A team of researchers at the University Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy is currently looking for test subjects to find out how ADHD patients can be helped in adulthood.

Robots that come close to human behaviour and one day even subjugate us - is this something from Hollywood or is the advancement of artificial intelligence actually a threat to humanity? Five experts tackled this question at the Oldenburg Castle Talks.

University organises first nationwide conference for researching students / Submission of contributions now open

Disability Studies and Rehabilitation degree programme in Dohuk secured for another two years

Supporting particularly talented and committed young people in their studies for a year - that is the aim of the Deutschlandstipendien. 48 students at the university are receiving the funding this academic year.

Syrian Feras Karakit, a doctoral candidate at the University of Oldenburg, has been awarded the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) prize for his above-average academic achievements and voluntary work at the university.

Accepting refugees, maintaining the swimming pool or the location of the new kindergarten - local elected representatives shape politics in cities and municipalities. Political scientist Markus Tepe wants to take a closer look at the factors that play a role in their election and participation.

The University of Oldenburg and the City of Oldenburg are intensifying their cooperation in academic start-up support. Mayor Jürgen Krogmann and University President Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper signed a cooperation agreement to this effect.

What do climate-related increases in rainfall mean for a region that lies one third below sea level? How can and must it adapt its drainage management? These questions are the driving force behind a new research project at the university.

"Freiheitsraum Reformation", a co-operation project between the University of Oldenburg and partners from culture, science and society to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, will receive further funding in the coming year.

Corporal punishment in school sports, Aristotle's reflections on drunkenness or the colourful world of "Lolita": using examples like these, experts from Japan and Germany analysed the development of self-images and world views at the University of Oldenburg.

Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, Prestige - how does nature manage to recover from such immense interventions? Scientists have known for some time that bacteria play a key role here. Oldenburg researchers have now discovered how these microorganisms manage to clean their environment.

Prof Dr Wolfgang Nebel, Professor of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg and Chairman of the Board of the affiliated Institute OFFIS, is a new member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).

Who wouldn't sometimes like to be able to split up and be in several places at the same time? Jellyfish can do this: reproduce, for example, by simply cutting off parts from which a new individual then emerges. Biology student Anneke Heins got to the bottom of the strategies of one particular…

What does the transition from autumn to winter sound like? On Thursday, university students will present their interpretations of the seasonal change under the title "Autumn Leaves - Concert between the Seasons".

He has been its new president since 1 August, and on Friday the university formally inaugurated him: The medical scientist Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper will steer the fortunes of the University of Oldenburg for the next six years.

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies (ZFG) at the University of Oldenburg invites you to the 5th Gender Research Day on Friday, 27 November.

They are the best lecturers at the University of Oldenburg: eight lecturers from various Schools have been honoured with the Teaching Award for the 2014/15 academic year.

Diplom physicist Dr Daniel Nickelsen received the University Society's 2015 Science Award for his outstanding doctorate at the University of Oldenburg.

At its 2015 Annual General Meeting, the Oldenburg University Society draws a positive balance - over 1,100 members