Many employees of the University of Oldenburg are interested in a service bike leasing or sponsorship of e-bikes by their employer.

Unfortunately, the university is not legally authorised to introduce such an offer according to the current requirements of the state.

On the OpenStreetMap cyclosm the condition of the cycling infrastructure around the campus can be viewed.

The university successfully took part in the "City Cycling" competition from 8 September to 28 September 2023. It took second place at municipal level. 224 people from the university actively cycled and covered a total distance of 40,724 km. This means that they cycled 7,000 km more than in the previous year, saving the equivalent of 6,597 kg of CO₂. Further information on the 2023 competition can be found on the campaign website ready.

For students of Carl von Ossietzky University, the semester fee automatically includes a semester ticket for Lower Saxony and Bremen. The ticket is valid for local trains in the second class area. Between Bremen and Norddeich (Mole)/Emden Außenhafen the IC may be used. For the use of the Hamburg S-Bahn, the ticket is only valid on the line sections S3 Stade - Hamburg Hbf and S31 Neugraben - Hamburg Hbf.

The use of buses, trams and underground trains is not valid for the entire local rail transport area, but only for the VBN area. In addition, regular bus services can be used in the area of the Verkehrsregion Nahverkehr Ems-Jade (VEJ) and the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Cloppenburg (VGC). For cities outside the area, such as Hamburg or Hanover, a ticket must therefore be purchased for buses, underground trains, etc.

The semester ticket is combined with the CampusCard of the University of Oldenburg.

Further information on the semester ticket (Contact person: AStA)

Employees of Carl von Ossietzky University have the opportunity to obtain a JobTicket from the Bremen/Lower Saxony Transport Association.

You can find the application forms for this in the administration portal.

General information on the JobTicket can be found on the VBN website. On the flyer you will also find the price overview for the year 2021.

The VBN comments on the determination of the tariff zone as follows: "The fare depends on the fare zones you travel in or touch. The number of tariff zones can be determined on the basis of the course of the lines travelled. If you travel through two tariff zones, you pay fare level B, if you travel through three tariff zones, you pay fare level C, if you travel through four tariff zones, you pay fare level D, and so on. Journeys within a tariff zone and journeys from a neutral zone to an adjacent zone or vice versa are considered as price level A. Zones used twice are only counted once. A maximum of 8 zones are counted (price level H). Tickets at fare stage H entitle the holder to travel on the entire network."

For more information on the fare zones

If you have any questions, please contact

As of 01 May 2023, the DeutschlandTicket was introduced at the regular price of €49. At present, the state of Lower Saxony does not grant its employees an employer's subsidy for the Deutschland-Ticket, so unfortunately it is not possible to apply via the employer. If employees wish to switch from the VBN JobTicket to the Deutschland-Ticket, they must cancel their JobTicket themselves with the VWG. Students have the option of purchasing an upgrade to their valid semester public transport pass for €16.60/month in order to be able to use local public transport throughout Germany.

Within the framework of the project "E-Mobile Oldenburg" (EMO) project a comprehensive mobility concept is being developed for the city of Oldenburg, which will contribute to the targeted climate neutrality 2035 climate neutrality.

As one of the city's largest employers, the University of Oldenburg is involved in the process and is currently looking into the possibilities of implementing a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

The university's climate protection concept was adopted in 2022. As a university, we are aiming to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. The climate protection concept was drawn up with the involvement of various stakeholders. Among other things, participants developed various measures in workshops. The climate protection concept contains over 100 measures, including the measure ‘AM_02 Car park management’. The management of car parks is an effective measure for reducing car traffic and therefore also greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve our climate protection goals, we are considering implementing this measure from the university's climate protection concept accordingly.

Information basis

In a first step, basic information on the initial situation at the University of Oldenburg and on (technical) implementation options was obtained and analysed. This information is presented in the information basis for car park management. The information basis provides an overview of the central instruments of car park management as a design tool for sustainable everyday mobility at the University of Oldenburg. It supports an objective exchange on the topic of parking private cars at the UOL.

Information basis for car park management

Detailed planning

The next step is for the Climate Protection Management and Department 4 to draw up detailed plans for a car park management system by November 2025. The participation of university members is firmly anchored in this further process.