The University of Oldenburg and the Jade University of Applied Sciences want to jointly increase the number and quality of start-ups from the universities. The two universities agreed this today with the signing of a cooperation agreement.

The university's Graduate Academy is opening up to young academics from the Jade University of Applied Sciences. This is regulated by a cooperation agreement that was signed today.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has honoured the University of Oldenburg with the "E-Quality" seal of quality. With this award, the DAAD recognises special merits and achievements in the ERASMUS programme.

The University of Oldenburg today opened a central point of contact for those interested in setting up a business at regional universities in the form of the Start-up and Innovation Centre (GIZ). Lower Saxony's Science Minister Prof Dr Johanna Wanka was among the guests.

Further funding for the "Science and Technology" Graduate School: OLTECH receives further funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) until 2014.

So far, friends and sponsors have donated three million euros to the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen (EMS) project. The university has now thanked them with an event. The EMS starts on 1 October this year.