Fachbereich 1 Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften

Institut für Geographie

Uni Osnabrück

Seminarstraße 19 a/b
49069 Osnabrück
Phone: +49 541 969-4267

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Basic information

Total number of students	550
Number of master degree students	169
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	24.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	70.0 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	no data available

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	1/9 points
International orientation, master's	1/9 points
Outgoing students	0.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	6/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	6/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	17.0 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	40.4 %
Share of professors with work experience	16.0 %

Research

Publications per academic	0.6
Third party funds per academic	39.9 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.2
Research reputation	2.8 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	2.3
Courses offered	3.0
Study organisation	2.2
Exams	2.8
Excursions	2.4
Research orientation	2.4
Job market preparation	3.1
Support for stays abroad	2.3
Rooms	1.9
Library	2.1
IT-infrastructure	2.3 *
Overall study situation	2.2

Students' assessments on Teacher Qualification degree courses

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Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	110
Teacher qualification programmes	teacher qualification degree courses are offered
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Excursion (day excursions mandatory in all courses, option to go on multi-day excursions, major excursion mandatory in the teacher training master's); Study projects (small study project mandatory in the 2-subject bachelor's with main subject geography, large study project mandatory in the specialist master's "economic and social geography"); Colloquia as a form of teaching from the 1st semester; Setup of an central "degree course management" office for the organisation and coordination of all geography courses;
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.geographie.uni-osnabrueck.de/institut/fachschaft/ersti_woche.html
Special features regarding the international orientation
Large study projects and excursions to various destinations around the world;
Common partner universities for exchange
Université de Franche-Comté, Frankreich; Universität Bern, Schweiz; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Tschechien; Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkei; The University of Manchester, Vereinigtes Königreich; University of Hull, Vereinigtes Königreich
Special features regarding the equipment
Excellent IT equipment with CIP pool and mobile empirical laboratory for project classes and final dissertations (laptops, projectors, mobile printer, recording device, cameras, presentation equipment); Collection of maps; Physical-geographical laboratory for soil and water analysis; Own study library in the building, central university library within walking distance.
Website with further information on research activities
www.geographie.uni-osnabrueck.de/forschung/forschungsprojekte/laufende_projekte.html
Support for founders
Start-ups are the subject of a regular event in the Geography Colloquium and part of a course in the specialised Master’s programme "Economic and Social Geography";
Other special features
At the Osnabrück Department of Geography, we attach particular importance to individual and intensive supervision of students in small learning groups, where this is still possible despite the increasing number of students, and qualified feedback for achievements. Relations between teachers and students and among students themselves are very cohesive. The faculty student council plays an important role in representing student interests and stimulating campus social life. We try to preserve our traditional ‘family’-type study environment in this way.