Pharmacists, biotechnologists, cell biologists and genetic engineers have to work with minimal amounts of liquid. Just one droplet too much or too little makes a striking difference. A new method of dosing now provides a remedy.

Without water, there is no life, and groundwater is the most utilised raw material of all - a very valuable treasure that must be well protected. In the last KinderUni lecture of the year, "Well hidden and vital - groundwater" on Wednesday, 21 September at 4.30 pm, the KinderUni students will become…

The Premier of the South African province of Eastern Cape, Phumulo Masualle, has visited the University of Oldenburg. There has been a partnership with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth for almost 20 years. The universities want to further expand their co-operation -…

Should humans try to cure or eliminate genetic diseases with the help of targeted interventions in the genome? A joint project led by Oldenburg researchers aims to find out what young people think of genome editing methods.

A cruise and personalised travel - how do they go together? The university's latest start-up provides an answer.

The university held a ceremony today to welcome 30 refugees who have enrolled for an orientation year in the winter semester. They are already the second group to take up this opportunity. Over a period of up to three terms, the university will prepare them to undertake specialised studies at a…

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

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science will be funding nine application-orientated research projects from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the future - two of them at the University of Oldenburg.

"Moving young voices" - this is the motto of the 2nd Oldenburg Symposium for Children's and Youth Voices on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 September.

Children's University autumn semester starts on 7 September - advance ticket sales underway

Medicine, biology, teacher training, Computing Science, hearing research: her most recent visit to Oldenburg on Tuesday gave Federal Research Minister Johanna Wanka further insights into the diverse work of the university.

Football and volleyball, table tennis and goal wall shooting: Sports students from the university helped to organise the summer festival of the Lower Saxony Reception Authority (LAB) in Oldenburg with sports activities for refugees.

Bringing history to life: students from the university's Department of Ancient History have researched the historical background of the Olympic Games. Together with pupils from the region, they recently recreated the games of the year 67.

To what extent are the parties immersed in local issues in the local election campaign in Lower Saxony? How do they position themselves in socio-political terms? Three social scientists at the university have created a "map" of the political offerings - including regional differences.

The university has two new high-performance computers. A crane transported the computing cluster's cabinets, which weigh several tonnes, over the roof into the IT services server room in Uhlhornsweg. The new system is one of the most powerful computers in northern Germany.

Success for the Oldenburg project "European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR)": The European Union is funding the European-African Master's degree course for a further five years as part of its ERASMUS MUNDUS excellence programme.

It is not only oceans that store carbon dioxide, which plays a role in global warming, but also tropical river systems. This new building block for understanding the global carbon cycle has now been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Oldenburg marine researcher Jürgen…

All KinderUni fans who have just landed back at school can take off again on Wednesday, 7 September: That's when the KinderUniversität autumn semester kicks off with the lecture "Really taken off - The path to today's aircraft".

The handling of veterinary pharmaceuticals affects us not only as meat consumers, but also as users of water resources. Oldenburg hydrogeologist Victoria Burke analyses residues of veterinary pharmaceuticals from liquid manure in soil and groundwater - as head of a new junior research group.

The “Intercultural Education and Counselling” degree programme at the university still has a few places available for the winter semester: migrants who have started or completed a degree in education or the social sciences in their countries of origin can still apply until the end of the month.