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