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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

Start of teaching evaluation

19.11.2025 |

From December 1 to 19, 2025, online surveys will once again be conducted among students to gather their feedback on their courses. As usual, all courses offered by the faculties of Natural Sciences, Process and Systems Engineering, and the Language Center will be evaluated this semester—however, all other instructors are also welcome to register for an evaluation.

Access to the campus is possible again

17.11.2025 |

The campus can now be accessed and exited by car via the central entrance from Hohenstaufenring. The entrance along Building 22 remains closed. The temporary entrance and exit on Pfälzer Straße, which was set up during the complete closure, is now once again reserved exclusively for construction vehicles. Due to the ongoing construction work on campus, we ask that you strictly observe the traffic regulations, in particular the required walking speed for vehicles, and continue to show mutual consideration.

Company closure 2026/27

11.11.2025 |

Holiday planning for the coming year is in full swing. To help you plan your 2026 holiday calendar through to the end of the year, here are the dates for the Christmas and New Year 2026/2027 holidays, which include three working days: From December 24, 2026, to January 3, 2027, the buildings, including the computer center and library, will be closed.
Detailed information can be found in the corresponding university public announcement. (in German)

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.

PressReader anywhere, anytime, free of charge
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.