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Three students and a lecturer are standing at the anatomage, a large screen table on which body parts can be displayed.
University of Oldenburg / Daniel Schmidt
University Medicine Top News

125 million euros for university medicine

The current budget plans of the state government allow the University Medicine Oldenburg to plan reliably for the future. They secure the expansion of student numbers and the construction of much-needed buildings.

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A student and two girls stand around a table tennis table painted yellow, all holding brushes and painting the playing fields white on the table.
Research Top News Teacher Education

Learning without realising it

Shortly before the holidays, a project at the Institute of Educational Sciences made several primary schools in the region more colourful and gave students valuable practical experience. The focus was on community service, sustainability and creativity.

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These people are standing in front of the state parliament in Hanover. Behind them are banners of the Landfrauen and the campaign Ärztinnen und Ärzte fallen nicht vom Himmel - and a floating doctor's coat.
University of Oldenburg / Andrea Seifert
University Medicine Top News

19,643-fold support for University Medicine Oldenburg

Together with their supporters from business and society, representatives of University Medicine Oldenburg presented the region's demand for more medical study places to Minister Falko Mohrs.

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The picture shows Renke Schütte. He is sitting opposite the interviewer and looking at him. He is sitting in front of a window with a glass of tea in front of him.
University of Oldenburg
Campus Life School V

Above the clouds

Diplom-Ingenieur Renke Schütte is IT Coordinator at School V and heads the "Laboratory Supply" and "Presentation Technology" departments within BI. A colourful portfolio that, unlike his hobby, doesn't make him stand out.

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participate@UOL / University of Oldenburg
Top News Studying

Where we like to learn and learn well

The Day of Teaching and Learning is all about "learning spaces of the future". Co-organiser Susanne Haberstroh talks about spaces for experimenting away from the natural sciences, virtual campus extensions - and her own favourite places to learn.

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Portrait of Hanin Karawani with Humboldt scarf.
University of Oldenburg / Matthias Knust
Hearing Research Excellence Strategy Research Top News International affairs

Research goal: good hearing for longer

Hanin Karawani Khoury normally conducts her research at the University of Haifa in Israel.. Now the hearing scientist is spending a year at the University of Oldenburg on a Humboldt Research Fellowship

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Transfer Bremen Cooperation Top News International affairs

Start-up support with international appeal

The aim of the "Lighthouse Northwest – Shining across Borders" project is to connect the existing start-up support in Lower Saxony and Brement and to create a seamless start-up journey through complementary offers. The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg received funding approval from Robert…

more: Start-up support with international appeal
Markus Hibbeler
Anniversary Campus Life International affairs

International Summer Fest 2024

An intercultural marketplace, delicious food, music, dance, theatre and open-air performances on the festival stage – that was the International Summer Fest 2024.

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Image of a boulder in the Atlantic at a depth of 560 metres. On the rocks are brittle stars and crinoids, important organisms in the deep-sea ecosystem.
MARUM - Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Excellence Strategy Research Top News Marine Sciences

"One feels like a true explorer"

The oceans are home to much of the planet's biodiversity. They have a major influence on our climate and provide food for billions of people. To mark World Oceans Day, researchers from Oldenburg and Bremen report on why their research is important.

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Markus Hibbeler
Campus Life

Complete success for the university running team at the Brunnenlauf

For the third time in a row, Team UNIted won the challenge cup for the largest company team. The runners were also fast: they took several first and third places - as well as second place in the overall standings.

more: Complete success for the university running team at the Brunnenlauf
View into the sky, in the foreground a computer cabinet hangs from a crane, in the background trees and the A1 building with a dove of peace, on the right the round wall of the lecture theatre centre still protrudes into the picture.
University of Oldenburg / Stefan Harfst
Buildings Sustainability Campus Life

Sustainable heating for the campus

The university is using heat energy more efficiently: It recovers waste heat from its computer centre, saving 100 tonnes of CO2 per year, making it one of the few universities in Germany to do so.

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The picture shows Mario Dunkel. He stands outside the lecture hall centre and smiles into the camera.
Daniel Schmidt / University of Oldenburg
Top News Music

Music is always political

Pop music can normalise populism, says musicologist Mario Dunkel. In the following interview he explains how this happens and what it means – for music lessons in schools and for the upcoming European elections.

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Research Top News History

Unpack and marvel

A 200-year-old knitted sweater from the Faroe Islands discovered in the Prize Papers Project has made headlines around the world. How come? And what else did the researchers discover when they opened four parcels for the first time?

more: Unpack and marvel
The picture shows the flag of diversity with the slogan "We fly the flag for diversity" and the logo of the University of Oldenburg.
University of Oldenburg / Daniel Schmidt
Diversity Campus Life

Diversity Day 2024 at the University of Oldenburg

The focus of this year's Diversity Day at the university is the entrance examination as an alternative route to university entrance qualification.

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Markus Hibbeler
University Medicine Top News

Impending lack of space: Lectures in the open air

With a staged lecture, the School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences has drawn attention to the impending lack of space. Despite rising student numbers in medicine, the green light for a teaching building has not been given.

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Top News Social Sciences

Human dignity in times of multiple crises

The Basic Law was promulgated on 23 May 1949. 75 years later, what is the status of human dignity, which is enshrined as a fundamental norm in the very first article? A guest article by political scientist Tonio Oeftering.

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The picture shows an open book. It is the last page of the Basic Law with the three signatures. The bookmark is a ribbon in the colours black, red and gold.
Federal Government / Burkhard Peter
Top News Social Sciences

Tool for the protection of democracy

Our democracy is under pressure and must defend itself against its opponents. The Basic Law plays a central role in this, writes political scientist Christina-Marie Juen in her guest article on the 75th anniversary of the constitution.

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Excellence Strategy Research Top News Marine Sciences

Biodiversity: A tale of change

Thousand-year-old sediments from the Atlantic Ocean show how biodiversity in the oceans could develop with climate change. A team from Bremen and Oldenburg is conducting joint research - also to better assess how to protect marine life in the future.

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The picture shows Martin Butler and Mario Dunkel. Butler gesticulates while explaining something. Dunkel looks to the interviewer.
University of Oldenburg / Daniel Schmidt
Top News Music English and American Studies

Election campaign bluster and jazz

What does the US sound like? This intriguing question and its many facets will soon be the subject of a conference at the university. Americanist Martin Butler and musicologist Mario Dunkel share their observations.

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In the background, a laptop on which the website of an online shop can be seen indistinctly, in the foreground a hand holding a mobile phone on which an encrypted password has been entered.
AdobeStock / khunkornStudio
Top News University workplace

More security for the university network

Two-factor authentication will soon be introduced at the university - a necessary step to protect computer systems from unwanted intruders.

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