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Sabine Doff, a professor of English language didactics, has been appointed to the jury of the German School Award. The award is presented by Robert Bosch Stiftung and Heidehof Stiftung together with ARD and DIE ZEIT publishing group in recognition of innovative school concepts.

On Wednesday, April 24, the University of Bremen is holding its first anti-discrimination action day. Under the motto "Aware together," various events will encourage participants to explore the topics of diversity and various forms of discrimination.

The University of Bremen mourns the loss of Professor Angelika Vallbracht, who passed away in Berlin on December 11, 2023 at the age of 74. She founded the Laboratory for Virus Research at the University of Bremen in 1990.

In the “Biosignals HUB: Biosignal Sensors for Human-Centered AI @ University of Bremen” project, computer scientists led by Professor Tanja Schultz are working on devices that collect and interpret biosignal data such as eye movements or brain activity.

On Sunday, at the traditional end-of-semester concert of the University of Bremen orchestra and choir, masterpieces by the English composer Vaughan Williams were performed at the sold-out Bremen Glocke. University music director Mariano Chiacchiarini conducted the concert.

Joint declaration of the Bremen research institutions united in the U Bremen Research Alliance and the State Rectors' Conference.

In November, the University of Bremen will host a stakeholder conference on the relationship between academia and practice, organized by the “Transferwerkstatt.Wissen-schafft-Politik.”

The YUFE alliance of young European universities, of which the University of Bremen is a member, is concerned about anti-democratic developments in Europe. At a meeting in Cyprus, the university presidents called for a return to European values.

Good and Constructive Start: The President of the University of Bremen, Professor Jutta Günther, welcomed the new Senator for Science Kathrin Moosdorf and her State Councilor Irene Strebl to the university campus for a first discussion.

The University of Bremen has been nominated for the German Sustainability Award (DNP). It is Europe's biggest award for ecological and social commitment. The prize will be awarded on November 23, in Düsseldorf.

Since the beginning of 2023, Bremen's universities have been working together in the sustainability project "Bremen Goes Sustainable" (BreGoS). During a visit to the university, Kathrin Moosdorf, Senator for Environment, Climate, and Science, gained an impression of the project.

On Sunday, the end-of-semester concert of the orchestra and choir took place in the St. Petri Cathedral. The program included pieces by Richard Strauss, Alexander Borodin, and Martín Palmeri. It was the second concert under the direction of the new university music director Mariano Chiacchiarini.

Bremen's robot soccer team has won the RoboCup German Open in Hamburg. The team from the University of Bremen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, B-Human, won the competition by a clear margin. What was new was that seven robots played per team instead of five.

At a welcome event on April 26, 2023, the newly appointed professors from the year 2022 not only got to know the university better, but also each other.

The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have claimed the lives of thousands of people. Many are injured or have suddenly become homeless.

Science is a prerequisite for progress, but it must always be aware of its social responsibility. This is what President Jutta Günther said at the unifreunde association’s New Year’s reception in the town hall. She spoke to around 300 guests from politics, science, business, and society.

Three scientists, including one from the University of Bremen, have received the Bremen University Prize for Outstanding Teaching in 2022. The award was presented by the Senator for Science and Ports, Dr. Claudia Schilling, at a ceremony in the town hall on November 2, 2022.

The Cognitive Systems Lab invites you to participate in the Bremen Big Data Challenge (BBDC). Students from Bremen universities and surrounding areas can participate until March 31, 2022. In this data analysis competition, cash prizes totaling 1,500 euros and attractive non-cash prizes can be won.

In Germany, 35 universities and higher education institutions are represented in European university alliances. The University of Bremen – being part of the YUFE Alliance – is one of them. Jointly, they have now issued a statement to the EU.

The alliance wants to simplify searching for a job with a new, joint job portal from all ten YUFE universities.

The University of Bremen is one of the global leading universities in the field of climate and environmental research. The university is now providing more information on this in a climate paper published in both German and English.

YUFE Schnack (YUFE Chit-Chat) is the name of the entertaining, digital event series where you can find out more about the diverse projects of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance. Kick-off is at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 25. Everyone who is interested is cordially welcome

Due to the planned science budget cuts, the University Executive Board and Staff Council have written an open letter to the Mayor of Bremen State, Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte.

The Cognitive Systems Lab is hosting the Bremen Big Data Challenge (BBDC) once more. Students from universities in Bremen and surrounding areas can take part until April 12, 2021. Monetary prizes totaling 1,500 euros can be won in the programming competition centering on the topic of data analysis.

After nearly twenty years, the University of Bremen is implementing a new corporate design (CD). Young, dynamic, diverse, and open-minded – these aspects characterize the new logo and appearance.

Students who are interested in studying Europe-wide and want to try something new can apply for the Diploma Supplement Track of the YUFE Alliance (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) until 6 December 2020. Places are limited.

The YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) alliance is giving researchers on all career levels the chance to expand their network. Bremen’s YUFE Mobility Award is offering financial support for research stays at the ten European partner universities.

At exactly 3:30 p.m. on September 28, 1990, the minister of research at the time, Heinz Riesenhuber, pressed the start button for a unique research facility in Europe. It was the beginning of three decades of successful operation for Bremen’s Drop Tower at the University of Bremen.

The University of Bremen in cooperation with Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) is offering childcare for children of university staff during the fall holidays. With games, fun, and a bit of exploring, children between the ages of six and ten will have the opportunity to experience fall.

The explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, destroyed large parts of the city. 165 people lost their lives, 6,000 were injured. The Saint Joseph University of Beirut, with which the University of Bremen has cooperated closely since 2012, is also affected by the destruction.

An exciting and challenging lecture period is ending for students and staff at the university. All aspects of teaching had to be digitalized at short notice due to the corona pandemic. A great deal of flexibility and resilience was also needed in the fields of science and administration.

The winter semester 2020/21 will take the form of a “hybrid semester”. The department for science has agreed on this in talks with the executive boards of the university, the City University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, and the University of the Arts Bremen.

Changes in human land use intensified soil erosion long before industrialization. This is the result of a study involving the University of Bremen, in which sediments in more than 600 lakes worldwide were analyzed.

Around 100 participants at the University of Bremen learnt about and discussed what the European university of the future could look like. The event took place as part of the “Das Rektorat Informiert” series along with a World Café.

The university and the unifreunde association awarded the 2018 Berninghausen Prize to seven higher-education teachers in the categories of “excellent, innovate course” and “student prize.” The festive event took place in the evening of the Day of Teaching in the Schütting.

Constructive proposals determine the Health Information Day of the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences. “Stress at college or nice campus life?” is the decisive question. And, of course, media coverage – because Florian Kohfeldt, head coach of SV Werder Bremen, is one of the guests.

When the Arctic sea ice stops melting this September, the ice cover is expected to have melted to an extent of 4.4 million square kilometers. This is reported by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and the University of Bremen.

Scientist Antje Boetius will receive the German Environmental Award 2018. She is Vice-Spokes­per­son of the cluster "The Ocean in the Earth Sys­tem" at MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen and Director of the AWI in Bremerhaven.

Dennis Barasi, an educational scientist from Bremen, has received the Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies advancement award for his master’s thesis. He is a research associate in the department of intercultural education, where he is writing his dissertation on the topic of migration.

Since 2009, the 8th of June is celebrated by the United Nations as “World Ocean Day”. Scientists working at the MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen conduct research on the importance of the oceans, the Polar Regions and the world’s atmosphere.

Wind turbines are high quality, complex products made from a variety of materials. The first of the approximately 29,000 systems in Germany are approaching the end of their product life cycle. In the coming years, a strong increase is expected in the number of plants to be decommissioned.

Alice Lima de Faria has been awarded the 3rd HUCKEPACK prize for her picture book "Ich war’s nicht!, sagt Robinhund" [It wasn’t me!" Says Robinhund]. The HUCKEPACK prize is awarded jointly by the Bremer Institut für Bilderbuchforschung and the project "Reading aloud to Families".

For the first time, the University of Bremen has appointed an honorary professor of geography. From summer semester 2018 onwards, Dr. Felix Bittmann will be teaching vegetation and landscape history. His appointment intensifies the exchange between science and the practice.

The 15th Children's University has begun: From March 12 to 14, some 1,200 pupils from grades 3 to 6 will be attending the traditional event at the University of Bremen. During the Easter break, around 420 eight- to twelve-year-olds will become junior researchers for the 3 days from March 19 to 21.

The “unifreunde” society of friends of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University and the company Bruker Daltonik GmbH presented the 2017 Bremen Study Awards in the prestigious atmosphere of the Upper Town Hall.

With a festive colloquium in Haus der Wissenschaft, members of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty Human and Health Sciences appointed a new honorary professor, Dr. med. Matthias von Schwanenflügel. “The last time we appointed an honorary professor to our Faculty was in 2003,” said Dean Professor…

Emptying a huge container box entails hard work – a job still mostly done hand. Together with partners in industry, the BIBA – Bremen Institute für Production and Logistics at the University of Bremen has come up with a novel robot that will be able to take over the task in future. By now they are…

With determination, self-confidence, a touch of humor and warm applause for the newly appointed professors to the University of Bremen and Jacobs University, the “unifreunde” friends of the University celebrated their traditional New Year's reception with guests from the realms of science, politics…

Every year, about 23 million disposable plastic coffee cups land in the rubbish – and that’s just in Bremen! That is quantity estimated by the Union for Environment and Nature Protection Germany (UNION). A group of seven master students at the University of Bremen’s Chair in Small Business and…

The end-of-semester concert has become a treasured tradition for the Orchestra and Choir of the University of Bremen. This year, on Monday, January 29, 2018, at 8 pm, music from Mexico will be on the program in “Die Glocke” concert hall. The concert is titled “Sueños Dreams of a Better World”. Under…

Lots of happy faces at the University of Bremen and at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM): Fabio La Mantia, Professor in the Faculty of Production Engineering and an expert in the field of battery research, is to receive an ERC Consolidator…

This is what the President of the University of Bremen, Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter, said when asked how things will continue with the University of Bremen. The occasion was a panel discussion held in the Focke Museum. As part of the exhibition “Protest and new beginnings: Bremen after 68”, the…

Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) are among the most sought-after grants for researchers at German universities – and that’s why spirits at the University of Bremen are now particularly high: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has decided to support a new CRC in the social sciences at the…

This year the University of Bremen once again awarded the Bernighausen Prize for extraordinary commitment to teaching for the 25th time. This year's winners of the Berninghausen Prize are the psychologist Dr. Iris Stahlke, the jurist Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker and materials scientist Professor Lucio…

The University of Bremen uses Education Day to exchange views about the further development of academic teaching and studies with all interested students and teachers. This year it takes place on 22nd November and the main focus is on the concept of “research-based learning”. Various events take…

At its recent annual retreat with the University management, the Academic Senate debated the future of the University. The focus was on its excellence strategy. The discussion once again made clear: The University will continue to pursue cutting-edge research and is already preparing for…

In the frame of the very first MINT student competition held by the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Hans Riegel Foundation, 30 teams from upper secondary school in Bremen submitted their project work in the subjects of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. The prizewinners were…

The use of wind energy is a success story in Germany – and that is not least to due to excellent research, including from the University of Bremen. This is now being further strengthened: With a grant of 1.5 million euros, the University is setting up a new research group for the high-performance…

Whether teacher training, artificial intelligence or the future of industrial production: The Bremen University Talks – BUG for short – make a decisive contribution to prompting debate on socially relevant topics. This year, the event which is organized jointly by the Wolfgang Ritter Foundation, the…

The well-known campus personality Gisela Gründl is retiring and leaving the University of Bremen after 27 years of service. Her name is inextricably linked to the Children's University, numerous advanced training courses for teachers, and successful educational formats for high-school students at…

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council (ERC), came to the campus at the invitation of Bremen's Senator for Science, Professor Eva Quante-Brandt, to promote European science funding. This European Union contributes significantly to such funding through grants awarded by…

Regional newspapers are facing a crisis, and apps for local news haven’t really captured the public’s imagination. Against this backdrop, the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZEMKI) and the Institute for Information Management (ifib) at the University of Bremen as well as…

Today, three young start-up companies presented themselves at the University of Bremen. The university initiative “BRIDGE—start ups from Bremen's universities” had invited Bremen's Senator for the Economy, Labor and Ports, Martin Günthner, to attend the presentations on the University campus.

The ultimate goal pursued by all living things on our planet is reproduction. In order to secure offspring, it is not unusual for the males of the species to produce huge amounts of sperm cells. While this strategy increases the likelihood of fertilization, it also carries the risk of an egg merging…

The growing threat to marine ecosystems from humans calls on all coastal communities to develop a stronger awareness of the consequences of climate change on marine life. With 6,400 kilometers of Pacific coastline, from the subtropics to the Antarctic and Easter Island, Chile is an important natural…

The Deutsche Hochschulverband (DHV) has awarded the University of Bremen the seal of quality for fair and transparent appointment negotiations for a further five years: It was first granted the award in October, 2014. The University of Bremen has now successfully passed the re-audit procedure, which…

The marine sciences at the University of Bremen have scored a first success in of the Excellence Strategy. In the first round of the federal- and state-sponsored competition, the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences was able to convince the jury with its outline proposal for a cluster. “We…

The University of Bremen mourns for its friend and sponsor Hartmut Jürgens, who died on 23 September 2017 in Bremen. “I remember Hartmut Jürgens as a special and generous person who rejoiced at being given a second life. He wanted others to take part in this happiness,” says Professor Bernd…

The good-night story for the children, the menu in the restaurant, the letter from the bank or the information leaflet that comes with medicines – everyday things like these present a major obstacle for more than seven million adults in Germany: Because they cannot properly read and write and are…

The University of Bremen is participating in a major research project to develop techniques for navigating in deep ice. The aim is to prepare a space mission to search for extraterrestrial life on the Saturn moon called Enceladus. Under its several-kilometer-thick ice cover, Enceladus houses a…

The University of Bremen has gained another trust foundation. Dr. Heino Rose, a retired specialist for internal medicine and gastroenterology, wants to support teaching and research projects at the University. This is the fifth sheltered foundation to be founded under the umbrella of the university.…

Carina Schmitt, Professor of Global Social Policy at SOCIUM, has been selected for one of the coveted ERC starting grants awarded by the European Research Council. The European Research Council will be funding her research with almost 1.5 million euro. “I am very happy about this award. It will…

“Rent a Teacherman” is a project run by the Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences in cooperation with the Bremen educational authorities. The aim of the project is to give elementary schools in Bremen the opportunity to “hire” a male teacher for a while. It is an endeavor to remedy the…

“The main objective I have set myself for my second period of office will be to build on the successful achievements to date in the areas of teaching and research”, says the President of the University of Bremen, Bernd Scholz-Reiter, who now is to lead the University for another five years. A most…

Once again it’s time for the CAMPUS PRIZE: ‘Research for a sustainable future’ – and the University of Bremen is looking for the best dissertations and doctoral theses on the sustainable use of resources, environmental protection, the climate, and the oceans. New this time round is that there are…

He was one of the very first professors appointed at the University of Bremen – we sadly report that the renowned literary scholar Peter Bürger passed away at the age of 80 in Berlin. The University of Bremen mourns the loss of this highly respected Romance philologist, who in 1971 was among its…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced the names of the researchers appointed to co-author the UN “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” (SROCC), which is to be published in 2019. Out of the 569 nominations put forward by 57 member states, the…

At a ceremony recently held Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, the Centro Universitário SENAI CIMATEC bestowed an honorary doctorate on Professor Frank Kirchner, leader of the Robotics Innovation Center at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and Professor of Robotics at the…

Words of praise from Bremen’s Senator for Science, Professor Eva Quante-Brandt, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Summer University: “The Informatica Feminale has been a successful project for women by women ever since its inception.” More than 50 participants, teaching faculty and…

“I’m naturally curious to know more about the University‘s excellence strategy”, says the Mayor of Bremen, Carsten Sieling. He visited the campus especially to gain a better impression of the five outline proposals for excellence clusters submitted by the University in the excellence competition…

Team B-Human is made up of eleven robots, nine University of Bremen students with their supervisor, Dr. Tim Laue, and Dr. Thomas Röfer, who works in the research area Cyber-Physical Systems at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). This has proven to be a tremendously…

A new assistance system incorporating data goggles supports technicians doing maintenance work on wind turbines: Following two years of research and development, the Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH (BIBA) at the University of Bremen, together with its partners AnyMotion (Bremen) and…

The North German town of Heide in the district of Dithmarschen is playing a pioneering role in future-oriented energy technology. The neighborhood Rüsdorfer Kamp has been chosen for the development of a highly efficient heat and power supply. The aim is to achieve near complete utilization of…

HALO, a research aircraft belonging to the German Aerospace Center, is currently being deployed over several European conurbations, where chemists and atmosphere physicists are using it to measure the impact air pollution over urban centers exerts on the Earth’s atmosphere. The abbreviation HALO…

How and in what direction should the University of Bremen develop going forward? What goals should it pursue? What values does it stand for? In answer to these and similar questions, the university leadership has drafted an initial ten-year strategy proposal for the whole institution. All students…

“We are young, agile, and highly motivated.” These were the words used by the President of the University of Bremen, Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter, on welcoming members of the Science Council to their summer meeting in Bremen. The Science Council is highest advisory body on science policy in…

The University of Bremen is expanding its cooperation with world-leading universities. As the University’s Vice President Research, Professor Andreas Breiter, explains, the purpose is to promote young researchers and offering them the best possible support, “We have therefore joined the US-American …

Reactions with noble gases have long been a cause of fascination for chemists. The substances used as light sources in fluorescent tubes, for instance, are extremely slow to react in respect of their chemical reactions – they are therefore called “noble”. A newly published study in this area of…

The University of Bremen and the health insurance provider AOK Bremen /Bremerhaven have just concluded a cooperation agreement. Further subcontracts relating to a number of medical topics are in the pipeline.

Professor Michael Gessler has received a high honor for his international networking activities in the area of vocational and further education. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of South Florida. Gessler is a research academic at the University of Bremen, where he also…

“Open Worlds – Share Knowledge”: This is the by now well-known motto of OPEN CAMPUS. The third event of its kind held last Saturday drew around 19,000 visitors to the campus. Already in the hours running up to the official opening, large numbers of people came to the more than 40 exhibition tents…

In order to optimize the support it offers to early-career academics, the University of Bremen has expanded its former “ProUB” graduate center and given it a new name:  It is now called BYRD, which stands for Bremen Early Career Researcher Development. “BYRD builds on the successful work of the…

How can our power supply be made safe against hacker attacks and extreme weather events and still be relatively stable? How can technicians cope with the threat of power cuts and create robust learning systems?

A shining example of how the University of Bremen not only stands by its own students and doctoral candidates, but also students still in high-school: Arta Safari recently took third place for Chemistry in the nation-wide youth science competition “Jugend forscht”. On top of this, he received the…

“Lay the table!” – executing simple instructions like this might not be so difficult for humans to perform: but for robots they present an enormous challenge. Carrying out even simple tasks takes whole lot of extremely complex information for granted: What precisely should be laid on the table??…

Researchers in the Faculty of Mathematics/Computer Science at the University of Bremen will now be able to test run their own autonomous research vehicle on public roads – albeit with a human driver standing by at the wheel. Bremen’s Senator for Transport, Joachim Lohse, has already handed over a…

The effect of global climate warming in the Arctic region is the focus of a major expedition starting end of May with the participation of more than 60 researchers from all over Germany. With two specially equipped research aircraft and a research vessel at their disposal, they are taking part in a…

They seem to be invincible: The robot kickers Team B-Human, “trained” by the German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the University of Bremen, are once again German champions. The reigning European and world-champion squad successfully defended their title in the Standard Platform…

Professor Antje Boetius has received the Carl Friedrich Gauß Medal in recognition of her outstanding research in the field of Deep-Sea Ecology. The award will take place in the frame of the annual conference held by the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft [Braunschweig Scientific…

Over a third of the worldwide increase in sea levels can be traced to the massive retreat of Greenland’s ice sheet. For the past twenty years, researchers have been observing with concern how climate change is melting the ice masses on and around Greenland. The role played in this process by ocean…

The very first winner of the CAMPUS AWARD is Dr. Martin C. Lukas, who received the accolade for his doctoral thesis on the multifaceted relationships between the causes and effects of land utilization in coastal areas of Indonesia. The CAMPUS AWARD is awarded in recognition of outstanding theses in…

Feverish last minute preparations for the eight students of the University of Bremen taking part in an experiment they want to see included in a space mission one day: They entered their idea in the nation-wide “High Flyer” competition organized by the German Aerospace Center. And they have already…

Nitrogen fixing bacteria, common residents of tropical reef-building corals, contribute to coral bleaching even in the absence of ocean warming This is the key finding of a new study carried out by an international research team under the joint supervision of Prof. Dr. Christian Wild (Marine…

At a recent meeting of the Joint Science Conference [Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz von Bund und Ländern (GWK)] it was agreed to accept the Foundation Institute of Materials Science (IWT) as a member of the Leibniz Association as of January 2018. The decision came after an application procedure…

Worldwide movement for independent research and science. On April 22, people around the world will be demonstrating their support for independent science. The international initiative “March for Science” has called for protest marches to send a clear signal against denial or relativization of…

The University of Bremen performs outstandingly in the new university rankings published by the renowned science magazine Times Higher Education (THE). In the list of the 200 best young universities worldwide, Bremen is ranked in position 41, placing it firmly in the international top 50. The Young…

The aim of the Excellence Initiative launched by the Federal Government and the Federal States is to strengthen the international competitiveness of German universities. In 2012, the University of Bremen received the accolade “University of Excellence” in recognition of its institutional strategy…

The big day approaches: Next week on April 3, the German Research Foundation is expecting about two hundred pre-proposals, so-called Skizzen [English: outline proposals], for Excellence Clusters. This marks the start of the next round of the competition for excellence funding financed by the Federal…

So it’s official: On March 29, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, submitted her country’s notice to leave the European Union. Great Britain’s decision could pose a real threat to international scientific cooperation. This is the fear shared by the University of Bremen and its partners in the…

Bremen is a major international location for aerospace technology. The University of Bremen and its partner institutes surrounding the campus enjoy high worldwide recognition in the area of aerospace research. And aerospace enterprises are constantly on the lookout for highly trained graduates in…

At a recently held award ceremony in Berlin, Professor Lutz Mädler received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2017 for his ground breaking research on the formation of nanoparticles from the gas phase and their effect on living matter. Awarded annually by the German Research Foundation since…

Veronika Oechtering is Bremen’s Woman of the Year 2017. The computer scientist from the University of Bremen received the award during a ceremony in Bremen’s historic City Hall. The Bremen Committee on Women’s Rights awarded the accolade in recognition of Veronika Oechtering’s 20 years of proactive…

Marine geologist, Professor Gerhard Bohrmann, has received the Tsungming Tu Award in recognition of his services to science. This is the highest academic honor that the West Pacific Island can bestow on a foreign research scientist. The prize, which is awarded in cooperation with the Alexander von…

On March 1, 2017, Kristina Logemann took over from the former press and communications officer, Eberhard Scholz, who goes into retirement. One of her duties as new leader of the Press Office is to act as spokesperson for the President of the University of Bremen. After leaving school, Kristina…

“Research-based learning” is high on the agenda at the University of Bremen. Just recently, for instance, Social Science students under the leadership of Professor Uwe Engel published the results of a representative survey they carried out. The title says it all: “Bremen and its Exhibitions. How the…

In and outside Bremen – the Bremen Study Prize has become a firmly established institution in the regional science landscape. For 34 years now, the “unifreunde” [Friends of the University of Bremen] has been awarding this accolade for outstanding student theses submitted at the University of Bremen.…

There has hardly been a more comprehensive publication on the many aspects of marine research than the recently published “Faszination Meeresforschung” [Fascination marine research]. This “ecological reader” is edited by the Bremen Professor Gotthilf Hempel (founding director of the Leibniz Center…

The science year 2017 in Bremen got off to an official start with the traditional New Year’s reception given by “unifreunde” e.V., the friends of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University. A large number of guests representing science, politics, the economy and civil society attended the…

Happy news for economist Professor Rudolf Hickel – and it makes the University happy, too: The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen has bestowed on him the Bremer Senatsmedaille [a medal of honor awarded by the Bremen Senate for services in art and science]. Hickel, who counts among Germany’s most…

The Health Sciences at the University of Bremen have been granted funding in an amount of 4.8 million euros from Innovationsfonds (see below). The Bremen researchers owe this extraordinary success to their development of practice-oriented topics in the area of healthcare research. The…

The phase started with several successful projects conducted by the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Bremen clinics Gesundheit Nord. An excellent example is the research project on cicatrization carried out by plastic surgeon Professor Ursula Mirastschijski in cooperation between…

Although we hold them in our hands every single day, we are hardly even aware of their existence. They can be found in everything from smart phones and automobiles to hearing aids: Miniature metal components. The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 747 “Micro Cold Forming” at the University of…

Sensosurf is a spin-out from the University of Bremen’s research area of Electrical Engineering. The company digitalizes machine components by means of razor-thin sensory surfaces. This makes it possible for the components to feel, think, and talk. This forms the basis for a business idea that has…

For the second time, the University is able to award a most unusual stipend: Already in summer 2016, two politically persecuted academics from Turkey sought refuge at the University of Bremen, where they are now able to continue their studies here in a safe environment. This was made possible by the…

On December 14, 2016, the Academic Senate of the University of Bremen re-elected the incumbent President, Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter, for a further five-year term. “I thank the Academic Senate for the trust put in me and I’m looking forward to my second term as President of our fine University”,…

Professor Lutz Mädler in the area of process engineering of the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen has been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2017. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Foundation] bestowed the prize on Mädler for his…

A very special award for a very special student: Kateryna Solopova has been awarded the Prize 2016 by Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD), the German Academic Exchange Service. The accolade goes to international students for outstanding academic achievement and civic engagement. Kateryna…

A team of three researchers from the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics (BIBA) at the University of Bremen recently seized the opportunity to present their novel conveyor system called “Celluveyor” to a large international audience during “DHL Innovation Day”. They were one of only three…

Maciej Grodzicki from the University of Bremen is to receive a coveted research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The grant is awarded in the frame of a program titled “Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience” (P.R.I.M.E.). It goes to excellent postdocs who…

In October 2016, the space transporter CYGNUS operated by the American firm Orbital ATK docked onto the ISS international space station. Part of the freight it was carrying was the international experimental setup called SAFFIRE II. The University of Bremen’s Center for Applied Aerospace Research…

It is now 5 years since the Deutschlandstipendium, in English German Stipend, was first launched. Funded 50% by foundations, private persons and enterprises, and 50% by the Federal Government, it has now become an established part of university life and handing over the sponsoring certificates is a…

It seems that the tenancy laws in EU Member States are as different as the countries themselves. In England, for example, it is quite usual to sign a rental contract for a term as short as 6 months: Whether it will be extended is at the complete discretion of the lessor. In Eastern Europe, people…

On November 17, 2016, just a few days after the shock result of the presidential election in the USA, a group of renowned experts will be meeting in New York City to discuss the boom in political populism on both sides of the Atlantic. The debate is a joint initiative of the Bremen International…

Named after the late Friedo Berninghausen, the Berninghausen Prize has now been awarded over no less than 24 years. The coveted prize is awarded to members of the teaching faculty for creativity and outstanding commitment to their teaching activities. Altogether endowed with 6,000 euros, the prize…

Today (November 9) is Education Day or »dies academicus«. The University Faculties hold decentralized events dedicated to discussion on how to improve the quality of academic studies and education. In the afternoon there will be a central information event and poster presentation on the ongoing…

The news hasn’t quite been absorbed yet: In September, IBM, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, five of the world’s most powerful IT corporations, formed a consortium to promote research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In their own words, they want “to take a significant step…

Science has been aware of the lack of oxygen in lake waters for more than 160 years. Increased amounts of waste water in our towns and cities and the use of artificial fertilizers in agriculture have had a growing impact on the ecological balance in lakes all over Europe. A group of international…

The area of Teacher Education needs to ensure ongoing doctoral research especially in the field of subject didactics. Once they finish their 18-month practical in-school internship, though, graduates of teacher training tend to lose contact with their alma mater. To make sure enough teachers return…

Our University has moved up another notch in quality assurance with respect to education and studies. The Swiss Accreditation Council has certified the system of quality assurance put in place by the University of Bremen across its study programs. Now all programs that have examinations offered by…

Among the numerous research institutions contributing to the University of Bremen’s Excellence Cluster called “The Oceans in the Earth System” are the MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center…

Improved cancer diagnosis, tidy TV cabinets, or online marketing for small-scale production units: The ideas competition called CAMPUSiDEEN rewards young Bremen start-up entrepreneurs. This year the competition attracted 52 entries. It is the fourteenth time the annual event awarded prizes for the…

Online registration for the more than 500 courses offered by University Sport at the University of Bremen starts at 7:00 a.m. on October 4, 2016. If you prefer to come to register in person, the University Sport office in the Sport Tower building opens its doors from 9:00 a.m. onwards. Courses begin…

In today’s fast-moving society the demand for psychologists is steadily increasing and many young people choose to study psychology. Nevertheless, a while ago the fate of the subject at the University of Bremen seemed to be sealed. As part of the drive to consolidate the University’s budget,…

The Bremen production engineer, Dr. Daniel Meyer, has been awarded the Otto Kienzle commemorative medal in recognition of his interdisciplinary research approach in the field of manufacturing technology. “Daniel Meyer’s interdisciplinary research approach is mould breaking: It marked the beginning…

The initiators of the new "CAMPUS PRIZE: research for a sustainable future" are convinced that this kind of research deserves the awarding of a prize. The award was launched by the KELLNER & STOLL FOUNDATION FOR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) and the…

The University of Bremen has conferred an honorary doctorate on Peter Masuch, president of the Bundessozialgericht [Federal social court]. Masuch studied law at the University of Bremen in the 1970s. After graduating, he continued his ties with the University as a lecturer. To mark the occasion, the…

September Academy is a free service offered by the University of Bremen to help incoming students get off to a good start. The service is available to students who are already enrolled at the University. Taking place already before Orientation Week, which deals above all with the more formal aspects…

About half of the carbon dioxide that is produced by humankind, and which plays an important role in global warming, is taken up by seas and oceans. In addition to the oceans, however, large tropical river systems can also store substantial amounts of carbon, which are released when the climate…

From visual examination to X-rays – a whole series of control checks is necessary before a package is finally stowed into the cargo hold of the aircraft. All this is time consuming, labor intensive, and correspondingly expensive. Together with a group of five partners, over the past three years,…

It is with great concern that the University of Bremen has been following current developments at institutions of higher education in Turkey. Concurring with statements issued by the German Rectors’ Conference and the European University Association , the leadership of the University of Bremen…

The EU has just prolonged the sanctions against Russia up to January 31, 2017. Beside the restrictions on financial transactions, the sanctions encompass the export of machines and parts for oil and gas extraction, as well as weapons and so-called dual-use goods that can be used for military…

Rejoicing among the humans in the team from the University of Bremen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI): After three years, B-Human managed to regain the world championship title in the Standard Platform League of the Robocup 2016 finals held in Leipzig.

Rising sea levels and the consequences for society: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has agreed to fund four new projects at the University of Bremen in an amount of 1.4 million euros in the context of a new DFG Priority Program called “Regional Sea Level Change and Society”. The successful…

The University of Bremen‘s Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) is currently playing host to a top level researcher: Professor Karol Miller from the University of Western Australia. Professor Miller, a winner of the Research Prize awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt…

The University of Bremen’s success story continues: Following the recent news that Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Foundation] approved all three applications for Research Training Groups and will fund them at the University with 12 million euros, the DFG has now given green…

It couldn’t be better: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Foundation] has approved all the University’s applications for structured doctoral programs, i.e. research training groups, proposed by the University of Bremen. Among others, this means green light for a new research…

It’s now ten years since the international network “kompass” was set up at the University of Bremen. Between 12.00 pm and 5.00 pm on Friday May 27, 2016, the University invites people to come to the Glass Hall on the campus to celebrate the occasion of the tenth anniversary of “kompass”…

This year once again, on May 25th people thinking of studying at the University of Bremen are invited to attend “isi”, which this year is held under the motto “isi – good questions, good answers”. The German abbreviation “isi” stands for information day for prospective students of the University of…

A number of people at the University of Bremen will be keeping their fingers crossed when the finals of the nation-wide youth science competition “Jugend forscht” get under way on May 26, 2016. For several months now, members of the University have been supporting three young winners of the regional…

A team of researchers comprising physicists from Bremen, Dortmund, Magdeburg and Wurzburg is investigating the particular type of clusters formed by photons. According to initial research findings, photons may be capable of making the transmission of data on the internet more efficient and ensuring…

The first announcement that the experiment was running according to plan came at the beginning of May: The research satellite carrying an experiment of the Center for Aerospace Research and Microgravity (ZARM) was transmitting! The research team at ZARM was able to watch via video broadcast as their…

Close-knit networks, low bureaucracy, high reputation in the scientific community: The successful collaboration between the University and the external research institutes located around the campus and other parts of the city state of Bremen lend national and international visibility to Bremen as a…

The University of Bremen and Santander Consumer Bank recently agreed to prolong the partnership they entered into in 2013. University Rector Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter and Ulrich Leuschner, Chairman of the Board of Santander Consumer Bank, recently signed the new agreement in Bremen. “Nowadays,…

On hearing the news of Hans Koschnick’s death, University Rector Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter announced: “With the death of Hans Koschnick the University of Bremen has lost one of the key figures responsible for its founding and a friend whom we could always rely on for valuable feedback and…

The glacier melt in many mountainous regions of the world is already pre-programmed and cannot be stopped. That is the distressing finding of a long-term study conducted by scientists of the universities of Bremen and Innsbruck. Ben Marzeion, Professor of Physical Geography – Climate Science at the…

A test of nerves to the last: Due to unfavorable weather conditions and technical problems the “hot countdown” for launching the ZEpHyR had to be delayed three times. In face of these difficulties and with a minimum of red tape, the project sponsors in the space division of the German Center for…

Logistics expert and specialist for business information systems, Professor Till Becker, is able to tell you in advance how material flows, and subsequently production processes, will develop within an enterprise. He does this by means of stochastics, the mathematically underpinned “art of…

This week sees the start of final preparations for a highly challenging space mission that scientists at the University of Bremen’s Centre for Applied Aerospace and Microgravitation (German abbreviation ZARM) have been working on for more than 15 years. Expectations are high: The mission could prove…

The teaching profession has specific requirements. It takes five years to graduate from university: first you have to obtain a Bachelor’s degree and then go on for a Master’s. Before becoming a fully qualified teacher, though, graduates have to spend another 18 months training in school,…

Watching the OptiCar moving into a parking space will make you envious. One, two, three quick turns of the wheel and the little roadster fits perfectly into the parking slot. The 1:8-scale model automobile drives itself without remote-control interference. Ultrasonic sensors and mini cameras act as…

Stefan Luft, a political scientist at the University of Bremen, recently presented his new book titled “Die Flüchtlingskrise” at the Leipzig Book Fair. The public interest is great and he was invited to Leipzig City Hall for a reading and discussion. Luft is an expert on migration and integration,…

You’d never think it just looking at a candle: But when used as fuel, paraffin develops an unexpected power potential. Mixed together with liquid oxygen in a combustion chamber, it forms a fuel combination that releases enough energy and thrust to launch a 3.8-meter rocket weighing 80 kg to an…

Why not tennis, for a change? Or tango? The new program of the Hochschulsport of the University of Bremen starts on April 4, 2016. About 500 different sports courses are offered during the summer semester from Mondays to Sundays - on every proficiency level. The online registration and the detailed…

Excellent scientific expertise coupled with admonishing practicality: these are some of the characteristics which have earned Bremen Marine Physicist Monika Rhein a first-class reputation around the world. On March 14 she was awarded the Albert-Defant Medaille 2016 for her outstanding research on…

Maths? Informatics? Digital Media? You want to study something in the area of science and maths but still don’t know what subject to choose?! The lecture series EINBLICKE can help you make up your mind. Every year during the Easter break, high school students in the 11th to 13th grades have the…

Everything from traffic regulation and monitoring the weather to optimizing waste disposal and searching for places to park: various IT systems have been making our lives easier for quite a long time. In the city of tomorrow, these systems will have to work together. Now 22 partners in 10 different…

True to tradition, once again this year the University of Bremen followed the 33-year-old practice of awarding the Bremen Study Prize for outstanding Master theses and doctoral dissertations. On February 29, this year’s winners were invited to a two-hour ceremony in the City Hall to receive their…

By the end of the century the sea level is expected to rise by between 50 and 130 centimeters if there is no worldwide curb on greenhouse gas emissions. That is the prediction resulting from a new study compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research. Ben Marzeion, who since September 2015…

“Diagnosis and Individual Support” is the name of a collaborative project in which the University of Bremen is participating with 2 sub-projects. The core idea: Learning a subject in social togetherness. The aim is to further improve the training of future teachers of STEM subjects at elementary-…

Hustle and bustle on the stairway in campus building GW2: on this day, some 200 school pupils from Bremen and the surrounding area converged on the University. The young people came to gather information on the topic of refugees and migrants, for over the next few months they will be taking part in…

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [German Research Foundation] has commissioned the University Library (SuUB) to build up a nation-wide specialized information service in the field of political science. Over the next four years the project will be funded in an amount of 1.3 million euros. Importa…

Von Max Bruch is best known for his Violin Concerto No. 1, one of the most performed pieces of classical music. Although seldom played today, while he lived his Oratorio “Odysseus – Scenes from the Odyssey” was also a great success. Now we can consider ourselves fortunate as after almost 120 years…

The academic year in Bremen has been heralded in – officially: With the traditional New Year’s reception held for the University of Bremen and Jacobs University. 350 guests from the realms of politics, science, business, culture and society followed an invitation from “unifreunde” to attend the…

Major accolade for Professor Ursula Mirastschijski from the Center for Biomolecular Interactions in Faculty Biology/Chemistry, who has received a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to develop a novel therapy against burn scars. People who have suffered severe burns are very often scarred…

On January 27, 1945, red army soldiers liberated the inmates of the concentration camp in Auschwitz. Since 1996, all over Germany this date has been a day of remembrance for the victims of the Nazi terror. This year, the day of remembrance will be marked by two lectures organized by the Faculty of…

The Academic Senate of the University of Bremen has produced a strategy paper that details its perception of diversity as a cross-sectional task. Now the aim is to breathe life into the proposals put forward in the paper and to engage the support of all members of the University in dealing…

Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets make life so much easier! For instance, on the way to the Mensa you can quickly check what’s on today’s menu, search for information on study programs or find out what’s new at the University. Keeping pace with the mobile generation, we have now optimized…

The University of Bremen’s Institute for Environmental Physics and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have opened an atmosphere observatory on the campus of the Palau Community College (PCC). Palau is a small island state in the West Pacific with just…

Did the military and conscription influence development of the welfare state? And if so, to what extent? These are the research questions Professor Herbert Obinger wants to pursue in a project called “Conscription, the military, and development of the welfare state in Europe”. The research is being…

By using their metabolism, corals and sponges are able to communicate. This surprising discovery on coral reefs was recently made by an international research team. Interestingly, this food web linkage apparently not only exists in tropical, shallow warm-water reefs, but also in deep-sea cold-water…

Karin and Heinz-Otto Peitgen, the sponsors of the Peitgen Foundation, and Dr. Martin Mehrtens, the University of Bremen’s Director of Finances and Administration, recently finalized the Statutes and Trustee Agreement of the “Karin und Heinz-Otto Peitgen-Stiftung”. The newly set up foundation is a…