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The University of Oldenburg offers a broad range of subjects. Learn about the opportunities available at our university.

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Campus Life
Working in the pandemic - what works, what doesn't?
The pandemic has changed the university staff's working routines profoundly. A survey is set to find out how exactly. In a video, Vice President Jörg Stahlmann and Staff Council Chair Petra Mende explain why it is important to participate.
moreA new version of student life
Very little social contact, digital working groups and suspended stays abroad: a lot has changed for students at the University of Oldenburg in recent months. How did they experience the past year?
more"A unique and outstanding personality"
Master's student Beybin Elvin Tunç receives this year's DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students.
moreOn the university's roof
The number of photovoltaic systems at the university is growing: more modules at the sports centre and the lecture hall centre will soon be producing environmentally friendly electricity and contribute about five percent to the overall…
moreEen partnerschap die je bij blijft
40 jaar coöperatie tussen de universiteiten van Oldenburg en Groningen: Dankzij de lange samenwerking zijn Groningen en Oldenburgers in de loop der jaren collega's, vrienden en vertrouwelingen geworden - en soms zelfs meer.
moreStudent research on Corona
Around 50 students from five schools have been working on their own projects around the pandemic. The university supports the projects in the teaching profile research@curriculum.
moreLeading the way in virtual learning
Digital learning formats are booming. Chemists at the University of Oldenburg developed practical experiments that can be carried out via the internet in the early 2000s. Now other universities are using these experiments – and demand is…
moreStudy Germany and Europe
Trouble finding courses for the semester abroad? International students of social sciences and humanities who come to Oldenburg are spared this. Instead, the university offers a programme tailor-made for incomings.
more“At the beginning, you need to be patient”
Gustavo Adolfo Leon Montoya has come to appreciate the short distances, nature and peace and quiet of Oldenburg. After two and a half years, the psychology student from Mexico has settled in well and would like to stay.
moreInternational Energy
It is 30 years now since the University of Oldenburg first launched its “Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy”. Around 95 percent of the students on the course come from abroad.
moreThe University in Numbers
16,244
Students
(Winter Semester 2019/20)
222
Professors
(December 2018)
101
Degree Programmes
1,300
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