Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ( MPIfR) in Bonn- Endenich located in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The main areas of work of the institute are radio astronomy, and infrared astronomy. The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy was founded in 1966. From then on, the construction of the 100-meter Effelsberg radio telescope was put in Bad Münster -Effelsberg in attack, which was held start-up in 1972.

In addition to the MPIfR and the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn is located in the building complex.

International Max Planck Research School ( IMPRS )

At the Institute, the International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics is located. The IMPRS is a graduate school whose programs are conducted in English. It exists since 2001 and is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn and the first Institute of Physics of the University of Cologne. Speaker of the IMPRS is J. Anton census.