The General Students' Committee represents students in matters of university policy. At the University of Oldenburg, the AStA is elected by the student parliament for one year at a time.

Further information on the AStA

Students who cannot count on (full) financial support from their parents can apply for state funding in accordance with the BAföG (Federal Training Assistance Act). Funding is available for a Bachelor's and a Master's degree programme, the maximum rate is currently €934 per month. Half of this is paid as a grant and the other half as an interest-free loan.

Further information on BAföG

Campus means university campus. The University of Oldenburg campus consists of the Haarentor campus, which is home to Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Computing Science, and the Wechloy campus, which is home to Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Medicine.

At the University of Oldenburg, the CampusCard is issued to students as a student ID card and semester public transport pass. The CampusCard can also be used as a means of payment at the cash desks of the Studentenwerk.

Further information on the CampusCard

The student bodies (students from the individual degree programmes) are the student representatives of the respective subjects. They answer questions about the content and organisation of studies and pass on personal experiences. They also represent the interests of the subject in the university committees.

List of student bodies

There is a student counsellor for each subject. These are usually teachers of the subject. They will advise you in advance (or during your studies) on academic appointments, answer any questions you may have about the degree programme in question and help you plan your semester.

List of subject counselling services

Universities are divided into Schools, which organise and structure studies, teaching and research for different, usually related subjects. The University of Oldenburg is made up of six Schools, which in turn are subdivided into Institutes or Departments.

Schools of the University of Oldenburg

Your fellow students are called fellow students. This is the same as classmates, but not at school, but at university.

You will receive credit points for each module if you successfully pass the examination. How many credit points are awarded depends on the amount of work and time required for the module. This includes the preparation and follow-up of courses, attending the courses themselves and the module examination. The following applies: 1 CP = approx. 30 working hours. The entire Bachelor's degree programme at the University of Oldenburg generally comprises 180 CP.

You complete modules during your degree programme. A module consists of several regular courses on a specific range of topics. There is often a lecture that provides an overview of the content and associated seminars on specific topics. Each module is completed with an examination. There are different types of module examinations, e.g. written exams, seminar papers, presentations or oral examinations.

In Latin, "Numerus" = "number, number" and "Clausus" = "closed". Numerus Clausus refers to the restricted admission for some subjects in which a limited number of study places are available. The NC is not a value that is determined before the allocation procedure, but is the result of the respective procedure. It is therefore only determined afterwards, and the values vary from year to year (and from university to university).

NC - Numerus Clausus

The university counts in half-years, which are called semesters. The winter semester begins on 1 October and the summer semester on 1 April. Courses usually start around the middle of each month. The new semester public transport passes and student ID cards are valid from these dates.

Semester dates

The SSC brings together the counselling facilities for prospective students and students at the University of Oldenburg in one building. This means shorter distances between the service centres and quick answers to all questions relating to studying.

Counselling facilities of the SSC

You automatically accumulate waiting periods from the time you obtain your higher education entrance qualification (e.g. you do not have to apply first to accumulate waiting semesters), but only if you are not enrolled at a German university during this time. Study periods abroad also count as waiting periods in Lower Saxony. However, other regulations may apply in other Federal States.