University of Bremen

University of Bremen

Universität Bremen
Type	Public
Established	1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Academic affiliation	TPC
Budget	€ 354.6 million[1]: 37
Rector	Jutta Günther
Academic staff	2,330[1]: 27
Administrative staff	1,221[1]: 27
Students	18,669[1]: 3
Location	Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Germany
Campus	Urban
Website	www.uni-bremen.de

The University of Bremen (German: Universität Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany, with approximately 23,500 people from 115 countries.^[2] It is one of 11 institutions which were successful in the category "Institutional Strategies" of the Excellence Initiative launched by the Federal Government and the Federal States in 2012.^[3][4] The university was also successful in the categories "Graduate Schools" and "Clusters of Excellence" of the initiative.

Some of the paths that were taken in the early days of the university, also referred to as the "Bremen model",^[5] have since become characteristics of modern universities, such as interdisciplinary, explorative learning, social relevance to practice-oriented project studies which enjoy a high reputation in the academic world as well as in business and industry.