The University of Oldenburg is international. Here we introduce people from all over the world who have chosen to come to Oldenburg. The following…

A new Junior Research Group aims to make bioplastics out of organic waste such as green waste, hay and algae. The Project is receiving 2.7 million…

For three decades, the University has been offering language courses for students, researchers and staff. In this interview, Maike Engelhardt, head of…

Dr Silke Bakenhus is investigating how primary school children imagine life 200 years ago. She has found out that five- to twelve-year-olds rarely…

Johanna Raphaela Wahl is the first in her family to study at university and is now doing a doctorate. The new mentoring programme Perspectives is…

Germany has seen slow progress when it comes to increasing the participation of people with disabilities. In this interview, Teresa Sansour, an expert…

Andrea Lübben is head of the Botanical Garden's Administrative Office. In this interview she talks about her varied tasks, what the annual Open Day…

Historian Dagmar Freist recently presented the Prize Papers Project at the Spanish Embassy in London. In this interview, she talks about captured…

Karina Moritzen has been awarded the 2025 DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students. In addition to her academic research in…

For the second time, the Academic Senates from Bremen and Oldenburg met together. At the meeting, which took place at the HWK Delmenhorst, the…

Ninety years have passed since Carl von Ossietzky, after whom the university is named, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The University Library is…

The world-renowned philosopher Hannah Arendt died fifty years ago today. In this essay, Oldenburg philosopher Matthias Bormuth examines Arendt’s views…

The University of Oldenburg contributes to environmental protection and species conservation in many ways. Making its campuses more nature-friendly is…

Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods…

This year's Klaus von Klitzing Prize goes to Tobias Beck and thus to Upper Swabia. The award was presented during a ceremony in Oldenburg by its…

Identifying strengths and weaknesses, deriving measures and thus improving the quality of studies and teaching – that is what ‘internal evaluation’ is…

The Unikum is turning 40. Where once there was a pub called Bierschwemme offering bowling, cabaret and cheese skewers there is now a theatre offering…

„DynaCom” aims to expand our understanding of biodiversity on islands. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the project for another two…

Geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz has been awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize for Early Career Researchers. She translates microscopic processes in…

„Northwest Alliance: Connecting for Tomorrow” – this is the title under which the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have submitted their…