Historical data 2001 - 2010 // University of Oldenburg

2001

30 March 2001
Handover of the new Economics building on the Haarentor campus.
27 June 2001
The University Senate adopts a new university structure with 5 Schools (instead of 11 departments) and centres for interdisciplinary research.
14 November 2001
Establishment of the "Center for Distributed Learning" (CeDeL), which is to bundle further education degree programmes and e-learning projects. Later, further education and degree programmes will be brought together under the umbrella of the Center for Lifelong Learning (C3L).
15 November 2001
Together with the Evangelical Hospital Oldenburg, the University founds the HörTech Center of Competence as a non-profit limited company.

16 October 2002
The Hanse Law School, a joint project of the University of Oldenburg, the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and the University of Bremen, is launched with financial support from regional institutions. This is the first law programme to offer Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
1 November 2002
Signing of a cooperation agreement with the City of Oldenburg.

29 January 2003
Opening of the Oldenburg Technology and Start-up Centre (TGO), initiated by the University and the University Society, which provides support for young entrepreneurs starting their own business.
May 2003
The evaluation commission of the state of Lower Saxony certifies that the university has a distinctive research profile in the field of environmental sciences.
1 August 2003
The Centre for Wind Energy Research (ForWind) - an institution of the Universities of Oldenburg and Hanover (since 2009 also with the University of Bremen) based in Oldenburg - begins its work. It is not only dedicated to research, but also to questions of efficient knowledge transfer between science, industry and politics.
17 November 2003
Constitution of the University Council, which the amended Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG) provides for in future.
November 2003
Approval of the Collaborative Research Centre "Automatic Verification and Analysis of Complex Systems" (AVACS) by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Spokesperson: Prof Dr Werner Damm.

18 February 2004
The KinderUniversität Oldenburg opens with a double lecture entitled "The Little Man in the Ear", attended by almost 2,000 eight to twelve-year-old children.

The KinderUniversität is very popular
29 June 2004
The university is awarded the "Family-friendly university" certificate in Berlin.
1 October 2004
President Prof Dr Uwe Schneidewind (2004 to 2008) takes office as successor to Prof Dr Siegfried Grubitzsch.
18 October 2004
The University of Oldenburg is one of the first universities in Germany to switch its degree programme structure to Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

25 May 2005
Approval of the Collaborative Research Centre "Active Hearing" by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Spokesperson: Prof Dr Georg Klump.
1 October 2005
Foundation of the Institute for Economics Education (IÖB) as an affiliated institute.
11 November 2005
The Klaus von Klitzing Prize, named after the Nobel Prize winner for physics and endowed with 15,000 euros, is awarded for the first time by the university and the EWE Foundation to dedicated teachers of natural science subjects.

20 June 2006
Foundation of the COAST Centre for Sustainability and Environmental Research, which pools the expertise of the natural sciences, economics and Computing Science in this area.
14 October 2006
Introduction of "university studies for secondary school students", which enables highly talented pupils to study while still at school. The youngest participant is 13 years old.
31 October 2006
Opening of the scientific centre CENTOS (Oldenburg Center for Sustainability Economics and Management), which pools the University of Oldenburg's expertise in economic and social science sustainability research.

1 January 2008
The TERRAMARE research centre in Wilhelmshaven is integrated into the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM).
23 February 2008
Opening of the "Jaspers Year" to mark the 125th birthday of the philosopher, psychologist and Oldenburg native Karl Jaspers (1883-1969).
28 February 2008
Oldenburg successfully applies for the title "City of Science 2009" awarded by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. Competitors include Heidelberg, Constance, Lübeck and Rostock.

City of Science programme booklet
1 August 2008
Establishment of the Project Group Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDTM).
19 August 2008
Following the resignation of University President Prof Dr Uwe Schneidewind, the Vice President for Administration and Finance, Dr Heide Ahrens, takes over the office on an interim basis.
1 September 2008
The Max Planck Junior Research Group for "Marine Biogeochemistry" begins its work.

21 January 2009
Oldenburg launches an extensive annual programme of over 600 events as the "City of Science 2009" with a gala in the Oldenburg State Theatre and lectures by the KinderUniversität in the EWE Arena.
30 June 2009
Establishment of the NOWETAS Foundation by the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, Jacobs University and the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg with the aim of linking research and teaching.
13 August 2009
Opening of the EWE research centre for energy technology NEXT ENERGY as an affiliated Institute.
1 September 2009
The co-operation between the University of Oldenburg and the Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth University of Applied Sciences (later Jade University) is enshrined in law.
18 November 2009
Approval of the "Roseobacter" Collaborative Research Centre by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Spokesperson: Prof Dr Meinhard Simon.

1 January 2010
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) is setting up an "Electrical Energy Storage" department in Oldenburg.
1 February 2010
Prof Dr Babette Simon takes over as President, replacing Dr Heide Ahrens, who had held the office on an interim basis.
12 November 2010
The German Council of Science and Humanities votes in favour of the joint German-Dutch project "European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen".