The German Research Foundation is funding a new research group at the university. The DynaDeep project, led by hydrogeologist Gudrun Massmann, is…

How do molecular catalysts – molecules which can trigger or accelerate certain chemical reactions – function, and what effects do they have? Chemical…

Prof. Dr. Ralph Bruder (57) will be the new President of the University. The Senate has voted unanimously for the director of the Institute of Human…

The number of photovoltaic systems at the university is growing: more modules at the sports centre and the lecture hall centre will soon be producing…

How can virtual reality help to better investigate complex auditory processes? This is what Oldenburg researchers are investigating in three projects…

From a South Pacific expedition, a research team led by geoscientist Torben Struve brought back a research object which had travelled far before and…

40 jaar coöperatie tussen de universiteiten van Oldenburg en Groningen: Dankzij de lange samenwerking zijn Groningen en Oldenburgers in de loop der…

The Universities of Groningen and Oldenburg have been cooperating for 40 years. In an interview, the two presidents Jouke de Vries and Hans Michael…

Turbulence is an omnipresent phenomenon – and one of the great mysteries of physics. A research team from Oldenburg has now succeeded in generating…

Around 50 students from five schools have been working on their own projects around the pandemic. The university supports the projects in the teaching…

Digital learning formats are booming. Chemists at the University of Oldenburg developed practical experiments that can be carried out via the internet…

When the number of people infected with the corona virus rose dramatically in spring, many people did not seek medical care. Here, health care…

Trouble finding courses for the semester abroad? International students of social sciences and humanities who come to Oldenburg are spared this.…

Political education often leads a niche existence. The German reunification offers a good opportunity to demonstrate the achievements of democracy,…

Almost 4,000 robotic floats drift through the world's oceans in the international Argo programme. Using new optical measuring methods, the robots will…

Gustavo Adolfo Leon Montoya has come to appreciate the short distances, nature and peace and quiet of Oldenburg. After two and a half years, the…

What is stronger? The branches of trees in tropical rainforests or the roots of the plants that grow on them? To find out, biologists Helena Einzmann…

To monitor emissions from shipping traffic, Oldenburg scientists and partners from France are developing a network of autonomous sensors. The devices…

It is 30 years now since the University of Oldenburg first launched its “Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy”. Around 95 percent of the students…

Are tipping points suitable concepts for developing environmental policies? Probably not, as even small environmental changes can have major…