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.

Hans Beelen is passionate about the Dutch language. After 38 years as a lecturer at the University of Oldenburg he is now retiring – and has been…

Pollutant levels in fish in the Wadden Sea are increasing. Researchers aim to gain a better understanding of the interactions between fish and…

On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, an international team has observed the activity of compass neurons in the wild for the first time. Their study…

Phytoplankton is the basic food source for many aquatic organisms. A new study shows that the light spectrum is more important for these microalgae…

With the “NoW – Northwest Alliance Research Fund,” the partnership between the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg aims to intensify scientific…

For togetherness and a respectful, dialogue-oriented and responsible culture of discussion on campus: new events on the topics of antisemitism and…

1,800 first-year students are beginning their studies at our university this winter semester. Orientation Week began on Monday with an opening…

Making friends, getting organised and on top of that getting your work done: teacher training student Marco Bessert reveals how to make your first…

Many sports activities for adolescents were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. This had a noticeable impact on their development. Sports…

The University of Oldenburg is now officially a "cycle-friendly employer".  It has been awarded a certificate by the General National Cyclists'…

As part of the Northwest Alliance, the University of Oldenburg has just presented itself at the annual conference of the German Academic International…

Whether in solar cells or in the eye: when molecules absorb light, they trigger complex processes. An international research team led by the Ultrafast…

The ‘DeutschPlus’ tutorial programme supports international students, as well as children and young people, in their language acquisition – in a…

Judiciaries in a number of countries are increasingly under attack from populist parties. Political scientist Philipp Köker explains the strategy…

The global biodiversity targets adopted in 2022 are aligned with science and represent a major advance on the Aichi Targets adopted in 2010, an…

Marine science, education, and staff and student exchange are among the key areas of the university's partnership with the Mandela University. At this…

Sebastian Wilks has been working at the university for 20 years. He is now head of the Academic Examination Office. He wants to use his position to…

Australian bogong moths are famous for their long-distance migrations. An international team including Oldenburg researchers has discovered that the…

In order to calibrate tiny radio transmitters, researchers from the Migration Ecology working group took to the skies. Their unique experiment was…