Uni-Tübingen

Service for press and media

Our service for journalists: Do you need information about the University of Tübingen and its current topics, an expert for a specific subject or a filming permit? Contact us, we will be happy to help you.

Media Contact

An overview of the contact persons.

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Photo pool for journalists

Selection for reporting.

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Online press review

The university in the online media.

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Distribution lists

Our press releases provide information on current research and key developments at the University. Representatives of the media are welcome to join our distribution list; contact pressespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de.

There is a choice of the following distribution lists:

  • Regional distribution list: All University press releases including events and regional topics.
  • Supra-regional distribution list: Press releases on selected topics on matters of supra-regional significance, such as relevant research findings.

There is also the possibility for journalists to get confidential access to embargoed press releases. Please note that we must ensure that this information is not published before the embargo ends.

If you wish to be included on the distribution list of embargoed press releases, you must fill in and sign the following form "Verbindliche Zusage zur Einhaltung von Sperrfristen auf Inhalte von Pressemitteilungen der Universität" and send it to: University of Tübingen, Public Relations Department, Doblerstr. 21, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.

Finding an expert

Are you looking for an expert in a particular field? The Public Relations Department is happy to help media representatives to find the right contact person. Contact pressespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de 

As a comprehensive research university with more than 280 study programs, Tübingen covers nearly every area of academic study (with the exception of engineering).

An overview of our core research and profile areas here:

Permission to film

Are you planning to make video recordings on our campuses? You can apply for a permit to: pressespam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de.

Please supply the following information:

  • What is the subject?
  • For which medium would you be filming?
  • Where and when do you want to film?
  • How long will it take?

We can help you find an appropriate setting.
Please note that teaching and students’ studies may not be disrupted.


News

Press Releases

20.01.2026

The last spiny dormouse in Europe

Team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of…

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13.01.2026

AI helps assess environmental risks from chemicals

University of Tübingen-led research team finds systematic weakness in tests of bioaccumulation in…

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07.01.2026

Tackling conspiracy theories needs tactics as varied as the theories themselves

University of Tübingen researchers analyzed 6 million social media posts as part of a European…

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09.01.2026

Litter in the Rhine River: Some 53,000 items of litter flow past Cologne daily

A citizens science project led by the University of Bonn, conducted in partnership with an…

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08.01.2026

A stronger Europe needs a properly funded Erasmus+

Joint paper by university network The Guild and other higher education organizations calls on…

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08.12.2025

Unless we rapidly ramp up CO₂ removal, climate neutrality by 2045 will be scarcely achievable, scientists say

Interdisciplinary research project including Tübingen researchers gives recom-mendation for removing…

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