Successful in the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments: with two excellence clusters, the University of Bremen offers a wide range of opportunities for world-class research.
Research
Strong in Research
Researchers at the University of Bremen are looking for answers to the big questions facing today's communities. For more than 50 years, the University of Bremen has been an inspiring place for research - diverse, collaborative and eager to experiment. It is a young, fully-fledged university that is internationally linked and very successful in attracting third-party funding. This applies both to excellent individual researchers and to larger collaborative initiatives.
In particular, the University of Bremen is strong when it comes to research in its five key scientific areas, including two clusters of excellence in the key scientific areas of “Marine, Polar and Climate Research” and “Materials Science and Technologies”.
Contact persons for all research services at the University of Bremen can be found on the website of Unit 12 Research and Early-Career Researchers.
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The University of Bremen is successfully participating in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments with two Clusters of Excellence. Since 2012, scientists in the cluster ‘The Ocean Floor - Earth's Uncharted Interface' have been researching fundamental processes and the interaction of the ocean floor with the entire Earth system. This cluster has been based at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences since 2019.
From 2026, a second Cluster of Excellence will be funded: ‘The Martia: Mindset - A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm’ at the MAPEX Cente for Materials and Processes. The cluster will work on new resilient and highly automated sustainability models that use the scarcity of resources on Mars as a model.
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Research Institutions and Projects
Research at the University of Bremen is carried out in working groups and institutes within twelve faculties and at MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. Find an overview of research institutions, funded projects, and Central Research Units here.
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Collaborative Research Centres
There are currently five Collaborative Research Centres funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Bremen. Collaborative Research Centres are long-term research institutions at universities, designed to last up to twelve years, in which scientists work together within the framework of an interdisciplinary research programme.
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Managing Research Data
The management of research data that begins with the development of a research question, followed by the collection of data and leading to a final publication, is becoming increasingly important in the context of promoting digitalization. This is why the University of Bremen has adopted its own research data strategy.
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Careers in Academia
The path to becoming a professor or obtaining tenure in academia can be through a position as a research assistant, a junior professor, the head of a Junior Research Group, or a position in a third-party funded project. In addition to the professorship career path, the University of Bremen also offers a career path to Senior Lecturer and Senior Researcher. Here you will find information about the various career phases and the support offered by the University of Bremen.
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PhD Studies at the University of Bremen
Over 2,000 doctoral students from Germany and abroad make a vital contribution to the University of Bremen’s research strength. The University offers young researchers an attractive framework for doctoral projects in its faculties and institutes, graduate programs and non-university research institutions, which are part of the U Bremen Research Alliance. Information for doctoral candidates can be found on the BYRD site.
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Support for Researchers
The University offers a wide network of support services for its researchers. These range from its Central Research Development Funding to third-party funding, application coaching, personnel development, the BYRD graduate center, the Equal Opportunities Office, and the Welcome Center, the University offers support and points of contact for its members.
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Knowledge and Technology Transfer
The University of Bremen places particular significant on the transfer of ideas, research results, and people from the University to business and society. It sees itself as the innovation engine of the region.
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