History University of Bremen

the mzh building @ center of campus.

though bremen became university city recently, higher education in bremen has long tradition. bremen latin school upgraded gymnasium academicum in 1584. in 1610 transformed gymnasium illustre . under napoleonic rule, in 1811 institution of french-bremen university considered. in 1971 university of bremen opened doors.

the development of university of bremen can divided steps of 10 12 years – first foundation, restructuring, consolidation , profile building. @ beginning of 1970s, university set science complex in city oriented towards trade , seafaring had no experience academia, particularly not leftist professors. university, business , public in region did not move closer until 1980s, through foundation of natural science , engineering departments, co-operation newly founded alfred wegener institute polar , marine research in bremerhaven (1980), development of co-located technology park (from 1988). other important factors initial success in setting collaborative research centres , in acquisition of considerable of external funds. mathematics professor jürgen timm, elected university rector in 1982, largely responsible turnaround.

as consequence, university of bremen improved in research rankings, gained national recognition, , established number of endowment professorships. research excellence , interdisciplinary profile reflected in establishment of numerous research centers , programs funded german research foundation (dfg). these include 8 collaborative research centers , research center of ocean margins, 1 of 6 national research centers of dfg.

from 1996 until 2001 university of bremen (along 6 other universities in germany) participated in pilot scheme structural reform of university administration, funded volkswagen foundation. project improved co-operation , communication between university s administration, teaching , research units. realization of laptop university project, university of bremen became leading university in field of digital media education in germany.

by 2000, after organisational development process of 3 years in university set goals development of profile, trend continued promotion of junior scientists in structured graduate programs, , staff development programs great number of early-stage researchers entering university junior professors. in teaching, there comprehensive evaluations, more specific admission requirements, , improved completion rates bachelors , master s degrees.