On 31 January 2025, the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg laid the foundation stone for the Northwest Alliance - a strategic partnership that aims to develop the northwest of Germany into a leading science and innovation region.

The numerous scientific and non-scientific institutions in the Northwest, with which both universities are already connected, as well as the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, which has acted as a link between the universities for more than 25 years, play a central role in this. The Alliance also sees itself as part of the international community, in close partnership with the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands) in particular, with which both universities have been cooperating for decades. The Northwest Alliance thus not only connects the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony, but also represents a strong international network in a European border region.

Further information can be found here https://northwest-alliance.de/