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Since the 2025 summer semester, Marilena Oltmanns has been a professor of ocean and climate dynamics in high latitudes within the Faculty of Physics/Electrical Engineering.

For most universities, rankings are an integral part of the game. But rankings alone do not reflect a university’s quality. The University of Bremen, together with the University of Oldenburg, has joined the international “More than our Rank” initiative to raise awareness to this fact.

The letters of the well-known Bremen theologian Gottfried Menken were assumed lost. Now, the State and University Library Bremen (SuUB) has acquired 51 original letters written by him. The historical texts were composed between 1788 and 1830, most of them at the end of the 18th century.

Bremen continues to play a key role in the expansion of the National Research Data Repository. The Joint Science Conference of the federal and state governments has decided to continue funding the projects until the end of 2028. The University of Bremen is involved through the UBRA.

The Afghan chemist will spend two years conducting research at the University of Bremen as part of a Philipp Schwartz Fellowship.

The 28th Informatica Feminale and 17th International Summer University for Women in Engineering are offering around 60 classes from August 20 to September 4. High school graduates, female students of all subjects and university types, and women interested in further training are invited to attend.

The University of Bremen has joined “Save Social.” The initiative is committed to a free, democratic internet, and its goal is to strengthen alternative, open social networks. The initiative’s proposals are aimed at public institutions. The University of Bremen is the first university to join.

If you would like to use the semester break to improve your language skills, the Language Centre of the Universities in the Land of Bremen (SZHB) has many offers in its summer program: From one to two-week intensive courses to educational leave programs and individual self-study courses.

For 100 days, students and five Bremen-based companies worked together on real-world business challenges as part of the “future concepts bremen” teaching program. They will present their results at a public demo day on July 10.

Top accolade awarded to the University of Bremen Orchestra and Choir conductor: Mariano Chiacchiarini has been named Conductor of the Year by the Argentine Association of Music Critics. The award honors personalities from all areas of classical music.

It was a moment of great joy when the DFG announced on May 22 that the University of Bremen had been successful with both clusters in the Excellence Strategy competition. The next step: applying for the title of University of Excellence.

The hyBit research project at the University of Bremen is disappointed by ArcelorMittal's decision to discontinue its transition to climate-neutral steel production at its Bremen site and warns of far-reaching structural and economic consequences.

Anyone interested in studying at the University of Bremen can still apply online for a place until July 15. A digital information event on Wednesday, July 9, from 3 to 5 p.m. will provide information on how to do this.

Prof. Ben Marzeion from the Institute of Geography and MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen has been awarded this year's Julius von Haast Fellowship Award by the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Professor Rita Groß-Hardt, Professor Jens Beckmann, and Professor Rolf Drechsler have been shortlisted for the Falling Walls Foundation's “Science Breakthroughs of the Year” for their research.

The University of Bremen is working with industry partners on the MasterKI research project to develop an intelligent status monitoring system for mobile machines. A modular edge solution is being developed that uses an AI-supported cloud platform to monitor the machines' status.

On June 19, 2025, the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA) Welcome Center at the University of Bremen hosted its annual reception for (inter)national researchers from 5:00 to 9:30 p.m.

Creating healthy living conditions in cities – that is the goal of the InnovationsCommunity Urban Health (ICUH). This large-scale transfer project supports innovative solutions for health-promoting, equitable, and heat-adapted urban development.

Autonomous driving meets intelligent control center technology: At the Bremen Technology Park, modernized traffic lights are communicating directly with autonomous shuttles for the first time.

A new multigenerational park has been inaugurated on the University of Bremen campus. The first elements, such as trampolines, fruit trees, and Benjes hedges, have already been put in place. The park invites visitors to relax, socialize, learn, and play in the open air.