{"id":5342,"date":"2026-04-17T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:46:03","slug":"information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition"},"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=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Two weeks before the on-site review by a panel of experts from the German Council of Science and Humanities, the Presidential Board of the University of Oldenburg and the Executive Board of the University of Bremen have held an event to provide staff and students at the two universities with details about the visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 28 and 29 will probably be the most important dates of the year for the Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg: on these two days, around 20 evaluators commissioned by the German Council of Science and Humanities will visit the Bremen campus to review the two universities\u2019 joint proposal for University Excellence Consortium status on site.  <\/p>\n<p>The University of Oldenburg and the University of Bremen submitted their joint University Excellence Consortium application to the German Council of Science and Humanities in November 2025 under the title \u201cNorthwest Alliance: Connecting for Tomorrow\u201d. The aim is to further develop northwestern Germany as a vibrant scientific region where cutting-edge research and social responsibility go hand in hand. <\/p>\n<p>Together with colleagues from the Presidential Board and the Executive Board, respectively, Professor Ralph Bruder, President of the University of Oldenburg, and Professor Jutta G\u00fcnther, President of the University of Bremen, presented the strategy behind the Northwest Alliance\u2019s proposal and explained how the on-site visit will be conducted and what the next steps will be. Interested parties from both universities were invited to attend the event which was moderated by Nele Claus from the Oldenburg Press &amp; Communication office. They could ask questions, either in person at the Oldenburg Lecture Center or via livestream. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth universities were founded as \u2018reform universities\u2019, with a mandate to contribute to societal change processes. It is therefore of the utmost importance to us to combine academic excellence with societal impact \u2013 this is the goal we are setting out to achieve,\u201d President Bruder explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quest for Excellence status is not an end in itself for us. Our aim is to explore the profound societal, cultural and technological upheavals of our time and to offer concrete solutions \u2013 in collaboration with the University of Groningen, the many non-university institutions in our network, and \u2013 as a key factor for us \u2013 the societal stakeholders,\u201d emphasized President G\u00fcnther.<\/p>\n<p>The German Council of Science and Humanities will announce on 2 October which universities and university consortia will receive funding for seven years from January 2027 under the federal and state governments\u2019 Excellence Strategy funding line.<\/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-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_middle wrap stack_on_mobiles align_none\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:40px\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Back to the homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_navigation layout_simple inv_false\"><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_first to_prev\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/hoi-startup-factory-launches-in-bremen\/\" title=\"Hoi startup factory Launches in Bremen\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Previous article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Hoi startup factory Launches in Bremen<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_second to_next\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/ten-years-of-collaboration-the-universities-of-bremen-and-oldenburg-jointly-support-early-career-researchers\/\" title=\"Ten Years of Collaboration: The Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg Jointly Support Early-Career Researchers\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Next article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Ten Years of Collaboration: The Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg Jointly Support Early-Career Researchers<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks before the on-site review by a panel of experts from the German Council of Science and Humanities, the Presidential Board of the University of Oldenburg and the Executive Board of the University of Bremen have held an event to provide staff and students at the two universities with details about the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two weeks before the on-site review by a panel of experts from the German Council of Science and Humanities, the Presidential Board of the University of Oldenburg and the Executive Board of the University of Bremen have held an event to provide staff and students at the two universities with details about the visit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Northwest Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1406\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maria Bossauer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maria Bossauer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maria Bossauer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f4c6ca70c95ccf8493bc5dc5ad1b3c9\"},\"headline\":\"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/\",\"name\":\"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2500,\"height\":1406,\"caption\":\"Together with colleagues from the Presidential Board and the Executive Board, respectively, Professor Ralph Bruder, President of the University of Oldenburg, and Professor Jutta G\u00fcnther, President of the University of Bremen, presented the strategy behind the Northwest Alliance\u2019s proposal and explained how the on-site visit will be conducted and what the next steps will be. Photo: Universit\u00e4t Oldenburg \\\/ Matthias Knust \\\/ Per Ruppel\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/startseite\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Northwest Alliance\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Northwest Alliance (NWA)\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/nwa-thumbnail.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/nwa-thumbnail.jpg\",\"width\":1555,\"height\":995,\"caption\":\"Northwest Alliance (NWA)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/northwest-alliance\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f4c6ca70c95ccf8493bc5dc5ad1b3c9\",\"name\":\"Maria Bossauer\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/northwest-alliance.de\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance","og_description":"Two weeks before the on-site review by a panel of experts from the German Council of Science and Humanities, the Presidential Board of the University of Oldenburg and the Executive Board of the University of Bremen have held an event to provide staff and students at the two universities with details about the visit.","og_url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/","og_site_name":"Northwest Alliance","article_published_time":"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2500,"height":1406,"url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Maria Bossauer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Maria Bossauer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/"},"author":{"name":"Maria Bossauer","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6f4c6ca70c95ccf8493bc5dc5ad1b3c9"},"headline":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition","datePublished":"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/"},"wordCount":478,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/","url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/","name":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition - Northwest Alliance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-17T07:46:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/excellence-infoveranstaltung-26-04-14-final-scaled.jpg","width":2500,"height":1406,"caption":"Together with colleagues from the Presidential Board and the Executive Board, respectively, Professor Ralph Bruder, President of the University of Oldenburg, and Professor Jutta G\u00fcnther, President of the University of Bremen, presented the strategy behind the Northwest Alliance\u2019s proposal and explained how the on-site visit will be conducted and what the next steps will be. Photo: Universit\u00e4t Oldenburg \/ Matthias Knust \/ Per Ruppel"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/information-event-on-the-excellence-strategy-competition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/startseite\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Information event on the Excellence Strategy competition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/","name":"Northwest Alliance","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Northwest Alliance (NWA)","url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nwa-thumbnail.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nwa-thumbnail.jpg","width":1555,"height":995,"caption":"Northwest Alliance (NWA)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/northwest-alliance"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6f4c6ca70c95ccf8493bc5dc5ad1b3c9","name":"Maria Bossauer","sameAs":["https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5342"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5346,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342\/revisions\/5346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}