University of Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Established	1973
Type	Public university
President	Babette Simon
Students	18,320
Location	Oldenburg, Germany
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	EUA
Website	http://www.uni-oldenburg.de
	Data as of 2011

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The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (German: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university in Oldenburg, Germany. It is one of the most important educational facilities in northwestern Germany and specialises in interdisciplinary studies.

German pronunciation

[edit] History

The university was founded in 1973 building on a school for the training of teachers that had existed since 1945. In the summer semester of 1974, the university introduced an education curriculum with 2400 students. In 1991 it was named after the writer and Nobel laureate Carl von Ossietzky. It crossed the number of 10,000 students in 1991, a number that it has since maintained, and as of 2006, there were about 12,000 students. As part of the Bologna process, the university changed its courses to Bachelor-Master degrees in 2004.

[edit] University Profile

The main building of Uhlhornsweg campus

The main building of Wechloy campus, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science

The university offers over 80 courses of study. 75 percent of students seek a Diplom, Magister, while 25 percent strive for a teaching certification. One main focus of the university is the schooling of teachers, which was established during the 1970s and remains a strong profile. The campus is split into two locations, the major one being Uhlhornsweg, where the main library, the mensa and the administration along with most of the departments is housed, while Wechloy is home to the studies of natural sciences as well as the library of natural sciences.

[edit] Departments

Faculty I: Pedagogy and Education
Faculty II: Computer sciences, law and economics
Faculty III: Linguistics and Cultural studies
Faculty IV: Social Sciences
Faculty V: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

[edit] Cultural and political program

The Studentenwerk of the University organizes the cultural bureau UNICUM and the theatre since 1985. UNICUM includes theatrical groups from the university as well as freelancers. The group Gegenlicht runs a cinema in the Old Aula and on campus during the summer, while the programme zwergWERK is focused on the presentation of short films.

Among other organisations, AIESEC and Attac maintain a presence at the University.

[edit] Points of interest

Botanischer Garten Oldenburg, the university's botanical garden

[edit] Partnerships

The university participates in the ERASMUS programme, a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains relations with over 50 universities on all continents.^[1]