On 15 July 2019, the German Council of Science and Humanities assessed the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen (EMS) model degree programme in human medicine as an "impressive range of courses" that had been "convincingly implemented". The highest scientific advisory body called on the state to further expand the programme. It praised the strong research in neurosensory science and the excellent hearing research. Focussing on the still young field of care research is "strategically sensible and can be expanded". This successful evaluation was an important step on the way to the planned minimum of 200 study places per year.

The University of Oldenburg and its four cooperating hospitals (Klinikum Oldenburg, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Pius-Hospital Oldenburg and Karl-Jaspers-Klinik) have been training doctors since 2012. Initially with 40 first-year students, 120 now start their medical studies in Oldenburg every year. From the winter semester 2026/27, the number of first-year students will increase to 200 per year. This will be possible because University Medicine Oldenburg will receive an additional 125 million euros until 2028.