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Promoting excellent research in the alliance between the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg

In order to strengthen academic cooperation in northwestern Germany and provide new short-term momentum for excellent research, the University of Bremen and Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg are establishing the “Northwest Impuls” and “Northwest Advanced” funding lines as of October 1, 2025.

A stall of the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg with information materials and displays, behind them five representatives of the two universities and the University of Bremen Research Alliance.

Northwest Alliance Presents Itself at the Largest German-North American Science Conference

From August 29 to 31, the Northwest Alliance – the strategic alliance between the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg – presented itself together with the U Bremen Research Alliance at the annual conference of the German Academic International Network (GAIN) in Boston.

Photo of Ralph Bruder, Kathrin Moosdorf, Falko Mohrs, and Jutta Günther, with a HWK Institute for Advanced Study building in the background.

University of Excellence: Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen Join Forces

The universities of Bremen and Oldenburg want to move into the future as a University Excellence Consortium. The two universities submitted their letter of intent to the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) today, meeting the deadline.