The University of Oldenburg is committed to the goals of the European higher education reform (Bologna Process). The introduction of the two-tier degree structure is linked to high expectations with regard to improving the quality of study and teaching. Against this background, one of the tasks of university equipment planning is to make the range of courses available to the largest possible number of students and to optimise the framework conditions for studying and teaching. In order to ensure better supervision conditions in the courses, the University of Oldenburg has defined quantitative teaching standards based on the recommendations of the HRK, which specify group sizes for different types of courses. The curricular standard values (CNW) specified by the MWK for the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes support the realisation of more intensive supervision, particularly in undergraduate studies. According to the Presidential Board's guidelines, tuition fees should also be used to improve study conditions, whereby capacity requirements must be observed.

The teaching staffing of the teaching units is determined in the structural plans (teaching section) of the School and is part of the target agreements between the Presidential Board and the faculties. In addition to the programme-specific CNW, the total number of teaching hours available to a teaching unit is decisive for programme planning. The teaching obligations of academic staff are regulated in the Teaching Obligations Ordinance (LVVO). A teaching unit is considered to be fully utilised if the balance of teaching supply (total teaching hours) and teaching demand is balanced. If the teaching demand for a teaching unit exceeds the teaching supply, this results in an overload, which becomes visible in the capacity utilisation calculation. A permanent overload must be countered with restricted admissions.