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Research Top News Environmental Sciences

Living with climate change

More rain in the winter, droughts in the summer: the climate is changing in the north-west of Lower Saxony. In the WAKOS project, environmental and social science researchers from Oldenburg are investigating ways to adapt to these changes.

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EXU Excellence Strategy Top News Higher Education Policy

Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen join forces

The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg want to move into the future as a University Excellence Consortium. The two universities submitted their letter of intent to the German Science and Humanities Council today.

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University Medicine Top News Neuroscience

What brainwaves reveal about the acceptance of AI decisions

If a self-driving car behaves differently in a classic dilemma situation than test subjects would, this discrepancy becomes visible in brain activity. Researchers from the Department of Psychology have now been able to demonstrate this.

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Research Top News Social Sciences

Does the birth of a child change parents' environmental concerns?

A new study shows: The birth of a child has little overall influence on parents' concerns about environmental and climate issues – however, mothers and fathers show different developments in their concerns after the birth.

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University Medicine Top News Health Services Research

An important step for cross-border healthcare research

Oldenburg and Groningen are consolidating their cooperation in the field of health research under the umbrella of the Cross-Border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention with a new cooperation agreement.

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Presidential Board Top News Cooperations

Presidential boards take stock of the Roadmap 2020-2030 at mid-term

Five years ago, the universities of Oldenburg and Groningen decided on their roadmap for cooperation during the current decade - at this year's meeting of the two presidential boards, the focus was now on the mid-term evaluation.

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Study in Oldenburg

Degree Programmes

The University of Oldenburg offers a broad range of subjects. Learn about the opportunities available at our university.

 

Degree Programmes A-Z

Accomodation and Living

New to our university, but no idea where to live? We provide an overview of accommodation, recreational and cultural offerings.

 

Campus Life

Application

Each degree programme has a specific application process and requires certain documents and qualifications. You can find detailed information here.

 

Application Portal

Campus Life

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Dezernat 1 Campus Life Hochschulsport

Staying healthy at university

The University of Oldenburg is committed to promoting good health among students and employees. In this interview, Tim Wohlann and Leon Hoffmann explain the role of the Employee and Student Health Management Services.

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Campus Life Studying

Student research in focus

The Lecture Centre is currently all about research during studies: students can present their research results to an interdisciplinary and sometimes even international audience at two conferences.

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Campus Life International affairs

International Summer Fest 2025

Delicious food, a great atmosphere and a variety of acts on stage - that was the International Summer Fest 2025 at the University of Oldenburg! Here you find a selection of pictures.

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Campus Life Educational Sciences International affairs

Inspiration through exchange

The CERM-ESA education research project brings students from African countries and researchers from Oldenburg together. Two participants talk about their experiences – and about how their time in Oldenburg has inspired their research.

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Excellence Strategy Campus Life

Preparations in full swing

Dörte Dannemann is "University of Excellence Coordination Officer " in the Structural Planning and Development Unit, where she is coordinating the preparations for a potential application for funding as a University of Excellence.

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Campus Life International affairs

Share concerns, solve problems, find friends

The University does many things to make settling in easier for international students in Oldenburg. Intercultural facilitators listen to their problems and offer support and guidance – and there’s also plenty of fun to be had.

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Campus Life Material Culture History

Between emotions and reason – war in museums

Museum researcher Christopher Sommer studies how museums represent wars and how this is perceived by visitors. His research reveals that there is often a large gap between the desired effect and the actual impact on the public.

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Alumni Campus Life

"Alumni work is a marathon"

After ten years in Berlin, Ann Kathrin Schubert has moved back to the village where she grew up near Bremen in Lower Saxony. Since last September she has been reorganising the university's central Alumni Office.

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Research Energy Campus Life

Still going strong after 40 years

First-generation solar modules built back in the 1970s are still generating electricity today. In a new study, the output of some of the modules was measured.

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Campus Life Sammlung Kleider und Geschichten

Items of clothing and the stories they tell

Dr Klara von Lindern is the curator of the Everyday Textile Culture Collection. The art historian manages and takes care of objects that tell stories about the everyday lives of people from different eras.

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The University in Numbers

15,602

Students
(Winter Semester 2022/23)

257

Professors
(December 2021)

89

Study Courses

 

1,400

study spaces in the university library

 

Newly appointed at the university

Who is new in which subject?
An overview of newly appointed professors in chronological order.

Portrait image of Mark Ellrichmann
Mark Ellrichmann

Internal Medicine with Special Focus on Gastroenterology 

Portrait photo of Professor Dr. Torsten Jantsch, wearing black rectangular glasses, a dark blue jacket with a light blue shirt and a red tie. He smiles at the camera, has short dark hair and a short dark beard that covers his cheeks, chin and upper lip.
Torsten Jantsch

Protestant Theology

Judith von der Heyde

Social Education

Porträt von Prof. Dr. Sina Farzin, die einen lila Blazer und ein schwarzes Oberteil trägt. Sie trägt Brille und hat braunes, schulterlanges, gelocktes Haar. Sie lächelt leicht mit geschlossenem Mund.
Sina Farzin

Sociological Theory 

Porträtfoto von Professor Doktor Basil el Jundi.
Basil el Jundi

Navigation Biology 

Jan Rennies-Hochmuth

Hearing-, Speech and Neurotechnology

Julia Brennecke

Organization and Leadership

Anna-Verena Nosthoff

Ethics of Digitalisation

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International researchers in Oldenburg

International students in Oldenburg:
"It feels like a second home"

Microbiology at the University of Oldenburg

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