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University of Bremen

Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen

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Around 23,000 people study, teach, research and work at the University of Bremen. It is one of eleven universities across Germany that has earned the right to the title “University of Excellence”. The University offers courses in natural and engineering sciences as well as in social sciences and humanities.

Research strengths

Research at the University of Bremen is designed to be interdisciplinary – with cooperation arrangements that extend beyond the boundaries of individual subjects. The University has established six core academic areas in order to raise its profile and for the purposes of carrying out major research team projects:

  • Ocean, Polar and Climate Research
  • Material Sciences and their Technologies
  • Information, Cognitive and Communication Sciences
  • Social Sciences: Social Change, Social Policy and the State
  • Epidemiology and Health Sciences
  • Logistics

Doctoral researchers, post-docs and experienced researchers receive targeted support and career guidance from BYRD, the early career researcher centre at the University of Bremen.

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Affiliated institutions

  • Academy of Continuing Education
  • Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science (BCCMS)
  • Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
  • Bremen Spatial Cognition Center (BSCC)
  • Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE)
  • Department 01 - Physics and Electrical Engineering
  • Department 2: Biology and Chemistry
  • Department 3: Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Department 4: Production Engineering
  • Department 5: Geosciences
  • Department 6: Law
  • Department 7: Economics
  • Faculty 08: Social Science
  • Faculty 09: Cultural Studies
  • Faculty 10: Language and Literature
  • Faculty 11: Humanities and Health Sciences
  • Faculty 12: Education and Social Sciences
  • Research Center for Sustainability Studies
  • Civic Engagement
  • Institute Labour and Economy (IAW)
  • Institute of Technology and Education (ITB)
  • ISIS Sensorial Materials
  • MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes
  • SOCIUM Research Centre on Inequality and Social Policy
  • Social Sciences Methods Centre
  • Centre for Computing Technologies (TZI)
  • Centre of Labour and Politics (zap)
  • Centre for University Sports
  • Center for Decision Research
  • Center for Cognitive Sciences
  • Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI)
  • Centre for Multimedia in Teaching (ZMML)
  • Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT)
  • Centre for Gender Studies (CGS)

Projekts / Doctoral Opportunities

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