Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | |
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| Motto | Offen für neue Wege |
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Motto in English | Open for new ways |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1973 |
| Budget | €224.3 million[1] |
| President | Ralph Bruder[2] |
Academic staff | 1,459[1] |
Administrative staff | 1,037[1] |
| Students | 15,220[1] |
| Location | ,, Germany 53°08′52″N8°10′56″E / 53.14778°N 8.18222°E /53.14778; 8.18222 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA |
| Website | uni-oldenburg.de |
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TheCarl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (German:Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university inOldenburg, Germany.
The first teachers training was held in Oldenburg as early as 1793, launched by DukePeter Friedrich Ludwig. A garden seminar for teachers training was created in 1882. During theWeimar Republic, the establishment of thePedagogical Academy (Pädagogische Akademie) in Oldenburg in 1929 enabled the vocational training of teachers. On 1 October 1945, the institution reopened in postwar Germany. In 1948 it was renamed thePedagogical College Oldenburg (Pädagogische Hochschule Oldenburg).
The first step towards the university was taken on 23 February 1959 with the decision of the city council to launch a university project, which was followed in 1970 with theMemorandum establishing the University of Oldenburg from the Minister of Culture ofLower Saxony. TheLandtag of Lower Saxony decided to integrat the formerPedagogig Seminar (Pädagogische Hochschule) into the university.[3] The university was finally founded in 1973. Enrollment and teaching started in the summer semester of 1974, with an education curriculum for 2,400 students in eight diploma courses. In 1991, the university was officially named after pacifist, writer andNobel laureateCarl von Ossietzky, having been denied to take on his name by previous (both left-leaning and right-leaning) state governments.[4] That same year, the number of students passed the mark of 10,000. The eleven departments of the university were reorganized into five faculties in 2002. By the end of 2011, there were about 11,325 students.
In 2012, the university founded the faculty of medicine and health sciences, introducing a 12-semester course in human medicine, which leads up to the German state examination,Staatsexamen, a prerequisite to practice as a physician. The new faculty is part of theEuropean Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen (EMS), a cooperation between the University of Oldenburg, theUniversity of Groningen (Netherlands), and local hospitals.[5]
The university offers 95 courses of study. Due to theBologna Process, in 2004 Oldenburg adoptedBachelor andMasters degrees in place of the formerDiplom andMagister. One main focus of the university is teacher training, which was established during the 1970s and remains a strong presence with master's degrees in teaching offered in all faculties. The PhD programDidactical reconstruction is especially renowned, as is the research insustainable development, encompassing several academic disciplines. The university is also allowed to confer Doctorates and overseeHabilitations.
The campus is split into two locations, the major one beingUhlhornsweg, where the main library, the mensa and the administration along with most of the departments is housed. Having used the buildings of the former teaching college during the first years, the main buildings of the university were inaugurated in 1982, with ongoing extensions since then, including the main lecture hall in 2001. TheWechloy campus, also first opened in 1982, is home to the studies of natural sciences as well as the library of natural sciences.
The Studentenwerk of the university organizes the cultural bureauUNICUM and the theatre since 1985. UNICUM includes theatrical groups from the university as well as freelancers. The groupGegenlicht runs a cinema in the Old Aula and on campus during the summer, while the programmezwergWERK is focused on the presentation ofshort films.
As in other German universities, theAStA is the most important organ of student representation. It administers the public transport tickets for the student body, offers several forms of student loans and organizes festivities. In addition, the AStA is continually involved in campaigns concerning university policy and social activism.
The Studentenwerk Oldenburg operates canteens both the Uhlhornsweg and the Wechloy campus.
In 2001, the cafeteria at Uhlhornsweg took first place in thetaste category and ended up in second place overall at the Germany-wide canteen ranking done by UNICUM magazine. The following years, it steadily dropped, but in 2008, it managed to return to second place overall, and again become first ranked in the taste category.[6]
In addition to the canteens, the Studentenwerk operates a large cafeteria on Uhlhornsweg campus. In Wechloy, canteen and cafeteria are combined in the same area.
The first major cross-border cooperation was started in 1980 with theRijksuniversiteit Groningen. It has since then resulted in an especially far-reaching partnership, with several majors jointly offered by the two universities. Together with theUniversity of Bremen and working closely with theRijksuniversiteit Groningen the university operates theHanse Law School which provides degree level programmes in international and comparative law. As at July 2024, there are plans for the School to work closely with theUniversity of Le Havre in France.[7][8]
The university participates in theERASMUS programme, a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains cooperation agreements with 105 universities in 44 countries.[9][10]
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