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The picture shows visitors to the International Summer Fest. They are walking around, standing at the stands, chatting or eating and drinking. A chain with different national flags hangs above the square.
Campus Life International affairs

International Summer Fest 2025

Delicious food, a great atmosphere and a variety of acts on stage - that was the International Summer Fest 2025 at the University of Oldenburg! Here…

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The picture shows a group of DAAD scholarship holders. Malve von Möllendorff and Karsten Speck are standing with them in front of a university building, all smiling at the camera. There are ten people in total.
Campus Life Educational Sciences International affairs

Inspiration through exchange

The CERM-ESA education research project brings students from African countries and researchers from Oldenburg together. Two participants talk about…

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Top News Social Sciences

Does the birth of a child change parents' environmental concerns?

A new study shows: The birth of a child has little overall influence on parents' concerns about environmental and climate issues – however, mothers…

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Die vier genannen Personen tragen Anzüge und sitzen nebeneinander an einem Tisch. Jouke de Vries signiert. Im Hintergrund hängen vier bunte Bilder.
University Medicine Top News Health Services Research

An important step for cross-border healthcare research

Oldenburg and Groningen are consolidating their cooperation in the field of health research under the umbrella of the Cross-Border Institute of…

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Presidential Board Top News Cooperations

Presidential boards take stock of the Roadmap 2020-2030 at mid-term

Five years ago, the universities of Oldenburg and Groningen decided on their roadmap for cooperation during the current decade - at this year's…

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Excellence Strategy Top News

Excellence Strategy: University celebrates sensational success

All three top research projects that applied in the Excellence Competition have been approved. The Clusters of Excellence Hearing4all, NaviSense and…

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Blick auf den Meeresboden, wo die Mikroben weiße, schwarze und orangefarbene Flächen bilden, die wie kleine Vulkankegen aussehen.
Research Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

Why so many microbes fail to grow in the lab

Microbial ecosystems have tipping points where even small perturbations are enough to cause a collapse, according to a new study. Tom Clegg and Thilo…

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Top News Philosophy

Needs and justice

Philosopher Alexander Max Bauer investigates to what extent people's needs must be covered in order for the society to perceive a distribution of…

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Excellence Strategy Campus Life

Preparations in full swing

Dörte Dannemann is "University of Excellence Coordination Officer " in the Structural Planning and Development Unit, where she is coordinating the…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

New fish species discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers led by Oscar Puebla have described a new species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The brightly patterned creature, Hypoplectrus espinosai,…

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Portrait of Daniel Kristanto. He is wearing glasses and holding a model of a brain. A skeleton stands in the background.
University Medicine Top News Neuroscience

Every brain is unique

Dr Daniel Kristanto wants to know what goes on in the human brain – not brains in general, but each individual brain. The University is now funding…

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Campus Life International affairs

Share concerns, solve problems, find friends

The University does many things to make settling in easier for international students in Oldenburg. Intercultural facilitators listen to their…

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Excellence Strategy Top News People Marine Sciences

Sinikka Lennartz awarded Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

For the first time, the most prestigious award for early-career researchers goes to an Oldenburg scientist: geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz receives the…

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Research Top News Social Sciences Hearing Research

Cooperation with Israeli universities

Two projects in the fields of hearing research and political science have received funding from the state of Lower Saxony. The focus is on the…

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University Medicine Top News Medical ethics

How does time affect medical decisions?

Time plays an important role in medical decisions at different stages of life. The German Research Foundation is funding research into these…

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The image shows a microscopic picture of a coronavirus. Its spike proteins can also be recognised.
Top News Social Sciences

How the Covid-19 pandemic has affected political trust

The first coronavirus lockdown was imposed five years ago. A new study by sociologist Gundula Zoch shows that political trust has changed…

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Campus Life Material Culture History

Between emotions and reason – war in museums

Museum researcher Christopher Sommer studies how museums represent wars and how this is perceived by visitors. His research reveals that there is…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

Sulfur bacteria team up to break down substances in the seabed

The metabolic strategies of certain sulfur bacteria have been decoded for the first time. A study in the journal Science Advances reports that the…

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Research Excellence Strategy Top News Physics Biology

Watching electron motion in solids

The rapid movements of electrons in solids or molecules can be analysed much more easily than before thanks to a development by researchers in…

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Research Climate protection Top News Economics

The dilemma of climate policy

Governments are guided by ethical principles when it comes to climate protection, while cost-benefit considerations take priority for their citizens,…

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