University of Bremen

The University of Bremen, in German Universität Bremen, is a public research university in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in north-western Germany, founded in 1971 as a reform institution and internationally known for the "Bremen Model" of interdisciplinary, research-based and practice-oriented study.不来梅大学（德语 Universität Bremen）是德国西北部不来梅汉萨自由市的一所公立研究型大学，1971 年作为改革型大学创办，以其跨学科、研究性学习与实践导向的「不来梅模式」闻名国际。

It is organised into twelve faculties and offers around 100 degree programmes across the sciences, engineering, the social sciences, the humanities, law and teacher education, and in its 2024 reporting year it counted 18,391 students, 54 per cent of them women and 17.7 per cent from abroad.该校设有 12 个学院，在自然科学、工程、社会科学、人文、法学与师范教育等领域开设约 100 个学位项目；2024 报告年度注册学生 18391 人，其中女性占 54%、国际学生占 17.7%。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university was placed 581st, and with about 3,532 employees, 2,244 of them academic staff, and an annual budget of some 422 million euros in 2024 it ranks among Germany's larger research universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 581 名；2024 年该校约有 3532 名员工，其中学术人员 2244 名，年度预算约 4.22 亿欧元，跻身德国规模较大的研究型大学之列。

History

• Higher education in Bremen has older roots than the university itself, for the city's Latin School was upgraded to a Gymnasium Academicum in 1584 and in 1610 it was transformed into the Gymnasium Illustre.不来梅的高等教育渊源早于该校本身：该城的拉丁学校于 1584 年升格为文理中学，1610 年又改建为高级文理中学。
• Under Napoleonic rule the establishment of a "French-Bremen University" was considered in 1811, but no lasting university emerged in the city until the twentieth century.1811 年拿破仑统治时期曾筹议设立「法兰西-不来梅大学」，但直到 20 世纪这座城市都没有出现一所延续下来的大学。
• The University of Bremen was founded in 1971 amid the social renewal of the young Federal Republic of Germany, a development driven by the student movement of the 1960s.不来梅大学创办于 1971 年，正值年轻的联邦德国社会革新之际，这一进程由 1960 年代的学生运动推动。
• When the first semester opened on 19 October 1971, the reform university had only 459 students, most of them training to become teachers, yet it was discussed across the whole country.1971 年 10 月 19 日首个学期开学时，这所改革型大学仅有 459 名学生，其中多数为师范生，却在全国引起热议。
• The "Bremen Model" broke with several ideas of the traditional university through interdisciplinarity, research-based learning in projects, practical orientation and a declared responsibility towards society.「不来梅模式」以跨学科、项目式研究性学习、实践导向与对社会负责的精神，打破了传统大学的若干观念。
• Its core elements remain in place today, with new goals added over time such as the internationalisation of teaching and research, gender equality and environmentally friendly action.其核心要素延续至今，并随时间增添了教学与研究的国际化、性别平等与环境友好行动等新目标。
• The 1980s brought a phase of consolidation and growth, for in 1982 the university signed a cooperation contract with the newly founded Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven.1980 年代进入巩固与成长阶段：1982 年该校与新建于不来梅港的阿尔弗雷德·韦格纳极地与海洋研究所签订了合作协议。
• That partnership laid the foundation for the university's broad expertise in marine and climate research, which was later extended through many further cooperations and institute foundings.这一合作奠定了该校在海洋与气候研究领域的广泛专长，此后又通过更多合作与机构创设不断扩展。
• New faculties appeared as the university broadened its academic profile, among them the Faculty of Production Engineering in 1983 and the Faculty of Geosciences in 1986.随着学科布局的拓展，新的学院相继设立，其中包括 1983 年的生产工程学院与 1986 年的地球科学学院。
• In 1986 the University of Bremen was accepted into the German Research Foundation, and in 1988 it established the first of the many Collaborative Research Centres that were to follow.1986 年不来梅大学被德国研究联合会接纳，1988 年又设立了日后众多合作研究中心中的第一个。
• From 1988 the ZARM Drop Tower was built on the Technology Park campus, and its 146-metre "crown" was completed in 1990, making the tower a landmark of the university.自 1988 年起，ZARM 落塔在科技园校区兴建，其 146 米高的「塔冠」于 1990 年完工，使该塔成为不来梅大学的地标。
• Between 1996 and 2001 Bremen took part, with six other German universities, in a Volkswagen Foundation pilot scheme for the structural reform of university administration.1996 至 2001 年间，不来梅与另外六所德国大学一起参加了大众汽车基金会资助的高校行政结构改革试点。
• The university also pioneered the "Laptop University" project, which helped it become one of Germany's leading institutions in digital-media teaching during the 1990s and 2000s.该校还率先推动「笔记本电脑大学」项目，使其在 1990 年代至 2000 年代成为德国数字媒体教学领域的领先机构之一。
• In 2001 the university became the first in Germany to introduce a tenure-track system for assistant professors, the so-called "Bremen Perspective".2001 年，该校成为德国第一所为助理教授引入终身教职轨道制度的大学，即所谓的「不来梅前景」。
• The university won the title "City of Science 2005" for the state of Bremen, awarded by the Stifterverband in recognition of achievements in science, politics, business and culture.该校为不来梅州赢得「2005 科学之城」称号，该称号由德国科学捐助者协会授予，以表彰其在科学、政治、商业与文化方面的成就。
• Bremen succeeded in all rounds of the Excellence Initiative and of the later German Excellence Strategy, and it held the title "University of Excellence" for several years.不来梅在卓越计划及后来的德国卓越战略各轮评选中均获成功，并数年间保有「卓越大学」称号。
• The Cluster of Excellence "The Ocean Floor – Earth's Uncharted Interface", based at MARUM, kept the university inside the Excellence Strategy with funding from 2019 to 2025.以 MARUM 为依托的卓越集群「海底——地球未探明的界面」使该校继续留在卓越战略之内，并获得 2019 至 2025 年的资助。
• In 2013 the Stifterverband and the German Academic Exchange Service honoured the university as "International University 2012" for its particularly good supervision of international students.2013 年，德国科学捐助者协会与德意志学术交流中心因该校对国际学生的出色培养而授予其「2012 年度国际化大学」称号。
• The mathematics professor Jürgen Timm, elected rector in 1982, is credited with steering the university towards research recognition, national standing and a series of endowment professorships.1982 年当选校长的数学教授 Jürgen Timm 被认为带领该校走向科研认可、全国声望并设立了一系列捐资讲席。
• By 2020 the university held more German Research Foundation Collaborative Research Centres than ever before and was widely regarded as the science hub of north-west Germany.到 2020 年，该校拥有的德国研究联合会合作研究中心数量为历来最多，被广泛视为德国西北部的科研中心。
• Since 2018 the university has belonged to the YUFE alliance of young European universities and was the only German institution involved in founding the International Universities Climate Alliance.自 2018 年起，该校加入欧洲年轻大学组成的 YUFE 联盟，并且是参与发起国际大学气候联盟的唯一德国高校。
• Around 23,000 people from more than 120 nations today learn, teach, research and work at the university, which is led by the rectorate under President Jutta Günther, in office since 2022.如今每天有来自 120 多个国家的约 23000 人在该校学习、教学、研究与工作；学校由校长委员会领导，现任校长 Jutta Günther 自 2022 年任职。

Academics

• The university is divided into twelve faculties, covering physics and electrical engineering, biology and chemistry, mathematics and computer science, production engineering, geosciences, law, business studies and economics, social sciences, cultural studies, languages and literary studies, human and health sciences, and pedagogy and educational sciences.该校分为 12 个学院，涵盖物理与电子工程、生物与化学、数学与计算机科学、生产工程、地球科学、法学、工商管理与经济学、社会科学、文化研究、语言与文学研究、人类与健康科学以及教育学与教育科学。
• It offers around 100 degree programmes and in 2024 it awarded 1,574 bachelor's degrees, 1,289 master's degrees, 118 law state examinations and 313 doctorates and habilitations.该校开设约 100 个学位项目，2024 年授予学士学位 1574 个、硕士学位 1289 个、法学国家考试 118 个，以及博士与教授资格 313 个。
• Research concentrates on five high-profile areas, namely marine, polar and climate research, social change and social policy, materials science and production engineering, minds, media and machines, and health sciences.其研究集中于五个高显示度领域，即海洋、极地与气候研究，社会变迁与社会政策，材料科学与生产工程，心智、媒体与机器，以及健康科学。
• Bremen runs two German Research Foundation Collaborative Research Centres and participates in four more, among them SFB 1342 on the global dynamics of social policy, running since 2018, and SFB 1320 on everyday activity science and engineering, running since 2017.该校主持两个德国研究联合会合作研究中心并参与另外四个，其中 SFB 1342 研究社会政策的全球动态（2018 年起）、SFB 1320 研究日常活动科学与工程（2017 年起）。
• The MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, grown out of the German Research Foundation Research Center Ocean Margins founded in 2001, hosts the Cluster of Excellence "The Ocean Floor" and is the university's flagship research unit.海洋环境科学中心 MARUM 由 2001 年成立的德国研究联合会海洋边缘研究中心发展而来，承载卓越集群「海底」，是该校的旗舰研究机构。
• Central Research Units that are independent of any faculty include the Sustainability Research Centre artec, the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, the Institute Labour and Economy, SOCIUM and the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research.独立于任何学院的中心研究机构包括「artec」可持续发展研究中心、不来梅国际社会科学研究生院、劳动与经济研究所、SOCIUM 以及媒体传播与信息研究中心。
• The university employs about 3,532 people, of whom 2,244 are academic staff and 320 are professors including cooperation professorships, with the remainder working in administration and operations.该校约有 3532 名员工，其中学术人员 2244 名、教授 320 名（含合作讲席教授），其余则在行政与运行部门工作。
• Its budget in 2024 totalled roughly 422 million euros, of which 125 million euros came from third-party funding, an unusually high share for a German university.其 2024 年预算总额约 4.22 亿欧元，其中 1.25 亿欧元来自第三方经费，这一比例在德国大学中相当之高。
• Bremen has been awarded eleven ERC grants and seven Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizes, including the 2009 Leibniz Prize to the marine biologist Antje Boetius.该校累计获得 11 项欧洲研究委员会资助与 7 项戈特弗里德·威廉·莱布尼茨奖，其中包括 2009 年授予海洋生物学家 Antje Boetius 的莱布尼茨奖。
• The Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen serves as the university library, and with its extensive holdings it is one of the largest academic libraries in northern Germany, open to university members and the general public alike.不来梅国立与大学图书馆是该校的大学图书馆，以其丰富馆藏位列德国北部规模最大的学术图书馆之一，既面向校内成员也向一般公众开放。
• Tuition is free for both German and international students, though a semester contribution of about 450 euros includes the Germany semester ticket valid on local public transport throughout the country.德国与国际学生均免缴学费，但需缴纳约 450 欧元的学期费，其中包含可在全德地方公共交通使用的德国学期票。
• Each year the university awards the Berninghausen Prize for excellent teaching, which was established in 1992 and is considered the oldest teaching award at any German university.该校每年颁发表彰优秀教学的贝宁豪森奖，该奖设立于 1992 年，被视为德国大学中历史最久的教学奖。
• Bremen converted early to the bachelor's and master's degree structure, and its graduate school and junior-professor programmes give structured support to early-career researchers.该校较早完成了向学士与硕士学位体系的转换，其研究生院与青年教授项目为青年研究者提供有结构的支持。
• The university maintains more than 40 joint professorships with the Max Planck Society, the Leibniz Association, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Helmholtz Association.该校与马克斯·普朗克学会、莱布尼茨联合会、弗劳恩霍夫协会及亥姆霍兹联合会保持着 40 多个联合讲席。
• It has around 300 Erasmus partner universities in Europe and agreements with several hundred universities worldwide, with strategic partnerships including Cardiff University, the University of Groningen and the University of Guelph.该校在欧洲拥有约 300 所伊拉斯谟伙伴院校，并与全球数百所大学签订协议，战略伙伴包括卡迪夫大学、格罗宁根大学与圭尔夫大学。
• The U Bremen Research Alliance links the university with twelve non-university research institutes funded by the state and spans marine and climate research, materials and production, health sciences, and minds, media and machines.不来梅科研联盟把该校与州资助的 12 家校外研究机构联系起来，覆盖海洋与气候研究、材料与生产、健康科学以及心智、媒体与机器等方向。
• Its degree range runs from bachelor's and master's programmes to the traditional law state examination and the doctorate, with early-career support organised through the university's graduate school.其学位体系从学士、硕士项目延伸到传统的法学国家考试与博士，对青年学者的支持则通过大学研究生院组织。

Campus

• Bremen is a campus university spread mainly over three sites in the city, namely Am Neuen Palais, Golm and Babelsberg, the last of which is also called Griebnitzsee.不来梅大学是一所校园式大学，主要分布于城内三处，即新宫校区、戈尔姆校区与巴贝尔斯贝格校区（后者又称格里布尼茨湖校区）。
• The campus is embedded in the Technology Park Bremen, where more than 500 high-tech companies and more than 50 research institutes have settled since the park was founded in 1988.校园嵌于不来梅科技园之中，自 1988 年科技园建立以来，已有 500 多家高科技企业与 50 多家研究机构在此落户。
• The Alfred Wegener Institute, the Fraunhofer institutes IFAM, IWES and MEVIS, the Leibniz institutes BIPS and IWT and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology all have premises close to the university.阿尔弗雷德·韦格纳研究所、弗劳恩霍夫协会的 IFAM、IWES 与 MEVIS 研究所、莱布尼茨联合会的 BIPS 与 IWT 研究所以及马克斯·普朗克海洋微生物研究所均在该校附近设有场所。
• The ZARM Drop Tower on the campus, a 146-metre tower whose "crown" was completed in 1990, is used for microgravity experiments and has become a landmark of the university.校园内的 ZARM 落塔高 146 米，其「塔冠」于 1990 年完工，用于微重力实验，现已成为该校地标。
• The Golm campus houses most of the science and engineering institutes, while the Am Neuen Palais site, with its park setting, lies closer to the historic centre of the city.戈尔姆校区集中了多数科学与工程研究机构，而新宫校区坐拥园林景致，更靠近城市的历史中心。
• The university's botanical garden and its green spaces are open to the public, and the libraries and lecture halls are distributed across the three sites rather than concentrated in one quarter of the city.该校植物园与绿地对外开放，图书馆与讲堂则分散于三处校区，而非集中于城市的同一街区。
• Bremen's main railway station and city centre are easily reached by tram and bus, and the campus sites are connected by the local transport network of the Bremen transport authority.乘有轨电车与公交车可便捷到达不来梅中央车站与市中心，各校区由不来梅交通公司的本地网络相连。
• The Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen stands in the city centre and serves students across the campuses as well as the wider public of the city.位于市中心的国立与大学图书馆既服务各校区学生，也面向更广泛的城市公众。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Bremen was placed 581st in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，不来梅大学位列世界第 581 名。^[1]
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 351-375 band, its strongest showing among the four major global tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入 351-375 区间，是其在四大全球榜单中最好的表现。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the university is ranked 587th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 587 名。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places the university in the 501-600 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列入 501-600 区间。
• OpenAlex attributes about 73,945 scholarly works and 3,560,877 citations to the university, a substantial output for an institution founded only in 1971.OpenAlex 把约 73945 项学术成果与 3560877 次引用归于该校，对一所仅创办于 1971 年的大学而言产出相当可观。
• Bremen was one of eleven institutions successful in the "Institutional Strategies" category of the Excellence Initiative and held the title University of Excellence for several years.不来梅是卓越计划「机构战略」类别中入选的 11 所机构之一，并数年间持有卓越大学称号。
• Its marine, polar and climate research, centred on MARUM and the Alfred Wegener Institute, is internationally regarded, and the university is Germany's only participant in founding the International Universities Climate Alliance.以 MARUM 与阿尔弗雷德·韦格纳研究所为核心的海洋、极地与气候研究享有国际声誉，该校还是德国唯一参与发起国际大学气候联盟的高校。
• The university has won eleven ERC grants and seven Leibniz Prizes and was named "International University 2012" by the Stifterverband and the German Academic Exchange Service in 2013.该校累计获得 11 项欧洲研究委员会资助与 7 项莱布尼茨奖，并于 2013 年被德国科学捐助者协会与德意志学术交流中心评为「2012 年度国际化大学」。
• In the 2024 QS edition the university stood 514th worldwide and 32nd within Germany, consistent with its later rank bands.在 2024 年版 QS 排名中，该校位列世界第 514 名、德国第 32 名，与其后的排名区间大致吻合。

Student life

• Bremen has no ancient Latin motto, and its identity rests instead on the 1971 founding, the "Bremen Model" and a declared responsibility towards society.不来梅大学没有古老的拉丁文校训，其身份认同转而依托于 1971 年的建校、「不来梅模式」与对社会负责的公开承诺。
• Students pay no tuition, but a semester contribution of about 450 euros covers the Germany semester ticket valid on local public transport nationwide.学生无需缴纳学费，但约 450 欧元的学期费涵盖可在全德地方公共交通使用的德国学期票。
• Around 3,254 international students from more than 120 countries study at the university, giving the campus a strongly international composition.来自 120 多个国家的约 3254 名国际学生在该校就读，使校园具有鲜明的国际化构成。
• The Berninghausen Prize, first awarded in 1992, is presented each year for excellent teaching and is considered the oldest teaching award at any German university.贝宁豪森奖自 1992 年首次颁发，每年授予优秀教学，被视为德国大学中历史最久的教学奖。
• The Studierendenwerk Bremen runs halls of residence and dining facilities for students across the city, and the student body is represented by the general students' committee and the student parliament.不来梅学生事务中心在城内为学生运营宿舍与食堂，学生群体则由学生总会委员会与学生议会代表。
• The university sports programme and numerous student societies organise activities on the campus, while Bremen's Hanseatic city centre offers the clubs, cafés and cultural venues of a mid-sized port city.大学体育项目与众多学生社团在校园组织活动，而不来梅的汉萨市中心则提供一座中型港口城市应有的酒吧、咖啡馆与文化场所。
• Since 2018 Bremen has been part of the YUFE alliance, giving students exchange and joint-study opportunities across ten young European universities.自 2018 年起，该校加入 YUFE 联盟，为学生提供在十所欧洲年轻大学之间交流与联合培养的机会。
• The university recalls its history each October, marking the opening of the first semester on 19 October 1971 and the reforms of the founding years.该校每年十月回顾校史，纪念 1971 年 10 月 19 日首个学期的开学以及建校初年的诸项改革。
• The university sports department and the general students' committee organise a wide programme of sports and cultural events, while student initiatives also address climate and social issues on campus.大学体育部门与学生总会委员会组织内容广泛的体育与文化赛事，学生倡议也关注校园内的气候与社会议题。

Notable people

• Jutta Günther has been President of the University of Bremen since 2022 and chairs the Academic Senate.Jutta Günther 自 2022 年起担任不来梅大学校长，并主持校务评议会。
• Jürgen Timm, elected rector in 1982, is credited with leading the university's consolidation and its rise in research rankings.1982 年当选校长的 Jürgen Timm 被认为带领该校完成巩固整合并提升了科研排名。
• Antje Boetius, professor of geomicrobiology at Bremen since 2009, received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2009 and directed the Alfred Wegener Institute from 2017 to 2025.自 2009 年起任不来梅大学地球微生物学教授的 Antje Boetius 于 2009 年获戈特弗里德·威廉·莱布尼茨奖，并于 2017 至 2025 年任阿尔弗雷德·韦格纳研究所所长。
• Ekkard Brinksmeier, professor of manufacturing engineering, was the first Bremen researcher to be awarded the Leibniz Prize.制造工程教授 Ekkard Brinksmeier 是不来梅首位获得莱布尼茨奖的研究者。
• Andreas Bovenschulte, a law graduate of the university, has served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen since 2019.该校法学专业毕业生 Andreas Bovenschulte 自 2019 年起任不来梅参议院议长兼市长。
• Sarah Ryglewski, an alumna of the university, has been Minister of State for Federal-State Relations in the German federal government since December 2021.该校校友 Sarah Ryglewski 自 2021 年 12 月起任德国联邦政府联邦与州关系事务国务部长。
• Hans Koenigsmann, an aerospace engineer who studied at Bremen, worked on the development of SpaceX launch vehicles.曾在不来梅求学的航天工程师 Hans Koenigsmann 参与了 SpaceX 运载火箭的研制。
• Michael Kölling, a computer scientist and alumnus, developed the BlueJ teaching environment and works at King's College London.计算机科学家、该校校友 Michael Kölling 开发了 BlueJ 教学环境，现在伦敦国王学院工作。
• Yuliia Fediv, a Ukrainian cultural manager and diplomat, is counted among the university's alumni.乌克兰文化管理者与外交官 Yuliia Fediv 被列为该校校友。
• Michal Kucera, professor of marine geology and micropalaeontology, serves as Vice-President for Research at the university.海洋地质学与微体古生物学教授 Michal Kucera 任该校负责科研的副校长。
• Maren Petersen is Vice-President for Teaching and Studies and represents the university in matters of degrees and study reform.Maren Petersen 任负责教学与学习的副校长，在学位与学业改革事务上代表该校。