In order to advance commitment to teaching and student learning, the University of Oldenburg has established the Award for excellence in teaching. Only students can submit nominations. The jury selecting the award winners consists of both faculty members and students.

In addition, we would like to honour courses that have received outstanding evaluations with the Award for the best course evaluation. One prize will be awarded for each school. You can apply with the central course evaluations from Winter Semester 2025/26 and Summer Semester 2026.

The award honours lecturers for their outstanding and innovative course designs and is presented by the Vice President for Studying and Teaching.

How can students submit nominations?

• What course would you like to nominate and in what category? For category guidelines, descriptions and criteria, please refer to the linked document (pdf).
• To submit a proposal for the Teaching award, please use the form on this page.
• At least two students have to endorse each nomination (you will have to enter the names and email addresses when filling out the form). Please use the criteria for each category as a guide when giving your reasoning for nomination. You can either answer the questions directly or take them into account when writing text paragraphs.
• Students can submit their nominations by 31 August 2026.

Information for nominated lecturers

• We will notify you in writing if your course has been nominated.
• You will be asked to submit your course outline via form on this page by 18 September 2026. Please use the criteria for each category as a guide for your teaching concept.

And then?

The jury chooses this year’s winners based on student nominations and course outlines submitted by nominated teachers.

How can lecturers submit their suggestion for the award?

If you taught a course in Winter Semester 2025/26 and/or Summer Semester 2026, you can express interest in being considered for the award by sending an email to with your course evaluation by 30 September 2026. Please briefly state the scope of your course (e.g. 2 LVS [teaching hours]), format (e.g. seminar, lecture) and, where applicable, any other lecturers involved in the course.

Note for applicants from the degree programme in human medicine: To ensure comparability with evaluation results from other schools, take into account the questions as recommended in the “Guidelines for creating individual and course-specific questionnaires in Stud.IP” (where appropriate). It is important to include the question regarding overall satisfaction with the course.

By submitting the documents, you confirm that you wish to participate in the award process.

Two teams of the Presidential Department for Study Affairs – Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Internal Surveys – will select the award winners based on submitted evaluations.

This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 12 November 2026 in the library hall. The prizes come with prize money that can winners can put towards their teaching. Each award comes with prize money sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Teaching and Learning and University Societey Oldenburg.