Ten out of 13 restaurants tested in Oldenburg have good to very good room acoustics: this is the initial result of a study conducted by physics students at the University of Oldenburg. Their ongoing investigation will be presented at the 40th Annual German Conference on Acoustics, which is currently…

Afraid of the blank page? How to get started? How to overcome writer's block? Questions about content and research, structure and presentation? In the second "Long Night of (Postponed) Seminar Papers", students receive support with their work projects.

The shell of the Student Service Centre (SSC) is finished. The SSC brings together all counselling facilities for students on four floors - until now, these facilities were spread across the campus.

How must university operations be organised in order to master future social challenges? This is the central question of the university's first sustainability report, which lists previous activities relating to sustainability - and identifies points for discussion.

Game makes climate negotiations tangible

University President Prof Dr Babette Simon and Vice President Prof Dr Gunilla Budde awarded 104 Deutschlandstipendien to students at a ceremony. The funding not only benefits the recipients, but also strengthens the north-west region.

Whether LipDub or campus radio: in the area of specialisation "Project management for students of the humanities, cultural and social sciences", projects are created that are also perceived beyond the confines of the university.

Oldenburg Declaration on the Promotion of Advanced Scientific Training for Older People

Students get together and set up a campus radio station. Their goal: to broadcast live programmes on a regular basis. Now they are looking for fellow campaigners - and will be presenting themselves and their project at the freshers' welcome at the Infomarkt

(7 October).

Destructions, emotions - works of art: students from the Institute of Art and Visual Culture investigated the aesthetic quality of deformations. Their works can now be seen in the "deconstruction circus" exhibition in Oldenburg. An interview with Kim Triebe and Alina Edelmann.

More than 60 experts discuss diversity issues at a conference organised by the Institute of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation.

All students, academics and employees of the University of Oldenburg who are interested in starting their own business are invited to promote their own business idea at the Entrepreneurship Spring School. It will take place on 13/14 June at The Smart House Oldenburg and is organised by the…

Experience everyday university life, get a taste of seminars and find out all about studying - pupils, school leavers and other interested parties have this opportunity at the University Information Day (HIT) on Friday, 31 May. The event is organised by the Central Student Advisory Service.

What are good study conditions? And what is it like to study at the University of Oldenburg? In this interview, Gunilla Budde, Vice President for Studies and Teaching, explains why good teaching must constantly evolve and what the challenges of the future are.

"Mathematical Problem Solving and Proving - A Journey of Discovery into Mathematics" is the title of the new book by Prof. Dr Daniel Grieser, university lecturer in mathematics with a focus on analysis. On Tuesday, 7 May at 6.15 pm, he will present the book to interested laypeople on the…

German-Turkish composers will be the guests of the university's composers' colloquium "Music of our Time" on six concert evenings. Jazz musician and producer Mehmet Ergin will kick things off on Friday, 19 April at 6 p.m. in the Chamber Music Hall (Haarentor campus, Building A 11).

Overcrowded lecture theatres? Bulimia learning? As much input as possible and the best possible "reproduction competence"? There is another way, as a seminar at the University of Oldenburg's "Research-based learning in focus (FLiF)" project shows. By Amrei Ochner

"Pause for a moment. The theatre in the field of tension between society, market and art", Markus Müller, General Director of the Oldenburg State Theatre, will open the public series of lectures of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus, Building A 14, Lecture…

The offshore wind study programme started for the first time in Oldenburg in October 2012. The 24 participants in the programme, which is the only one of its kind in the world, are about to graduate. Those interested can apply for the next programme.

"Murder game and high politics. Women as victims - women as perpetrators. A reading journey through the centuries" - this is the title of a reading for International Women's Day on Friday, 8 March, 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., in the Unikum at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus).