Public Relations Department

Media

Do you have a press enquiry or would you like to report on the University of Tübingen? Are you looking for an expert on a specific topic? Do you need visual material on the University of Tübingen? We can put you in touch with scientists and academics, provide you with information and picture material. We would also be happy to add you to our distribution list for press releases. And we are your contact if you need permission to film.

Media Contact

An overview of the contact persons.

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Photo pool for journalists

Selection for reporting.

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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

03.02.2026

Māori ancestor goes home

Captain James Cook removed the ancestral portrait 250 years ago; University of Tübingen returns ‘Pou…

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02.02.2026

Valuable new information about life in Europe’s Stone Age from the Vogelherd Cave

Tübingen Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Prize for Benjamin Schürch

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26.01.2026

Earliest evidence of wooden tools used by humans

International research team from Germany, the UK and Greece finds evidence of wooden tool use in…

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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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27.01.2026

University of Tübingen’s six clusters of excellence get down to work

The new clusters TERRA, GreenRobust, and HUMAN ORIGINS officially launched on January 1. The…

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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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