University of Oldenburg

Infobox_University
name= Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg


established=1973
type=Public university
president=Uwe Schneidewind
students=18,000
city=Oldenburg
country=Germany
campus=Urban
affiliations=EUA
website=http://www.uni-oldenburg.de
footnotes=Data as of 2006

The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg ( _de. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university in Oldenburg, Germany. It is one of the most important educational facilities in northwestern Germany and specializes in interdisciplinary studies.

History

The university was founded in 1973 building on a school for the training of teachers that had existed since 1945. In the summer semester of 1974, the university introduced an education curriculum with 2400 students. Ever since its inauguration, it has acquired and cultivated a reputation for being left-wing. Only in 1991 it was named after the writer and Nobel laureate Carl von Ossietzky. It crossed the number of 10,000 students in 1991, a number that it has since maintained, and as of 2006, there where about 12,000 students. As part of the Bologna process, the university changed it's courses to Bachelor-Master degrees in 2004.

University Profile

The university offers over 80 courses of study. 75 percent of students seek a Diplom, Magister (both with no new entrants since 2004), Bachelor's or Master's degree, while 25 percent strive for a teaching certification. One main focus of the university is the schooling of teachers, which was established during the 1970s and remains a strong profile. The campus is split into two locations, the major one being "Uhlhornsweg", where the main library, the mensa and the administration along with most of the departments is housed, while "Wechloy" is home to the studies of natural sciences as well as the library of natural sciences.

Departments

*Faculty I: Pedagogy and Education
*Faculty II: Computer sciences, law and economics
*Faculty III: Linguistics and Cultural studies
*Faculty IV: Social Sciences
*Faculty V: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Cultural and political program

The Studentenwerk of the University organizes the cultural bureau "UNICUM" and the theatre since 1985. UNICUM includes theatrical groups from the university as well as freelancers. The group "Gegenlicht" runs a cinema in the Old Aula and on campus during the summer, while the programme "zwergWERK" is focused on the presentation of short films.

Among other organisations, AIESEC and Attac maintain a presence at the University.

Partnerships

The university participates in the ERASMUS programme, a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains relations with 38 universities on all continents.

ee also

*North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System

External links

* [http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/ Official Website of the University]
* [http://www.asta-oldenburg.de/ Official Website of the University's students representation]
* [http://www.stupa-oldenburg.de/ Official Website of the University's students parlament]