University of Oldenburg
Facts and Figures
Campus Haarentor
Campus Wechloy
Facts
• Nearly 13.000 Students
• Nearly 2.000 Employees(including 1.000 Scientists)
• Teacher Education for all School Forms
History
• 1793 Foundation of a Teacher Training Institute which became a Teacher Training College later on
• 1973 Foundation of the University and integration of the Teacher Training College
• 1974 Initiation of the Teaching and Research
• 1991 Naming of the University after Carl von Ossietzky
The Namesake
• Editor of the Journal „Weltbühne“
• Pacifist and Opponent of National Socialism
• Nobel Peace Price Laureate 1936
• Internee of the Concentration Camp Esterwegen (near Oldenburg)
Carl von Ossietzky(1889 – 1938)
Schools
• School of Educational and Social Sciences
• School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics and Law
• School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Mathematics and Science
• School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Fields of Research
Neurosensory Sciences• Research Center
Neurosensory Science
• Research Unit of the DFG (German Research Foundation) „Dynamic and Stability Retinal Processing“
• International Graduate School for Neurosensory Science and Systems
• PhD Training NEUROSENSES
Hearing Research• Cluster of Excellence
„Hearing4all“
• Transregio 31„The Active Auditory System“
• HörTech Centre of Competence
• Fraunhofer Project Group„Auditory and Linguistic Technology“
• PhD Programme
Computing Science and Safety-Critical Systems
• Research Center Safety-Critical Systems
• Special Field of Research „Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems (AVACS)“
• Research Training Group„System Correctness under Adverse Conditions“
• Institute for Information Technology (OFFIS)
Marine Sciences• Institute for the Chemistry an
Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)
• Special Field of Research „Ecology, physiology and molecular biology of the Roseobacter group: start to an understanding of a globally important group of marine bacteria from the perspective of the systems biology“
• Max-Planck-Junior Research Group „Marine Geochemistry“
• Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Research
Energy Research
•Energy and Semiconductor Research
•ForWindCenter of Wind Energy Research
•Fraunhofer-Project Group „Components and Systems Development of Energy Storages for Electric Cars“
•Fraunhofer-Project Group„Computational Fluid and System Dynamics“
•NEXT ENERGY – EWE Research Centre for Energy Technology
•PhD Programme
Environmental Science
• COAST – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research
• Center for Environmental Modelling
• CENTOS Center for Sustainability Economics and Management
• Chameleon Research Group
Teaching and Learning Research
• Center for Didactics (diz)
• PhD Programme „Processes of Subject-didactic Structuring“ (ProfaS)
Women's and Gender Studies
• Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Women and Gender (ZFG)
E-Learning
• Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L)
• Field of Work: Continuing Education and Education Management
Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies
• Post Graduate Programme „Self-Making. Practices of Subjectivation in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective“
• Research Unit of the DFG„Horizontal Europeanization“
Associated Institutes of the University
• BKGE – Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe
• ecco – ecology + communication business consultancy GmbH
• Auditory Center Oldenburg
• Ibe – Wolfgang Schulenberg-Institute for Research on Education and Adult Education e.V.
• IÖB – Institute for Economic Education GmbH
• ISN – Institute for Science Networking GmbH
Associated Institutes of the University
• Itap – Institute for Technical and Applied Physics GmbH
• NEXT ENERGY – EWE-Research Centre for Energy Technology e.V.
• LTP – Laboratory for Thermophysical Properties
• OFFIS – Oldenburg Research and Development Institute for Information Technology Tools and Systems e.V.
• Sophie Drinker Institute for Musicological Women and Gender Research
• Parisi Photovoltaic GmbH
Academic Studies
• More than 80 Courses of Studies
• Interdisciplinary Education and Research
• Small-Sized Classes
• Intimate Atmosphere
University International
• More than 220 Cooperations with Universities in 59 Countries
• About 900 International Students from more than 65 Nations
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• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands)
• Nikolaus Kopernikus University, Thorn (Poland)
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
• Anhui Normal University, Wuhu (China)
• Towson University (USA)
Career Service
• Career Advice and Supporting Programs
• Support with the organisation of Internships and Applications domestically and abroad
• Job and Internship Market, Database of Companies
Offers for Children and Youths
• KinderUniversität Oldenburg (Children's University)
• Chemistry in Oldenburg (CHEMOL)
• Green School in the Botanical Garden
• Early University Entry for highly talented Students
• Working field Children's Research
• Learn Workshop Social Sciences
University Library• More than 1,3 Million Books
• 4.000 Printed Journals
• More than 20.000 Electronic Journals
• Extensive Media Library
Housing
• 1.330 Rooms and Apartments in Residential Complexes for Students
• Residential Homes close to the Campus and the City Center
Refectory
• Certified by the EU-Eco-regulation since 2004
• Organic Food from regional Partners
Culture on Campus
• University Theatre (OUT)
• University Orchestra
• UniChoir
• Big Band
• Student-run Cinema „Gegenlicht“
• Theatre and Cabaret UNIKUM etc.
University Sports• Focus on recreational and
mass Sports
• Modern Sports Facilities with Sports Halls, Sports Fields of different sizes, Indoor Swimming Pool, etc.
• Modern Fitness and Health Center
• More than 100 Types of Sport for Students and the General Public on offer
Oldenburg
• Residential City in the Northwest of Lower Saxony with 162.000 Inhabitants
• Germany‘s „City of Science 2009“ - Awarded by the Stifterverband (the Business Community’s Innovation Agency for the German Science System)
• Technology and Business Center Oldenburg – largest technology based Start-up Center in Lower Saxony
Further Information:
www.uni-oldenburg.de