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PrizePapers Top News History

A new take on European expansion

Historian Dagmar Freist recently presented the Prize Papers Project at the Spanish Embassy in London. In this interview, she talks about captured galleons, secret trade networks, slavery, and moving letters that never reached their destination.

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Bremen Cooperation EXU Excellence Strategy University Top News Higher Education Policy

Looking Ahead Together

For the second time, the Academic Senates from Bremen and Oldenburg met together. At the meeting, which took place at the HWK Delmenhorst, the university executive boards discussed the further strategy in the competition for the title of excellence.

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University Top News

Nobel Prize in 3D

Ninety years have passed since Carl von Ossietzky, after whom the university is named, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The University Library is displaying an innovative 3D scan of his Nobel Prize medal on its website to mark the occasion.

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Top News Philosophy

Rebellious thinking

The world-renowned philosopher Hannah Arendt died fifty years ago today. In this essay, Oldenburg philosopher Matthias Bormuth examines Arendt’s views on independent thinking as a prerequisite for democracy.

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University Medicine Top News

Detecting antibiotic resistance more reliably

Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods when testing bacteria for resistance to reserve antibiotics.

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Top News Teacher Education

How physics lessons become an experience

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 namesake and Nobel Prize winner Klaus von Klitzing. 

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Top News Marine Sciences Marine Science

Biodiversity in the Wadden Sea: DynaCom project enters final phase

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

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Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

The ocean in equations

Geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz has been awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize for Early Career Researchers. She translates microscopic processes in the oceans into mathematical equations – and incorporates them into global Earth System Models.

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Campus Life Botanical garden

Peacocks, plants and paperwork

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 means for the garden and why the seed exchange platform Index Seminum is so important.

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Sustainability Campus Life

Campus ecology: buzzing and blooming

The University of Oldenburg contributes to environmental protection and species conservation in many ways. Making its campuses more nature-friendly is also on the agenda, with numerous projects already underway.

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Campus Life Studying

Valuable feedback for teaching

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

 

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Campus Life Culture

How a campus pub became the Unikum

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 a wide range of cultural events on its two stages – by students and for students.

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Campus Life Art

We (all) are the people

The installation We (all) are the people by renowned conceptual artist Hans Haacke hangs from the bridge near the lecture hall centre. PhD art student Timo Merten brought it to Oldenburg to encourage reflection on the concepts it contains.

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Campus Life Landingpage [Entdecken] Persönliches

“You are stronger than you think”

After almost a year at the university, Kavana Manjunatha, a biology student from India, has settled in well and is looking forward to what comes next.

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Campus Life Dutch Studies

Hans Beelen awarded Dutch Order of Merit

Hans Beelen is passionate about the Dutch language. After 38 years as a lecturer at the University of Oldenburg he is now retiring – and has been awarded an honour for outstanding personal achievement by the Dutch royal family.

 

 

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Research EXU Campus Life

Northwest Alliance promotes research collaborations

With the “NoW – Northwest Alliance Research Fund,” the partnership between the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg aims to intensify scientific collaboration between the two institutions. Researchers can apply for up to 20,000 euros in…

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Campus Life

'Everything is easier with friends'

Making friends, getting organised and on top of that getting your work done: teacher training student Marco Bessert reveals how to make your first semester a success.

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Klimaschutz Campus Life

University awarded cycle-friendly employer certification

The University of Oldenburg is now officially a "cycle-friendly employer".  It has been awarded a certificate by the General National Cyclists' Association (ADFC) in recognition of its measures to promote cycling on campus. 

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Study in Oldenburg

Degree Programmes

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

 

Degree Programmes A-Z

Accomodation and Living

New to our university, but no idea where to live? We provide an overview of accommodation, recreational and cultural offerings.

 

Campus Life

Application

Each degree programme has a specific application process and requires certain documents and qualifications. You can find detailed information here.

 

Application Portal

Newly appointed at the university

Who is new in which subject?
An overview of newly appointed professors in chronological order.

Cyrus Khandanpour

Internal Medicine, specialising in Oncology and Haematology

Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Neurologie, Arzt
Maximilian Jonas Wessel

Neuromodulation in Neurology

Kai Siedenburg

Systematic Musicology

Martin Bleichner

Translational Psychology

Sonja Pyott

Cellular Communication in Neurosensory Systems

Mandy Roheger

Outpatient Assessment in Psychology

Chih-Hong Cheng

Safety and Explainability of Learning Systems

 

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Peter Eppinger

International Economics

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International researchers in Oldenburg

International students in Oldenburg:
"It feels like a second home"

Your Campus! Your Doctorate! Your Academic Career! 

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