{"id":4795,"date":"2026-04-14T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/?page_id=4795"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:53:20","slug":"goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_left\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slider_Ziele.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Geb\u00e4ude der Universit\u00e4t Bremen und Universit\u00e4t Oldenburg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slider_Ziele.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slider_Ziele-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slider_Ziele-1024x320.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_91f551a3 height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #264f7b;\">Vision of the Northwest Alliance<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>The Northwest Alliance unites two reform universities with decades of experience in research, teaching, and knowledge transfer. Together, with around 580 professorships, 6,400 employees, 2,700 doctoral students, and 34,000 students, they form the core of a high-performance center of science in northwestern Germany.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_ab62a216 height_small with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-img-width=\"\" data-img-height=\"\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EXU_Kompass_315Grad_hellblau_klein.svg);background-position: center left;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: auto;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The alliance&#8217;s goal is to combine excellent research with social responsibility and to find innovative solutions for regional and global challenges. The region is to be developed into a coherent research and outreach area in the medium to long term. The numerous scientific and non-scientific institutions in the northwest, with which both universities are already connected, as well as the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, which has been acting as a link between the universities for more than 25 years, will play a central role in this. The alliance also sees itself as part of the international community, in close partnership in particular with the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands), with which both universities have been cooperating for decades. The Northwest Alliance not only connects the federal states of Bremen and Lower Saxony, but also represents a strong international network in a European border region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Memorandum of Understanding<\/h3>\n<p><strong>On January 31, 2025, the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg laid the foundation for the Northwest Alliance: the two founding universities signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MoU_NWA_sgd._20250203.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorandum of understanding<\/a> at the Bremen state representation in Berlin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/strengthening-of-northwest-with-joint-research-and-outreach-space\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Press Release<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vision of the Northwest Alliance The Northwest Alliance unites two reform universities with decades of experience in research, teaching, and knowledge transfer. 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