After almost a year at the university, Kavana Manjunatha, a biology student from India, has settled in well and is looking forward to what comes next.

1,800 first-year students are beginning their studies at our university this winter semester. Orientation Week began on Monday with an opening ceremony in the lecture hall centre.

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.

When the dice roll in Sophie Berg and Hendrik Wolter's seminar, it' less about fun and games and more about becoming more aware of the conflicting goals of sustainable management – and one's own ambivalence.

The University is offering a new and unusual class for medical students. In Escape Room Neurology, they have just 90 minutes to apply their medical knowledge to solve puzzles and prevent a cyberattack while contending with an odd assistant.

Around 1,900 students started their studies this autumn – many with the goal of becoming a teacher. What most of them take for granted is special for Esra Yasin, who is starting her Bachelor’s degree in teaching. Below, she explains why.

Many schools in Germany have begun teaching children and youths who have fled the war in Ukraine. In Oldenburg, students from the University's Department of Special Needs Education are volunteering to help respond to their needs.

Since 2011, the master programme EMMIR funded by the European Excellence Programme Erasmus Mundus, has been training students from all over the world. Here, four alumni report on their experiences.

Trouble finding courses for the semester abroad? International students of social sciences and humanities who come to Oldenburg are spared this. Instead, the university offers a programme tailor-made for incomings.

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 psychology student from Mexico has settled in well to his new surroundings and would like to…