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    How do good ideas emerge—and what allows them to grow? This is the topic in Focus Area PINC. full story

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  • The Power of the Individual – Talks Now Online - Universität Bielefeld
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    07.04.2026

    The Power of the Individual – Talks Now Online

    The Individualisation Symposium 2026 brought leading researchers to Bielefeld. Two of the talks are now available online, offering insights into cooperation and social identity in humans and animals.
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    25.03.2026

    Why No Individual Is Like Another

    Why do animals behave differently, and what are the consequences of this? A research team from the Collaborative Research Centre NC³ now provides a new explanation: epigenetic processes may play a key role.
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    18.03.2026

    Control mechanism against cellular stress identified

    A discovery by a research team from Bielefeld University and the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) offers new avenues for the treatment of dementia and cancer.
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Studying at Bielefeld University

The study portals offer comprehensive information for prospective students, freshmen and enrolled students to cover individual concerns. From study options and orientation guides to information events and counselling services - our portals are your central point of contact for everything to do with your studies at our university.

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    Support and Orientation Offerings

    Bielefeld University has many support offerings, from orientation day to counselling offerings, to a choice of leisure activities.

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    Service and Advice

    Contact points, sorted by topic, that will be happy to advise you on questions about international mobility and studying in Bielefeld.

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    Info newsletter (in German)

    All information about the courses offered, the application process and counselling services at a glance by e-mail.

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    My Uni App

    In the "My University" app, students can find the most important services for organising their studies.

Research at Bielefeld University

Transcending Boundaries is the Bielefeld approach and stands for crossing boundaries between disciplines and scientific cultures, between research and teaching and between science and society. For our researchers, it is the driving force behind cutting-edge basic research at an international level.

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    Research Worlds

    Research at Bielefeld University takes place in four thematic, interdisciplinary worlds. It focuses on the big questions of our time.

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    Research Projects

    High-profile research projects are sponsored by, for example, the German Research Foundation or the EU at national and international level.

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    Researchers

    Profile building at the university: New strategic research networks and the "brains behind them" are presented in the new issue of BI.research magazine.

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    GrACe - Graduate and Academic ­Career Development Centre

    Promoting academic talent at all career levels is a central, forward-looking and sustainable task for our university.

Get to know Bielefeld University

As a research-intensive university with an international reputation and innovative teaching concepts, Bielefeld University makes an important contribution to a progressive and participatory knowledge society.

Bielefeld University - This is us.

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    Career

    Working well together - Bielefeld University is an attractive, family-friendly place to work.

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    Sustainability

    Our sustainability strategy - we contribute to a future worth living.

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    Equality and Gender

    With excellent structures for the further development of a gender-equitable scientific and university culture.

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    Diversity

    A positive attitude towards diversity: We value diversity and promote different skills, talents and competences.

Events

Mo., 13.04.2026
10:00 - 11:00
Erstsemesterbegrüßung Sommersemester 2026
Mo., 13.04.2026
10:00 - 15:00
VR-Experience Anne Frank Haus und interaktive Radikalisierungsprävention Hidden Codes im BITS SPACE der Universität Bielefeld
Mo., 13.04.2026
18:15 - 19:45
Persistenz und Wandel sozialer Ungleichheit – Dimensionen, Determinanten, Ursachen
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