University of Oldenburg cooperates with Bremen University of Applied Sciences

In future, early-career researchers at Bremen University of Applied Sciences will be able to take part in training programmes offered by the Graduate Academy at the University of Oldenburg. This is provided for in a cooperation agreement signed in Oldenburg by the University President, Prof. Dr Babette Simon, and Prof. Dr Karin Luckey, Rector of Bremen University of Applied Sciences.

“Providing excellent support for early-career researchers is a particular priority for the University of Oldenburg. We are delighted that young researchers from Bremen University of Applied Sciences will be able to take advantage of the training programmes offered by our Graduate Academy. This co-operation demonstrates that the North-West Research Region is drawing even closer together in the area of supporting early-career researchers,” explained University President Simon at the signing ceremony. Bremen University of Applied Sciences is the third institution in the region – after Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences and Jade University of Applied Sciences – with which the University of Oldenburg is cooperating on graduate support.

“With around 50 doctoral degree procedures currently underway, Bremen University of Applied Sciences is actively contributing to the promotion of early-career researchers and innovation – including for the region. As one of the strongest research-oriented universities of applied sciences in Germany, Bremen University of Applied Sciences has set itself the goal of creating attractive conditions for early-career researchers. The co-operation with the University of Oldenburg makes a particular contribution to this,” said Luckey.

Since 2011, the Graduate Academy has been coordinating all services relating to interdisciplinary advice, further education and support for early-career researchers across all subjects and qualification levels, in close collaboration with the Graduate Schools in Natural Sciences and Technology (Oltech) and the Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO). In doing so, the Graduate Academy supports doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and junior lecturers in their career development.