Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Limited funds, plenty of competition, tight deadlines and no experience with tenancy agreements: once they’ve been admitted to a degree course, many young people find themselves embarking on the often challenging search for their first…

This week, 17 young people have started their apprenticeships at the university. The range of apprenticeship roles is wide – spanning everything from administration to the skilled trades and laboratory work.

Solar eclipse over Europe: On Wednesday 12 August, this event will also be visible in Oldenburg in the evening. The University, together with its partners, is organising activities around the Utkiek – with the chance to see shooting stars…

The University of Oldenburg is international. Here we introduce people from all over the world who have chosen to come to Oldenburg. The following academics are or have been guests at our university to conduct research on various topics.

Marina Bartels from the Study and Career Counselling Service coordinates the Voluntary Academic Year (FWJ) at the University of Oldenburg. She is particularly keen to ensure that the 20 or so volunteers at the university feel at home.

The rain didn't put off this year's participants at the International Summer Fest. They enjoyed delicacies such as poffertjes and dorayaki, and a programme of stage performances, ranging from Ukrainian folklore to pop-rock from Oldenburg.

Students will often remember, even years later, lecturers whose teaching style had a particularly formative influence on them. Students at the University of Oldenburg can currently nominate outstanding courses for the Teaching Award.

Just three weeks to go until the end of the term: anyone who’d like to liven up their final push in teaching and learning with some live music is invited to concerts by student ensembles almost every day – many of which take place on the…

The four Clusters of Excellence of the Northwest Alliance stand for internationally recognized, cutting-edge research and highly complex topics. An exciting quiz night in Oldenburg proved that these topics can also be entertaining.

The audience experienced a particularly unusual fusion of art and science at the third instalment of the “wissenskunst” series in the University’s Botanical Garden.