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Defending International Academic Freedom: Russia Criminalizes Research on Eastern Europe

As a network of universities with an academic area of focus on Eastern Europe, we are deeply concerned that the German Association for East European Studies (DGO) was listed as an “extremist organization” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 26, 2024.


Anna Beniermann

We Welcome Prof. Dr. Anna Beniermann to the Faculty of Biology / Chemistry

Anna Beniermann has been appointed a professor of biology didactics in the Faculty of Biology / Chemistry as of the 2024/2025 winter semester


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Bremen Thesis Award Presented

The unifreunde Bremen Association, together with the University of Bremen and Constructor University, presented the Bremen Thesis Award on November 27. At the event in the Bremen State Parliament ceremonial hall, eight people were honored for outstanding master's theses and dissertations.


Nils Kumkar

New 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow: Sociologist Nils Kumkar

Sociologist Nils Kumkar is one of the 14 outstanding personalities from the fields of science and culture who have been awarded a Thomas Mann Fellowship for 2025. The theme for the year is “Across Boundaries.”


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Making Laboratories More Climate-Friendly

Performing laboratory research involves immense energy usage. Members of Bremen’s higher education institutions discussed how to make this more efficient during a meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen.


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Kerstin Schill Appointed to Senate of the Helmholtz Association

Kerstin Schill, Professor of Cognitive Neuroinformatics at the University of Bremen and Rector of the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, has been appointed to the Senate of the Helmholtz Association.


We Welcome Professor Cornelia Frank to the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences

Cornelia Frank is a professor of movement science in the newly established Sports degree program within the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Bremen.


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“Gesunde Stadt Bremen” Research Cluster Invites You to Annual Conference

How can the state of Bremen tackle health challenges? Researchers from the University of Bremen, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, and the APOLLON Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft have been researching this for two years.


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Advent: Experimental Physics Show

The Faculty of Physics at the University of Bremen once again invites you to an experimental show. On Saturday, November 30, 2024, Professor Justus Notholt, Lukas Grosch, and the physics internship team will provide an Advent atmosphere with spectacular and exciting entertainment.


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University Talk: Lively Discussion on Academic Freedom

“University Talk” is the title of a format with which the University Executive Board would like to enter into regular dialog with members of the university. The last event focused on the topic of academic freedom and the question of how Article 5 of the German Basic Law is put into practice.


Marc Avila and Katharina Brinkert

ZARM Has a New Dual Leadership Team

The Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) has now a dual leadership team. Together with Professor Marc Avila, Professor Katharina Brinkert is now serving as the director of the institute.


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Care Report: Longer Periods of Care Cause Costs to Rise Further

The duration of care will double in the coming years, which will further increase care costs. This is the conclusion of this year's Care Report, which was compiled by the SOCIUM at the University of Bremen on behalf of the BARMER health insurance company.


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We Welcome Professor Daniel Leidner to the Faculty of Mathematics/Computer Science

Daniel Leidner joined the University of Bremen as a cooperation professor in cognitive robotics manipulation in October 2024. He is also head of the Autonomy and Teleoperations Department at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR).


Haupteingang der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen.

SuUB Bremen Acquires Historical Newspapers from Bremen-Nord Region

Almost 200 newspaper volumes from Bremen-Nord, including issues of the Vegesacker Wochenblatt from 1849 onwards and the Nordwestdeutsche Landeszeitung, have been added to the Bremen State and University Library's collection.


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We Welcome Prof. Dr. Lars White to the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences

Lars White joined the university in the 2024 summer semester as a professor of clinical psychology and pediatric psychotherapy. He is also co-head of the Psychotheratherapeutic University Outpatient Services over the Lifespan (PULS) at the University of Bremen.


Udo Buskamp, BLB/Immobilien, Staatsrätin für Umwelt, Klima und Wissenschaft Irene Strebl, Prof. Sönke Gerhold, Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Uni-Kanzlerin Frauke Meyer, Bürgermeister Andreas Bovenschulte

Opening of Forum at Domshof: Studying in the Heart of Bremen

Around a month after 1,500 law students began their studies, the Forum at Domshof building was opened in the city center on November 14, 2024. It is home to the Faculty of Law and several institutes.


Stand von „Humans on Mars“ und dem Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) auf der Messe Space Tech.

“Humans on Mars” at the Space Tech Expo Europe Trade Fair

From November 19 to 21, the “Humans on Mars” initiative will present its own research focus, as well as this year’s submitted cluster proposal for the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.


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Bucking the Trend – Growing Number of New Students at the University of Bremen

4,468 new students started at the University of Bremen in the 2024/25 winter semester. Although many German universities are experiencing a decline in the number of first-year students, the University of Bremen has seen an increase in the number of new students compared to the previous year.


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We Welcome Prof. Dr. Sebastian Uhlemann to the Faculty of Geosciences

Sebastian Uhlemann has been a professor of environmental geophysics within the Faculty of Geosciences since the 2024/2025 winter semester.


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Graduates of the University's Teacher Education Program Say Goodbye

392 students completed their teaching degree at the University of Bremen in the 2024 examination year. Around 110 of them took part in the farewell ceremony in the university's large lecture hall at the end of October.


Events

02.03. Dec
Bremer Symposium AI in Health
Bremische Bürgerschaft / Haus der Wissenschaft
09:00 18:00
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02. Dec
Academic Freedom and Early Career Researchers
GRA 2 0.030
12:00 16:00
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02. Dec
Academic Freedom and Early Career Researchers
GRA 2 0.030
14:00 16:00
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02. Dec
MindTalks WiSe 24/25
Cognium, Hochschulring 18
16:15 17:30
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02. Dec
Verbal Comedy on Stage in Russia from the Late Soviet to the Post-Soviet Era: Forms and Meanings
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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03. Dec
Mittagskonzert: „Gracias a la Vida“ – Dank dem Leben
Mittagskonzert im Theatersaal, Eintritt frei
12:30 12:55
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03. Dec
Jia Hui Lee (Universität Bayreuth): Counterhuman: People, Rats, and an Anthropology of Technology
Rotunde
16:15 18:00
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03. Dec
Vorträge von Alice Lefebvre (FB5 und MARUM) und Raimund Bleischwitz (FB8 und ZMT)
Rotunde
18:15 19:45
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04. Dec
Coffee Lecture: „Und auch sonst von mäßigem Verstande“. Eine Anthologie zu Satire und Recht
Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof
11:00 11:45
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04. Dec
Zurück und vorwärts in die Zukunft?
Haus der Wissenschaft
18:00 21:00
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05. Dec
Prof. Dr. Andrey Surzhykov (PTB und Technische Universität Braunschweig): Structured light and its applications
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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05. Dec
SALON TIER Online Vortrag mit Apian (Aladin Borioli) (Visueller Anthropologe, Schweiz) A Ministry of Bees
via Zoom
18:00 20:00
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06. Dec
Fair care in Wissenschaft und Studium
10:00 14:15
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09. Dec
MindTalks WiSe 24/25
Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4/5
16:00 17:30
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09. Dec
Soviet Studies on Contraception and Infertility: The USSR in the WHO Program on Human Reproduction, 1970s-1980s
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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10. Dec
Die Uni Bremen im Rennen um die Exzellenzförderung
Rotunde
14:00 16:00
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10. Dec
Kuvert Vortrag. SCHLAFRÄUME. Anne Glassner (Wien)
Universität Bremen, SFG 2010
18:00 20:00
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10. Dec
Opening WOC Research Center Digital Diaspora | Minna Salami (The New Insitute): “Contradictory Realms: Patriarchal Materiality and Feminist Metaphysics in Digital Dimensions”
GW 2 B 3.009
18:15 20:00
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11. Dec
Coffee Lecture: Welche Namen sind nach der Reform des Namensrecht zulässig?
Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof
11:00 11:45
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11. Dec
InIIS Lunchtime Talk, Prof. Martin Broszka (IFSH): "Drivers of Current Armament Dynamics: The Case of Intermediate-Range Missilies"
InIIS, 7.2210
12:00 14:00
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11. Dec
Das neue Organspenderegister – Kann so die Spendenbereitschaft erhöht werden?
Haus der Wissenschaft
18:00 20:00
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12. Dec
Spacecraft Fire Safety: An overview and latest updates of the FLARE project supported by JAXA
ZARM Universität Bremen - Am Fallturm 2 (Raum 1730)
14:00 15:00
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12. Dec
OStR Yvonne Struck (Heinrich-Hertz-Schule Hamburg und Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung, Hamburg): Aktuelle Herausforderungen in Schule und Lehramtsausbildung
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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12. Dec
Weihnachtsfeier des Arbeitskreises - Ein Abend der Entdeckungen
Marum I Raum 0180
19:20 21:00
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16. Dec
MindTalks WiSe 24/25
Cognium, Hochschulring 18
17:00 18:30
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16. Dec
Neuverortungen – Museen und das Ende der Sowjetunion
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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17. Dec
Vorträge von Andreas Rademacher (FB3) und Jana Jürgs (FB10)
Rotunde
18:15 19:45
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19. Dec
Prof. Dr. Klaus Pawelzik (Universität Bremen): "Nobelpreis 2024 -- Physik der Intelligenz?"
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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06. Jan
Wohnen und Wohneigentum. Lässt sich aus der Geschichte der Transformation in Ostdeutschland lernen?
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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07. Jan
Vorträge von Ela Miramontes Garcia (FB5 und MARUM) und Torben Klarl (FB7)
Rotunde
18:15 19:45
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08. Jan
Young Carer – Was brauchen pflegende Kinder und Jugendliche?
Haus der Wissenschaft
18:00 20:00
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13. Jan
Die Dreikaiserreichsgrenze. Repräsentationen und Alltagserfahrungen von Grenzen und Grenzregimen in Ostmitteleuropa, c. 1870-1918
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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15. Jan
Coffee Lecture: Lässt sich der nächste Bahnstreik noch verhindern?
Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof
11:00 11:45
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16. Jan
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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19. Jan
Buchpräsentation und Gespräch mit Darja Klingenberg, Frankfurt/Oder Rosanna Umbach, Bremen im Gespräch mit Jorun Jensen, Frankfurt/Main "Küchen/Politiken – Wohnen als politischer Schauplatz" im Rahmen der studio Reihe
Kukoon, Kulturzentrum, Buntentorsteinweg 29, 28201 Bremen
17:00 20:00
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20. Jan
Between the Heroic and the Mundane: The Vietnamese Presence in Socialist Poland
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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21. Jan
Vorträge von Marie Fujitani (FB8 und ZMT) und Sarina Niedzwiedz (FB2)
Rotunde
18:15 19:45
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22. Jan
Coffee Lecture: Warum ist es so schwierig, Hafeninfrastruktur für die Energiewende zu schaffen?
Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof
11:00 11:45
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22. Jan
„Europe‘s Beating Cancer Plan“ – Was ändert sich für die Versorgung?
Haus der Wissenschaft
18:00 20:00
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23. Jan
Prof. Dr. Michaela Hegglin (Institute of Climate and Energy Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich) Earth observations in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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27. Jan
MindTalks WiSe 24/25
Cognium, Hochschulring 18
16:15 17:30
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27. Jan
Durch den eisigen Vorhang. Wissenschaftler-austausch in der Antarktis, 1956-1983
IW3; 0330
18:00 20:00
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28. Jan
Vorträge von Till Markus (FB6 und Helmholtz-Zentrum Leipzig für Umweltforschung) und Andrea Mühlebach (FB09)
Rotunde
18:15 19:45
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29. Jan
Coffee Lecture: Rausch – Gewalt – Strafrecht
Kassenhalle im Forum am Domshof
11:00 11:45
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29. Jan
Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
GW 1 Hörsaal
16:00 18:00
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30. Jan
Prof. Dr. Peter Braesicke (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach): Challenges and Opportunities of Seamless Earth System Modelling
Hörsaal H3, Geb. NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen
16:00 17:00
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30. Jan
SALON TIER Online-Vortrag mit Bettina Henzler (Filmwissenschaftlerin, Köln) Anverwandlungen an das Tier. Zum mimetischen Verhältnis von Natur und Mensch im Kindheitsfilm
via Zoom
18:00 20:00
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26.28. Feb
Materials Science Core Facility Synergy Forum 2025
Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4/5, 28195 Bremen
09:00 14:00
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11. Mar
Die Hochschulen im Lande Bremen stellen sich vor
Zoom
16:00 18:00
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08. May
Die Hochschulen im Lande Bremen stellen sich vor
Zoom
16:00 18:00
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14. May
Info-Tag für Studieninteressierte
Campus der Uni Bremen
08:30 16:00
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17.18. Jun
vocatium
Messe in Halle 6, Bremen
08:30 15:00
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Studying at the University of Bremen

Whether it be the compact campus, the diverse study programs on offer, or the green cycling city – a degree at the University of Bremen has a lot to offer.

You can choose from a broad range of degree program at the University of Bremen:

  • more than 100 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs
  • the state examination in law
  • international degree courses and further training offers

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The University of Bremen is one of Germany’s medium-sized universities. In its mission statement, the university prioritizes:

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High Level of Third-Party Funding

A great strength of the University of Bremen is its considerable success in the acquisition of third-party funds, both in individual as well as in collaborative research. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is the largest provider of third-party finance: Besides the MARUM Cluster of Excellence, the University of Bremen is currently involved in no less than seven Collaborative Research Centers, as well as a number of research groups and priority programs.

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Strategic Promotion of Talent

The targeted promotion of young talent, unlocking potential, and early independence are among the guiding principles of the University of Bremen. We offer intensive support to young academics in six DFG research training groups, numerous junior research groups and also through doctoral programs offered in cooperation with non-university research institutions.

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Lifelong Learning

The University of Bremen is a place of lifelong learning. With our offers of continuing education we enable you to acquire knowledge of cutting-edge research. Discover the wide range of our offers and benefit from the unique combination of practice-oriented learning and innovation.

Facets of the University of Bremen

Diversity

The diversity of our students and staff is both a framework as well as a prerequisite for high quality in research and teaching. As a cross-sectional priority and central profiling feature, we take account of diversity in our teaching and learning formats, in the structure of degree programs, and in the content of research and teaching. Moreover, diversity orientation and equal opportunity also guide us in the composition of teams and the design of counseling.   

International

Internationality is a strategic profiling objective of the University of Bremen. In keeping with our self-image as an international university, we see internationalization as a process that extends into all areas of the university – whether research, studies or administration. People from more than 100 nations enrich campus life. We are networked worldwide. In close cooperation with our partners, we work on the advancement of knowledge and finding solutions to global challenges.

Sustainability

The University of Bremen has been committed to sustainable development for years. Numerous projects and measures exist in the areas of research, teaching, operations, governance, and transfer, supporting the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations. Among them are the outstanding EMAS environmental management program, the university’s promotion of social sustainability as well as several research institutions with a focus on sustainability

Have you Heard of...?

There is a lot to be discovered on campus. What’s behind all those doors? up2date. online magazine knocks on some of them to find out. Welcome to a slightly different tour of the campus.

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Have You Heard of... the Carpentry Workshop?

The warm and earthy smell of wood gives it away: Here, in the University of Bremen’s maintenance depot, the carpentry workshop is the place for drilling, repairing, and sawing. This is master carpenter Christiane Sarnow’s realm, with her two journeypersons and four trainees. 

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Have You Heard of... the Geosciences Collection?

From the lower jaw of a mammoth to a giant deer skeleton – the University of Bremen’s Geosciences Collection houses many fascinating specimens. Fossils, skeletons of extinct animals, crystals, and rocks can be found here.

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