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The University of Bremen and twelve federal and state financed non-university research institutes cooperate within the U Bremen Research Alliance. The Alliance includes research institutes of the four major German science organizations, i.e. Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association, Leibniz Association and Max Planck Society, as well as the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.

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Current News from the U Bremen Research Alliance

Bremen Officially Confirmed as Host City for IJCAI-ECAI 2026

At the close of this year’s International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), held from August 11–17, 2025 in Montreal, Canada, and August 29–31, 2025 in Guangzhou, China, the official announcement was made: The next edition of the prestigious conference – IJCAI-ECAI 2026 – will take place in Bremen from August 15 to 21, 2026. Around 3,500 to 4,000 AI experts from around the globe are expected to gather in the Hanseatic city during the conference week.

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Warm welcome for new researchers

On June 19, 2025, the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA) Welcome Center at the University of Bremen hosted its annual reception for inter-/national researchers from 5:00 to 9:30 p.m. Under sunny skies, the event took place in the conference rooms and the outdoor grounds of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, a member institute of the U Bremen Research Alliance. This year, the reception also served as the festive conclusion of the Research Ambassadors Workshop.

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That was Research Data Day 2025!

For the third time, the Bremen “Research Data Day” took place, organized by the U Bremen Research Alliance as part of the interdisciplinary Bremen Data Competence Center DataNord. The event, held on June 11, 2025, under the theme “FAIR future skills,” attracted more than 300 participants in total and offered the opportunity to exchange ideas with experts and gain practical skills in managing research data.

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Welcome Center

The Welcome Center of the U Bremen Research Alliance supports researchers and their families before and during their stay in Bremen, regardless of the length of their stay or how the stay is financed.

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Jobs and Career

Job vacancies

Scientists looking for new career opportunities will find excellent infrastructure and creative competence within the U Bremen Research Alliance. By bundling strengths and utilizing flat hierarchies, the members of the Alliance nurture an interdisciplinary culture that offers maximum freedom of scope.

Here you will find an up-to-date overview of all job vacancies in the member institutions.

Member Institutions of the U Bremen Research Alliance in the Federal State of Bremen

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials

Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems and Energy System Technology

Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing

Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

Leibniz Institute for Material-Oriented Technologies

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology