The University of Bremen's Excellence Strategy

Scientists from the marine and materials sciences impressed the German federal and state governments in the Excellence Strategy: Two Clusters of Excellence have been awarded to Bremen. This also qualifies the university to apply for the title of “University of Excellence.”

The universities of Oldenburg and Bremen are jointly establishing the “Northwest Alliance.” A memorandum of understanding was signed by the university administrations and the heads of the Bremen and Lower Saxony science departments on the sidelines of the science ministers' conference in Berlin.

It is a first in the history of the two universities: The Academic Senates from Bremen and Oldenburg met together on December 11. At the meeting, which took place at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst, the university executive boards and the AS members discussed joint plans for the future.

Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte visited the University of Bremen to learn about current developments in the Excellence Strategy funding competition organized by the German federal and state governments.

The University of Bremen submitted three draft proposals for the establishment of new Excellence Clusters as part of the federal and state governments' Excellence Strategy. One research team has now been invited by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to submit a full proposal.