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Bremen in 15th place: Start-up radar 2025 shows the university’s top performance!
The University of Bremen ranks 15th out of 48 universities in Germany in the 2025 start-up radar and actively promotes start-ups.
Bremen in 15th place: Start-up radar 2025 shows the university’s top performance!
The Stifterverband's start-up radar 2025 has once again placed the University of Bremen in the top group of German universities for start-up support. Loud uni-bremen.de The institution ranks 15th among 48 large German universities. The start-up radar has been examining the start-up environment in scientific institutions since 2012 and assesses various aspects such as start-up anchoring, monitoring, evaluation and networking.
The University of Bremen achieved the highest score of 10 out of 10 points in the “Monitoring and Evaluation” category and thus secured first place. The university was also able to impress in its networking work and achieved eighth place with 9.8 points. In the area of “start-up qualification” a point value of 9.32 was achieved, which means 14th place. These excellent results are evidence of the continuous improvement in start-up support at universities, as well stifterverband.org has determined.
BRIDGE and the role of the University of Bremen
An outstanding example of successful support for start-ups is the Bremen university start-up network BRIDGE. Every year, BRIDGE supports around 160 start-up projects and organizes over 80 events to raise awareness and qualify founders. More than 2,200 participants take part in these events, which are often carried out in close cooperation with players in the Bremen start-up ecosystem.
In addition, the University of Bremen cooperates with the University of Oldenburg and other universities in the “hoi startup factory” project to promote the startup founding process in the region. BRIDGE acts as a central contact point for students and alumni who are interested in starting a business. Since its founding in 2007, the network has raised over 11 million euros in funding from the EXIST program.
Funding and future challenges
According to the analyzes from the Start-up Radar 2025, universities in Germany have improved their start-up support overall since 2012. There was a significant increase in the average score compared to previous surveys, particularly in the area of foundation anchoring. gruendungsradar.de highlights that around 75 percent of the financial resources for start-up funding come from third-party funds, which illustrates the dependence on external funding sources.
The challenge posed by dependence on third-party funding is significant. A quarter of the participating universities do not have their own funds for start-up support. If funding programs expire, this can have far-reaching consequences for initiatives in the area of start-up support. In order to counteract these challenges, the 2025 start-up radar relies on the consolidation of support structures.
The objective of the perpetuation is clear: Temporary funding structures should be transformed into permanent, sustainable programs that ensure continuous support in start-up funding. This could mean that universities will be better positioned in the future to support the growing number of start-ups with knowledge and technology transfer, which has risen sharply since 2012.
Overall, the development at the University of Bremen and other universities shows how important sustainable start-up support is for innovative strength in Germany.