UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN: PAST, PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE

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bremen the city
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City of Bremen

• 555.000 habitants
• City state

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The University of Bremen
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General Facts
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University of Bremen
university general facts

• founded in October 1971
• guiding principles
• modernisation and restructuring of academic
  self-government and administration
• interdisciplinary research and teaching

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Academic Structure
university general facts
Faculty of physics and electrical engineering
Faculty of geo sciences
Faculty of cultural studies
Faculty of languages and literary studies
Faculty of law
Faculty of biology / chemistry

Faculty of human and health sciences
Faculty of mathematics / computer science
Faculty of business studies and economics
Faculty of educational sciences
Faculty of social sciences
Faculty of production engineering
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Students
university general facts

• 19450 students
• 31 from Bremen
• 33 from Niedersachsen
• 21 from other Bundesländer
• 15 international students
• (Jahrbuch 2007)

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Internationalization/Europeanizationas a Key
Objective
university internationalisation

• cooperation agreements with many European,
  African, Asian and US universities (e. g.
  Bangalore, Groningen, Gdansk, Paris, St.
  Petersburg, Indianapolis, Johannesburg, Carlisle
  (Dickinson), Austin, Shanghai, Seoul )
• more than 250 LLP-ERASMUS partnerships
• research institutes devoted to academic
  evaluation of Europeanization and globalisation
  processes (e.g. Jean Monnet Center European
  Studies)

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Perspectives of international cooperation
university internationalisation

• exchange on postgraduate level
• in research teaching
• development of joint degree programs with
  international partners

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International Degree Programs
university study

• ISATEC- International Studies in Aquatic Tropical
  Ecology (M.Sc.)
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (M.Sc.)
• MARMIC Marine Microbiology (M.Sc./PhD)
• Environmental Physics (M.Sc.)

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International Degree Programmes
university study

• Communication and Information Technology (M.Sc.)
• Digital Media (M.Sc.)
• Information and Automation Engineering (M.Sc.)
• Environmental and Marine Geoscience (M.Sc.)

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International Degree Programmes
university study

• Comparative and European Law/Hanse Law School
  (B.A.)
• Integrated European Studies (B.A.)
• Social Policy Research (M.A.)
• Global Governance and Social Theory (M.A.)
• European Labour Studies (M.A.)
• Business Studies (M.A.)

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Service of the International Office

• Newcomer Service
• Mentoring of international students
• Student support program
• At home in Bremen
• extracurricular program e.g.
• International Film-Club,
• cultural and social events

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Service Programme International Office

• 2007
• E-Quality Award of the European Commission for
  international mobility and excellent student
  services

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Special services for visiting students from
partner universities

• Two- week orientation period prior to the
  beginning of lectures including
• German Intensive Course (30 teaching hours)
• Social and cultural activities
• Campus tour, city tour, movie evenings,
  excursions in surroundings, etc.
• Academic counseling

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Special services for visiting students from
partner universities

• Accommodation in student residencies and private
  accommodation
• Newcomer Service
• support with first steps in Bremen
• Study buddy programm

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Newcomer Portal online preparation
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Peer student counceling

• Newcomer-Team

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Peer student counceling

• Study buddy

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Orientation weeks

• Welcomebreakfastat thecafeteria

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International Summer Courses

• Language Regional Studies Academic Work
• 4 week courses in July and August
• Participants from more than 30 countries

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KOMPASSGuidance for international students in
full study programs

• Special curriculum
• Academic mentoring in departments
• Personal tutors of the International Office
• Support by International Office, Career Center
  and other units

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The programme Global Education offers
multidisciplinary courses for International
Exchange Students

• Global Education allows to choose courses which
  combine a high academic standard with the
  particular field of interest of international
  students.
• It was designed for students from diverse
  academic areas in order to make a
  multidisciplinary approach towards students
  field of study possible.

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• Global Education is designed for all
  international students who would like to
• acquaint themselves with the German culture,
  history, literature and politics
• integrate an international and intercultural
  perspective into the German educational system
• receive an impression about the process of
  studying and doing research in Germany
• integrate valuable intercultural experiences into
  their studies at their home university.

The courses will be offered in German and
English. Students can obtain up to 15 credit
points with Global Education. Additionally to the
courses there will be excursions offered.
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Center of Languages

• The Center of Languages cooperates with the
  Goethe-Institut,Institut Francais, Institute
  Cervantes
• Languages offered
• German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch,
  Polish, Russian and other languages

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Leisure on campus and in Bremen

• Sports on campus
• International culture clubs
• International Film Club
• University Choir, orchestra, jazz band
• Restaurants, bars, clubs for all tastes and
  budgets
• wide array of movie theaters (some with English
  programs)
• Bremen a town for bicycles
• very good public transport system in and around
  Bremen

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PhD Programmes
university research
e.g. Graduate School of Social Sciences VW-found
ation 50 funding
e.g. Graduate College Proxies in Earth
History in cooperation with UtrechtAmsterdam
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Selected Central Research Units
university research

• Artec Research Center artec work-environment-techn
  ology
• ITB Institute Technology and Education
• ZKW Center for Cognitive Sciences
• UFT Center for Environmental Research and
  Technology
• ZeS Center for Social Policy

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Selected Research Units
university research

• TZI Center for Computing Technologies
• ZeTeM Zentrum für Technomathematik
• IUP Institute of Environmental Physics
• ZPH Centre for Public Health

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Associated Research Institutes (state funded)
university research

• ZARM Center of Applied Space Technology and
  Microgravity
• BIAS Bremen Institute of AppliedLaser Technology
• BIBA Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology
  and Applied Work Studies
• ZMT Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
• MeVis Center for Medical Diagnostic Systems and
  Visualization
• IWT Institute for Materials Science

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Associated Research Institutes(Foundations)
university research

• BIPS Bremen Institute for Prevention, Social
  Medicine and Epidemiology
• FORSCHUNGSSTELLE OSTEUROPA Research Office for
  Eastern European Studies
• ZERP Center of European Law and Politics

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National Scientific Institutions in Bremen
university research

• AWI Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and
  Marine Research (Helmholtz-Society), Bremerhaven
• IFAM Fraunhofer Institute for Applied
  Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (Fraunhofer
  Society)
• MPI Max Planck Institute for marine Microbiology
  (Max-Planck-Society)

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University of Bremen engine of regional
development
university general facts

• growing Technology Park
• 250 enterprises, 5.000 6.000 employees
• Cooperation in the areas (e.g.)
• Environmental protection
• Digital Media/Computer Science
• Material Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Logistics

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University of Bremen engine of regional
development

• supporting students and alumni as entrepreneurs
• Transfer of knowledge
• Lifelong Learning

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Mission statement

• The University of Bremen is a major growth factor
  for North West Germany and it connects Bremen to
  the world.
• We commit ourselves to highest standards of
  excellence in research and teaching. We offer
  research-based curricula on undergraduate,
  graduate and postgraduate levels.
• We prioritize interdisciplinary research with a
  strong focus on knowledge transfer.

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Mission statement

• The University of Bremen actively
• participates in a network of institutions
• who promote and seek to sustain
• democracy and social justice in Europe.