Prospective teachers learn how to tend a school garden on the Haarentor campus. The "Campusacker" project, led by educationalist Ines Oldenburg, aims to help bring education for sustainable development into schools.

A team led by marine researcher Oliver Wurl is travelling the Atlantic on the research vessel Meteor. Four team members talk about life on board, the top millimetre of the ocean and working with a television crew.

An international initiative aims to raise awareness of the fact that rankings do not capture all of an institution's strengths. Now, the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have joined the initiative together.

The German Research Foundation is funding the „DynaDeep” project by Oldenburg hydrogeologist Gudrun Massmann with around five million euros for a further four years. A large part of the research will take place on Spiekeroog.

Converting residential neighbourhoods to renewable energies is an important component of the energy transition. Researchers led by Astrid Nieße have investigated how this can be achieved in the "Future Energy Lab".

More rain in the winter, droughts in the summer: the climate is changing in the north-west of Lower Saxony. In the WAKOS project, environmental and social science researchers from Oldenburg are investigating ways to adapt to these changes.

Astor Piazzolla's opera "María de Buenos Aires" first appeared on stage almost 60 years ago - it is still regarded as an homage to tango today. Now students from the University and the University of the Arts Bremen are performing the piece together.

The University of Oldenburg is committed to promoting good health among students and employees. In this interview, Tim Wohlann and Leon Hoffmann explain the role of the Employee and Student Health Management Services.

The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg want to move into the future as a University Excellence Consortium. The two universities submitted their letter of intent to the German Science and Humanities Council today.

If a self-driving car behaves differently in a classic dilemma situation than test subjects would, this discrepancy becomes visible in brain activity. Researchers from the Department of Psychology have now been able to demonstrate this.

The Lecture Centre is currently all about research during studies: students can present their research results to an interdisciplinary and sometimes even international audience at two conferences.

Delicious food, a great atmosphere and a variety of acts on stage - that was the International Summer Fest 2025 at the University of Oldenburg! Here you find a selection of pictures.

The CERM-ESA education research project brings students from African countries and researchers from Oldenburg together. Two participants talk about their experiences – and about how their time in Oldenburg has inspired their research.

A new study shows: The birth of a child has little overall influence on parents' concerns about environmental and climate issues – however, mothers and fathers show different developments in their concerns after the birth.

Oldenburg and Groningen are consolidating their cooperation in the field of health research under the umbrella of the Cross-Border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention with a new cooperation agreement.

Five years ago, the universities of Oldenburg and Groningen decided on their roadmap for cooperation during the current decade - at this year's meeting of the two presidential boards, the focus was now on the mid-term evaluation.

All three top research projects that applied in the Excellence Competition have been approved. The Clusters of Excellence Hearing4all, NaviSense and OceanFloor focus on hearing research, animal navigation and marine research.

All three dissertation prizes awarded by the OLB Foundation as part of the OLB Science Prize go to the University of Oldenburg. Prizes were awarded for work in the fields of environmental sciences, medical technology and physics.

The university's central library has been fitted with a new, particularly efficient ventilation system. The measure is part of the "WärmewendeNordwest" project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Exercise keeps you fit - but balance can be impaired after intensive physical activity. Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg want to counteract this dilemma.