The shell of the Student Service Centre (SSC) is finished. The SSC brings together all student counselling facilities on four floors - until now, these facilities were spread across the campus.
Among the guests at the topping-out ceremony on 18 December were Lower Saxony's Finance Minister Peter-Jürgen Schneider, City Planning Councillor Gabriele Nießen and the Head of the Ems-Weser State Construction Management, Klaus Wieting.
"The future Service Centre is taking shape just in time for the University of Oldenburg's 40th birthday. I would like to thank all those who have worked so hard on this construction project. Provided everything runs smoothly, the new building can be put into use for the 2014/2015 winter semester," said Finance Minister Peter-Jürgen Schneider.
"Excellent advice under one roof on all matters relating to studying: this is what the Student Service Centre will offer in future. I am very pleased that the study conditions at the University of Oldenburg will now be even more attractive thanks to the short distances between students and advisors," explains University President Prof Dr Babette Simon.
The SSC houses all student advisory services on around 1,300 square metres: the Examinations Office, the Career Service, the International Student Office, the Admissions Office and the Central Student Advisory Service. The social, disability, housing and financial counselling services of the Studentenwerk Oldenburg are also moving into the building - as is the Psychosocial Counselling Centre, a cooperation between the university and the Studentenwerk. An "intercultural meeting place" and a "room of silence" round off the facilities.
The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) is covering the majority of the costs of around 4.3 million euros. The university is contributing 200,000 euros for the centre. The client is the state of Lower Saxony, represented by the Ems-Weser State Construction Management.
