The University of Oldenburg has cleared the first hurdle in the Excellence Strategy, the successor programme to the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments: The "Hearing4all: Research for personalised treatment of hearing deficits" cluster of excellence proposal has been…

The first step has been successful: 27 graduates of the orientation year for refugees at the University of Oldenburg received their certificates at a ceremony.

With increasing age, all humans eventually become hard of hearing. However, it is known from birds that the cells in the inner ear can regenerate well. Oldenburg researchers have now shown that barn owls can still hear well in old age.

Hurricanes and their consequences are currently omnipresent in the news. Historian Annika Raapke shows how differently people have dealt with hurricanes in different eras. A guest article.

The university provides training? Absolutely! More than 50 apprentices are currently employed in the university's various trades and departments. At the "Job4u" trade fair at the weekend, they presented their professional fields and training content together with their trainers.

Broad and multi-layered promotion of young talent: four Schools invite Master's students, doctoral candidates and postdocs to the second edition of the "Oldenburg School" for the humanities and social sciences. A series of events is open to all interested parties.

16 Nobel Laureates, 360 early-career economists, 66 nations: this was the 6th Lindau Conference of Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences. Two of the coveted places at the conference went to young researchers from the Institute of Economics. An experience report by Mathias Mier.

For the University of Oldenburg, internationalisation is more than just a buzzword. Students and international academics are a particular focus. Esther Ruigendijk, Vice President for Young Academics and International Affairs, talks about a welcoming culture and the best minds.

Qualifying and promoting employees and managers and preparing them for future tasks - that is the aim of the university's personnel and organisational development. It offers a comprehensive development programme for subjects and managers.

Gerhard Schröder, Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005, will speak at the University of Oldenburg on 19 October 2017 to mark the opening of the academic year. He is accepting the invitation from the University and University Society Oldenburg e.V. (UGO).

The "Hyperloop" will one day transport passengers at speeds of up to 1,200 kilometres per hour. Students from the University of Oldenburg and Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences entered their prototype in the "Hyperloop Pod Competition II" initiated by Tesla boss Elon Musk - with success.

The entrepreneur and Honorary Chairman of the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) Dr h. c. Peter Waskönig passed away on 23 August at the age of 85.

The 9th UGO Science Soirée on 17 August once again proved to be a great success. The concept devised by Swea von Mende, 2nd Chair of the UGO, which combines intellectual and culinary enjoyment, provided the 180 or so guests with a productive evening. A picture gallery provides impressions of the…

Migratory birds find their way with astonishing accuracy. But how they determine their east-west position has long been unclear. Now Oldenburg migratory bird expert Henrik Mouritsen and an international team of scientists have shown how reed warblers solve this longitude problem.

Oldenburg postdoc Pamela Rossel is researching hydrothermal vents in the deep sea - not a topic that is easy to communicate. In the project "Once upon a time ... scientific short stories", the geochemist has taken up the challenge.

Is it possible to predict meteorite impacts on Earth? A group of international scientists wants to try to do just that. Together with the European Space Agency ESA, radiation physicist Björn Poppe will set up a corresponding facility at the university.

Janna Bauermeister spent a semester at Mumbai University – one of the largest universities in the world. Hyo-Jei Cho from Seoul is studying for an international Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics in Oldenburg. Two experience reports.

Assessing the state of an ecosystem solely on the basis of short-term changes in the number of different species it contains can lead to false conclusions, a new study by an international team of researchers led by the ecologist Helmut Hillebrand shows. In order to assess ecosystems experts should…

Federal Health Minister Hermann Gröhe visited the University of Oldenburg to find out about new approaches to medical training and medical research. Accompanied by local Member of Parliament Stephan Albani, he visited the School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Jannis Maus is an internationally successful kitesurfer - and a chemistry student from Oldenburg. When

when he's not racing towards his next title with a strong tailwind, he leads a surprisingly

normal student life.