Modern lighting in the library and a new roof for the sports centre: In total, the university and the state of Lower Saxony are investing around 850,000 euros in a better energy balance. Something is also happening at Jade University.

It's a lateral move in the middle of the Master's programme, for some a leap in the dark: 275 student teachers at the university are currently completing their practical semester at primary, secondary and intermediate schools in the region. They are now teaching several days a week instead of…

Thesis, application, job interview: The eighth Career Day at the University of Oldenburg will focus on the transition from studies to academic appointments. The job and internship fair will take place on Tuesday, 9 May, from 10:00 to 15:00 in the university's lecture hall centre.

Campus radio has been telling stories from the University of Oldenburg for three years. The team will be presenting some of them in an interactive podcast tour until 30 April.

Office hours for cuddly toys at Oldenburg Children's Hospital: medical students at the university organised a "Teddy Bear Hospital" for the fourth time. The aim was to take away the children's fear of visiting the doctor.

15 art students had themselves photographed in everyday places on campus. The speciality: They have painted their bodies in such a way that they virtually merge with the background.

The university has its own Quidditch team. That's right - the sport known from the magical Harry Potter world and played at lofty heights on flying brooms. But the university athletes stay on the ground.

How can the horror of the Holocaust be made comprehensible to children and young people today? One answer is provided by the "Heimatsucher" project, which is aimed at schools nationwide - and is now being incorporated into teacher training programmes in Oldenburg.

During his visit to the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil paid tribute to the medical training programme. He was given exclusive insights into the degree programme and modern hearing research in the NeSSy research building.

A group of students at Oldenburg University and Hochschule Emden/Leer has a vision: to help design a brand new mode of eco-friendly transport. Their goal is to win the international Hyperloop Pod Competition.

What to do if the landlord doesn't pay back the deposit? And does a tweet about a university event actually fall under freedom of speech? Students seeking advice come to the university's student legal advice centre with these and other questions. Students have been offering this free service since…

Have you ever made your own stationery? Or reconstructed an exchange of letters in radio play format? Letters, once the most important means of communication in the world, are the focus of a student exhibition soiree in the Lecture Hall Centre on Thursday, 9 February.

How can student teachers be best prepared for the reality of the classroom? In the OLE+ project, experts have been developing ideas for modern teacher training at the university for around a year. On 2 February, the team will present to all interested members of the university how far the project…

A university campus with strict gender segregation, white doves on a golden mosque: Matthias Marx, who is studying Marine Environmental Sciences in Oldenburg, gained a wide range of impressions while attending a conference on student research in Qatar. His travel report.

Like school lessons, only more difficult? A degree programme is more. In this interview, Vice President Sabine Kyora talks about research-based learning as a hallmark of the university and its pioneering role in the recognition of prior learning.

The exploration of their second subject has inspired eleven art students at the University of Oldenburg to create a wide range of artistic works. Their exhibition "Zweifach" can be seen in the lecture hall centre until 26 January.

More and more students prefer a single flat to the classic shared flat. Does this trend mean the end of shared flats? We visited students in their own homes and asked experts for their assessment.

Outstanding teaching: A teacher and two historians from the University of Oldenburg have been honoured with the Teaching Prize for their outstanding teaching of content to students at a ceremony.

The EU is once again funding the "European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations". In this interview, consortium member Martin Butler and graduates Saba Al Kuntar and Rueben Okine explain what makes EMMIR so special.

Becoming a consultant? Students of economics and other subjects can try this out and gain a wide range of experience at the student consultancy CARLO. CARLO celebrated its tenth anniversary on Friday.