With its outstanding start-up culture, the University of Oldenburg has topped the Start-up Radar 2018 organised by the Stifterverband and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation in the medium-sized universities category for the first time. Among the 54 medium-sized universities with up to 15,000 students, it scored 11.7 out of a possible 12 points in four categories, clearly outperforming the next-ranked universities.