Fakultät V - Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften at the Uni Oldenburg

Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften

Uni Oldenburg

Ammerländer Heerstraße 114 - 118
26129 Oldenburg
Phone: +49 441 798-3253

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

1,290

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

9/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	69.1 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	16.9 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.1
Courses offered	2.5
Teaching of technical/professional competence	8/8 points
Teaching of methodological competence	4/8 points
Teaching of interdisciplinary competence	4/6 points
Study organisation	2.1
Exams	2.3
Laboratory internships	1.6
Excursions	1.8
Research orientation	2.3
Job market preparation	2.6
Support for stays abroad
Rooms	2.3
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	2.4
Overall study situation	2.1

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	362
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degrees: Two-Subject-Bachelor, Master of Education
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About studying Biology / Bioscience in Germany

About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Research-oriented education; manageable course sizes; open-door policy with professors; close proximity to students, intensive support by tutors; study quality funds to improve teaching, inter-faculty teaching within the framework of the professionalisation area (modules on soft skills, preparation for career and studies); establishment of Career Service; wide range of modules with various focal points; all teaching within walking distance; financially supported 1-2 week excursion to non-European countries.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Numerous intensive international collaborations (South America, Australia) enable stays abroad; Erasmus programmes; individually plannable research modules with stays abroad are included in the curriculum, uncomplicated recognition of ETCS acquired abroad; research modules / master's theses / international conferences carried out abroad are financially supported; the Master Neuroscience is a completely English-language, international degree course, in which the majority of students now come from abroad.
Special features regarding research activities
Biology in Oldenburg focuses on biodiversity research, navigation research, neurosensory research and hearing research. In addition to numerous individual projects funded by the DFG etc., the research group "Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: from island biogeography to metaecosystems [DynaCom]", the SFB "Magnetic reception and navigation in vertebrates: from biophysics to brain and behaviour" and the Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4all" are dedicated to these focal points.
Other special features
The Biology teaching unit is jointly run by the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Neuroscience.