It is the central point of contact for students and university employees interested in starting a business: the University's Start-up and Innovation Centre. In order to continue its success story in the long term, the centre is now reorganising itself financially and structurally.

A human-sized robot with special abilities and two innovative IT solutions for companies: Three start-ups from the university have been awarded an EXIST start-up grant at the same time. Another success for start-up support on campus.

If it gets even warmer in the tropics as a result of climate change, will this affect the plant species there? Apparently the opposite is true for most pineapple plants, as the Oldenburg biologist Lilian-Lee Müller discovered. The surprising result of her research concerns up to 3000 species.

Bringing designers and product developers together with potential users of their products in a creative atmosphere: That is the aim of the first prototype party at the university. Students and young scientists are also invited to get feedback for their product ideas.

She wants to know how different animal species adapt to their environment and at what cost: Australian Dr Gabrielle Miller is conducting research as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

Nine young women and ten young men started their training at the University of Oldenburg this week.

Whether someone is doing a doctorate in chemistry or social sciences: "Many phases between euphoria and a deep valley are similar," says Linda Jauch, Managing Director of the Graduate Academy. In this interview, she and Vice President Bernd Siebenhüner talk about the interdisciplinary promotion of…

Rea Kodalle, sports sociologist at the University of Oldenburg, is the new coordinator of the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO) at the University of Oldenburg.

Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs for short, are changing university teaching worldwide. They go far beyond online courses or lecture recordings. How useful is their use at German universities? An article by Oldenburg economist Christoph Böhringer.

International award for a young scientist from Oldenburg: Antonietta De Sio from the "Ultrafast Nano-Optics" working group at the Institute of Physics has received the "Tingye Li Innovation Prize", endowed with 3,000 US dollars, in San José, California.

An academic CV in the fast lane: Munich geoscientist Xiaoxiang Zhu has been awarded this year's Helene Lange Prize by the EWE Foundation and the university for her outstanding achievements in research and teaching.

Rethinking education without abandoning the tried and tested: On the initiative of the University of Oldenburg, experts discussed the educational mission of the university at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover. An interview with the Rector of the University of Siegen and Vice President of the German…

Is our education system too rigid, too sluggish? On the initiative of the University of Oldenburg, experts will be holding a discussion at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover on 19 May. An interview with initiator Katharina Al-Shamery, acting president, about the aims and background to the event.

Processors in computers and mobile phones contain billions of tiny switches: transistors. Can't get any smaller? It is possible, and more than a thousand times faster, says physicist Martin Silies. He convinced the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with his idea of an optical transistor and…

The University Society's (UGO) "Impulse Forum" is intended to serve as a door opener to the university for young managers from business, culture and administration. Conversely, it is an opportunity for young academics to network in the region.