In future, a high-calibre Board of Trustees will advise the Presidential Board of the University of Oldenburg on forward-looking issues relating to the development of the European Medical School.

For the fourth time in a row, the university has been awarded the "Family-Friendly University" certificate. It is awarded for three years at a time by berufundfamilien gGmbH, an initiative of the Hertie Foundation. But how has the project developed at the University of Oldenburg? Here is an…

In future, young academics at Bremen University of Applied Sciences will be able to take part in qualification programmes offered by the University of Oldenburg's Graduate Academy. This is provided for in a cooperation agreement signed by University President Prof Dr Babette Simon and Prof Dr Karin…

40 years of the University of Oldenburg: At the start of the anniversary celebrations, President Babette Simon talks about challenges and prospects, about "sustainable society" as a topic, the support of the region - and about what is typical of the University of Oldenburg.

The newly founded Scientific Advisory Board of the Didactic Centre (diz) has held its inaugural meeting at the university. The committee is based on a recommendation from the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony, which evaluated the diz in 2011.

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg has two new Deans: in future, the medical doctor Prof. Dr Erik Harms, Director of the University Children's Hospital in Münster until 2008, and the former State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science, Dr Josef…

"Faith and Education" is the title of the book by Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, and the Oldenburg educational scientist Prof Dr Klaus Zierer, which will be published in April. We are publishing an article from it in advance - in which Zierer sheds light on the changing…

For three years, the pilot project "Open University", led by Prof Dr Anke Hanft, focused on the question of how to make it easier for working people to study. The project presented the results at a final conference.

The idea for the Smart House Oldenburg was born when Oldenburg was "City of Science 2009". After two years of construction, the House of Science was inaugurated in the city centre. The theme of 'climate and energy' is at the centre of the events.

The international Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy (PPRE) was launched at the University of Oldenburg back in 1987 - one of the world's first Master's programmes for renewable energies. This special degree programme is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a large festive programme.

The University of Oldenburg has a new School: School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been established with the appointment of the founding dean by the Presidential Board.

Over the next three years, the University of Oldenburg will be supporting partner universities in Jordan, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt in the introduction of Master's degree programmes in business informatics.

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.