forschen@studium
forschen@studium
forschen@studium (research@curriculum) is a program for promoting and supporting activities related to research-based learning at the University of Oldenburg. This includes the funding program Forschendes Lernen (Research-Based Learning) with grants for instructional and student research projects on an interdiciplinary topic that changes every year. Funding for participation at conferences or material costs for implementing student projects is also availabe.
At the University of Oldenburg, our main goal is to intertwine research and teaching very closely. This aim features in the teaching mission statement, which makes research-based learning an important aspect of academic education.
Further information on the understanding of research-based learning can be found in the whitepaper "Research-based teaching and learning at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg" and in the university development plan (both available only in German).
UOL's research-based learning journey
The core and starting point for the further development of forschen@studium at the University of Oldenburg were two university-wide teaching-learning projects: FoL+ ("Research-oriented teaching plus" 2011-2019) and FLiF+ ("Research-based learning in focus plus" 2011-2021). Both projects have contributed to anchoring research-based learning at the University of Oldenburg. You can find out more about the projects as well as the events, teaching projects in the subjects and laboratories that were funded during the project periods on the page Looking Back: FLiF+ and FoL+ Projects.