In order to advance commitment to teaching and student learning, the University of Oldenburg has established the Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award honors teachers for their outstanding and innovative course designs and is presented by the Vice President for Instruction. Winners are chosen by the university-wide jury consisting of faculty and student representatives from all schools as well as one member of University Society Oldenburg e.V. (UGO). Only students can nominate candidates for the award. The only exception is the category Class Evaluation. Faculty members and teachers can nominate themselves by submitting their course evaluation. 

This year Prof. Dr Jens Christoffers from our Institute was awarded the University Award for Excellence in Teaching in the category ‘Best course evaluation (less than 40 participants)’ for the course „Strukturaufklärung organischer Verbindungen” (‘Structure elucidation of organic compounds’).