The application for habilitation must be accompanied by the documents listed below(Checklist Application for (Re-)Habilitation). Please note that all application documents must be submitted both in paper form and electronically. The electronic version of the documents consists of two individual PDF files. File 1 contains the application documents (no writings), file 2 contains the written habilitation performance.

• Application to the dean stating the subject area in which the venia legendi is to be awarded
• Written habilitation thesis (4 printed copies, 1 digital version)
• Profile sheet (re)habilitation
• Curriculum vitae with a description of your academic and professional career
• Certified copy of the doctoral certificate
• If applicable, certified copy of the certificate of recognition as a medical specialist (applies to the field of human medicine)
• List of scientific papers (structure according to the HabilO Annex 1, supplement to § 4) and additionally the publication matrix for the declaration of own contributions in the case of several authors according to ICMJE
• Form Hab ilitandInnen Lehrleistungen (Explanations of the form can be found here: Accompanying document HabilitandInnen Lehrleistungen). Please also attach appropriate supporting documents: Habilitation students with a teaching load can submit an excerpt of their teaching record from Stud.IP for teaching provided at the UOL. Habilitation students without a teaching load can submit copies of the teaching assignments issued to them.
• Proof of further qualification in higher education or medical didactics.
• Proof of 2 completed course visits.
• Declaration that in the preparation of the written habilitation thesis no other aids than those stated were used and that the guidelines on good scientific practice of the university were observed.
• Declaration on previous applications for admission to habilitation and, if applicable, the result of the procedure.

Extended certificate of good conduct in accordance with §30 a Para. 1 No. 2 a BZRG. The Academic Procedures Team will be happy to provide you with a corresponding cover letter for submission to the Office.

Written habilitation performance

The requirements for the written habilitation performance are regulated in § 5 of the Habilitation Regulations. Please note that the required number of publications must be provided by peer-reviewed original works, but not by editorials, case reports, opinion papers, narrative reviews, etc. If there is any uncertainty about the evaluation of a work, it can be checked as part of a preliminary inquiry.

Oral habilitation performance

The oral habilitation performance consists of two parts, namely a scientific lecture open to the public at the university and a subsequent colloquium open to the public at the university (§ 5 of the Habilitation Regulations).

• The academic presentation open to the public at the university has a duration of 45 minutes and relates to the subject area for which the habilitation is being sought. The habilitation candidate proposes three possible topics to the habilitation committee in advance, which together demonstrate a sufficiently broad knowledge of the subject area. The commission selects the topic and informs the habilitation candidate accordingly. (cf. § 11 Habilitation Regulations). The lecture should have a scientific character and show the didactic skills of the habilitator.
• The lecture is directly followed by a colloquium open to the public for a maximum of 60 minutes for scientific discussion of the lecture.

Please note that in justified exceptional cases, the habilitation committee may decide, with the consent of the habilitation candidate, to hold the public lecture and the subsequent public colloquium electronically. As a rule, the electronic proceedings are then conducted using the BigBlueButton programme.

Conclusion of the habilitation procedure

The chairperson of the habilitation committee reports to the dean and the president on the completed habilitation procedure. The Dean reports to the Faculty Council on the conclusion of the procedure. With the handing over of the habilitation certificate, the habilitation is completed and the authorisation to teach independently at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the subject or subject area of the habilitation is granted (authorisation to teach).

According to § 15 of the Habilitation Regulations, the written habilitation thesis shall be published in full or in substantial excerpts by the habilitator after completion of the procedure, unless it has already been published. In addition, the habilitation candidate must make a copy of the written habilitation thesis or of the publication available to the library and information system of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg within one year of the conclusion of the procedure, with reference to the completed habilitation procedure:

BIS

In the event of difficulties in connection with the habilitation as well as questions regarding correct academic conduct, it is generally possible to contact the ombudsperson responsible for the faculty. Confidential treatment of the enquiry is, of course, guaranteed.

Remediation

Persons who have been habilitated at another scientific university can be granted the authorisation to teach at the University of Oldenburg (rehabilitation). The same principles and requirements apply for rehabilitation as for habilitation.

If you are interested in a rehabilitation, please contact the office in good time. We will be happy to advise you and support you in the formal handling of a rehabilitation procedure.

The application for rehabilitation must be accompanied by the same documents as the application for habilitation(checklist application for (re)habilitation) as well as additionally:

• a certified copy of the habilitation certificate and the venia legendi certificate,
• Declaration of consent to obtain the written expert opinions from the original habilitation procedure from the previous home faculty,
• Description of the existing and/or future involvement in teaching at the Faculty of Medicine.