Students artistically depict career paths

Oldenburg. Interviewing female managers about their career paths and presenting what they say in an artistic way - this is the task that students from the Universities of Oldenburg and Lüneburg and the Jade University of Applied Sciences devoted themselves to…

Great success for teacher training at the University of Oldenburg: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the BioPOL+ concept with around 4 million euros. The approach developed in Oldenburg for the practical training of teachers convinced the commission of the "Teacher…

A human-sized robot with special abilities and two innovative IT solutions for companies: Three start-ups from the university have been awarded an EXIST start-up grant at the same time. Another success for start-up support on campus.

Will I be a good teacher? This is a question that every trainee teacher should ask themselves, says Business Education specialist Günter Siehlmann. Coaching can help with this. Siehlmann explains how this works and why he would like to see such coaching for all trainee teachers at a conference for…

What happens to the sensitive ecology of the coast as Europe grows ever closer together? What problems will arise and how can they be solved? Oldenburg researchers are looking for the answers at the newly established Jean Monnet Centre "Europeanising Coastal Regions".

University Society honours long-standing members.

Last lecture with big raffle at the end of the KinderUni year

Studying history in a different way: instead of analysing historical texts, students at the University of Oldenburg have been involved in archaeological excavations. They explain what they discovered in the process in the book "In search of clues with excavator and paintbrush - archaeological…

Board elects physical chemistry expert as Vice President for one year

Engineering sciences also made it into the top ten.

Young students can find out how we taste and smell at the KinderUni lecture "Chemistry is when it tastes good" on 9 September. Prof Verena Pietzner from the Institute of Chemistry has prepared some exciting experiments.

"Myth, Heritage, Annoyance - 500 Years of Reformation" was the title of one of six short lectures at the centre of the 7th Science Soirée of the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) on 3 September. More than 200 UGO members took part in the event.

The KinderUniversität Oldenburg got off to a lively and above all sporty start to its autumn semester. Around 450 children were captivated by the lecture "Adventure in competitive sport" with movement scientist Jörg Schorer in the lecture theatre centre. The young students themselves were also in…

If it gets even warmer in the tropics as a result of climate change, will this affect the plant species there? Apparently the opposite is true for most pineapple plants, as the Oldenburg biologist Lilian-Lee Müller discovered. The surprising result of her research concerns up to 3000 species.

"Music and well-being" is at the centre of a scientific conference being hosted by the University of Oldenburg in co-operation with the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM) from 11 to 13 September.

Here we go: On Wednesday, 2 September, the Audimax of the Hörsaalzentrum will once again belong to Oldenburg's KinderUni students. Together with sports scientist Prof Dr Jörg Schorer, the eight to twelve-year-olds will embark on the "adventure of competitive sport".

What "music and well-being" have to do with each other - from goosebumps to cognitive benefits for stroke patients - is the subject of a specialist conference at the university on the second weekend in September. Host Gunter Kreutz in an interview.

The University of Oldenburg and the district of Oldenburg are planning a university contact centre at the district administration in Wildeshausen as a point of contact for prospective students from the region. A letter of intent to this effect was signed today by the President of the University of…

Bringing designers and product developers together with potential users of their products in a creative atmosphere: That is the aim of the first prototype party at the university. Students and young scientists are also invited to get feedback for their product ideas.

More professorships, more grants, more projects: With its growing success, the University of Oldenburg is reaching its spatial limits. Jörg Stahlmann, Vice President for Administration, talks about state regulations - and solutions.