As of the beginning of the winter semester, students can benefit from a new service: temporarily unoccupied rooms differing in equipment and size can be used as working rooms either by study groups or individuals. The rooms can... more »
The University of Bremen has long enjoyed an international reputation in the field of marine sciences. True to this tradition, recently a new center was founded for research and education in the area of marine ecological... more »
Two internationally renowned cognition scientists have chosen the University of Bremen for their research: Dedre Gentner and Kenneth D. Forbus from the Northwestern University, Chicago. Their research sojourn will be supported by... more »
Nowadays, it is hard to imagine things without social networks – whether in private or in business life. By now, virtually every enterprise and institution has its own website and more and more they take advantage of social media... more »
To spend some time studying in a foreign country is many students’ dream, whether in the form of an internship or enrolled on a formal program of studies. Moreover, a rapidly increasingly number of career paths also call for... more »
Most of us know the feeling: 40 or more blank sheets of paper waiting to be filled. But how?! Now there is a new online service to provide advice to students: the “Bremen Writing Coach”. This online guide... more »
For many freshers the semester start was a spontaneous and rushed affair – not only for those taking up their studies at the University of Bremen. At universities all over Germany, the shortened length of attendance leading to... more »
For over two decades the “unifreunde” association of friends of the University has been organizing the lecture series called “A University for Everyone” in cooperation with the University Press Office. Every winter semester,... more »
Antje Boetius, Professor of Geomicrobiology at the University of Bremen and lead scientist of the deep-sea research group at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, has been... more »
At the beginning of November the International Office welcomed ex-students, -lecturers, and -researchers of the University of Bremen to the first alumni meeting to be held in Shanghai. Seventeen alumni made the most of this... more »
On Monday 31st October the University of Bremen celebrated its 40th birthday in the Upper Hall of the City Hall with a reception hosted by the Bremen Senate. Many famous personalities were among the more than 300 guests from... more »
“A big party for everyone – across all groups and generations”, says University Rector, Wilfried Müller, obviously looking forward to the occasion. The party will kick off on November 25, 2011. The limited tickets (1,500) are... more »
It has happened to all of us: you want to get together with other students to work on an assignment – but nobody has a suitable place to meet. Under the motto "The University as a place for learning", this winter... more »
From 21st October till 4th November 2011 the Center for Cognitive Sciences is holding an exhibition entitled “Mirror Brain”. With a combination of video installations and sculptures, the Viennese artist Elisabeth Weissensteiner... more »
From the grass-roots democratic experiments of the »Bremen Model« to the recent successes in the “Excellence Initiative for Top-level Research at German Universities” – the University of Bremen is no stranger to change. In his... more »
In October, the first of the newly introduced Deutschlandstipendien will be awarded at the University of Bremen. A joint effort on the part of Bremen enterprises, institutions, foundations, associations and private persons has... more »
This is the motto under which the Bremer Special Olympics are being held in Bremen on 5th to 7th October 2011. Most of the events will take place on and around the University campus. Other venues for sporting events and... more »
The University of Bremen is extending the closing date for registration in a number of subjects. If you have so far not been allocated a university place and/or want to change your subject, you now have time until 15th October... more »
The University of Bremen is not only a place of academic training for students and young researchers. We also take on young people to train in attractive apprenticeships with good prospects for future careers. For the coming year... more »
Today, a team of scientists from the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen started a second series of experiments on board the International Space Station ISS. The excitement at... more »