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The information portal for employees at the OVGU is under construction.

Currently you will find news from the university, forms and important information.
What we want to achieve with the HR portal and how you can help create it, you can find out here.

Latest news

Winter market on campus

At the winter market around the new student union building on December 4, 2025, from 4 to 9 p.m., you will have the opportunity to escape the hectic everyday life of the pre-Christmas period. Student initiatives, institutions, and student councils have agreed to participate in the winter market. In addition to mulled wine, candles, children's punch, waffles, and barbecue food, there will also be a stage program.

Big knowledge for little people!

The Children's University team is looking for interested individuals who would like to give a lecture at the Children's University. Children's University lectures are usually held quarterly on a Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Speakers are still needed for February/March 2026, for May 31, 2026, for the Volksstimme Pusteblume Children's Festival, and for December 2026. Please direct any questions or feedback to Anne Rudolph.

Organizing a lecture series together

In the summer semester of 2026, another interdisciplinary lecture series on “Transformation and Sustainability” is to take place. Teachers from all disciplines are invited to contribute their topics. Please submit your proposals related to sustainability/transformation to Juliana Hilf by January 9, 2026.

Legal certainty in research and cooperation

As export control officer, Katrin Bombitzki supports researchers and administrators in ensuring that international projects are conducted in a legally compliant manner. She advises on cooperation, training, and compliance issues, particularly with regard to dual-use technologies and sensitive research materials.

Rektor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Strackeljan trägt sich in das Kondolenzbuch zum Tod von Raila Odinga in der Botschaft Kenias in Berlin ein.

Rector signed the book of condolence

Raila Amolo Odinga, long-time opposition leader in Kenya and graduate of our university, has passed away at the age of 80. Rector Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Strackeljan signed the book of condolence at the Kenyan Embassy in Berlin.

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7,000 newspapers and magazines in 64 languages are waiting to be read via the university library's PressReader subscription. Simply log in with your access data via the university network or VPN. Use is free of charge and possible at any time.

Science with backbone

Scientific integrity is the fundamental ethical principle of all those involved in the research process. The service center offers concrete support in this regard.

Obituary for Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schwödiauer

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Gerhard Schwödiauer

The university mourns the loss of its long-standing member Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Gerhard Schwödiauer. He passed away on October 13, 2025.
As founding professor and dean of the Faculty of Economics (1993-96), he played a key role in shaping the faculty's institutional character on the one hand and its academic and methodological orientation on the other. We look back with gratitude and the utmost appreciation on his far-sighted commitment to the internationalization of teaching and research. Until his retirement in 2010, Professor Schwödiauer held the Chair of Economics, specializing in economic theory, and was a long-standing senator of the university. Read an obituary.
We will honor his memory.