rd worldwide in the science category and 84th worldwide in the social science category.[11] Webometrics ranks the University of Bonn 126th worldwide, 32nd in Europe and 9th nationally.[12] In national rankings the University of Bonn is ranked in the top ten by the newsmagazine Focus[13] and the German Research Foundation.[14] The Humboldt Foundation ranks the University of Bonn fifth in the humanities and social sciences, sixth in the life sciences and seventh in science. To date, seven Nobel prizes and two Fields Medals have been awarded to faculty and alumni of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn: * Harald zur Hausen, alumni: physiology or medicine 2008 * Reinhard Selten, faculty member: economics 1994 * Wolfgang Paul, faculty member: physics 1989 * Luigi Pirandello, alumni: literature 1934 * Otto Wallach, faculty member: chemistry 1910 * Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, alumni: literature 1910 * Philipp Lenard, faculty member: physics 1905 * Gerd Faltings: Fields Medal 1986 * Maxim Kontsevich: Fields Medal 1998 Among its notable alumni and faculty are Pope Benedict XVI, Heinrich Heine, Heinrich Hertz, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, Joseph Schumpeter, Konrad Adenauer, Max Ernst, Constantin Carathéodory, Joseph Goebbels, Karl Weierstrass, Karl Barth and Samson Raphael Hirsch.