Centre for Teaching Development

University teaching award

Ulm University recognizes the commitment of instructors and students in teaching and learning, thereby underscoring the fundamental importance of teaching. Each year, the following awards are presented in recognition of outstanding achievements and dedication in teaching:

 

  • Ulm University Teaching Award

  • Ulm Teaching Bonuses

 

Award-Winning Teaching at Ulm University

 

The Ulm University Teaching Award recognizes individual lecturers or groups whose initiatives demonstrate innovative and outstanding achievements and serve as exemplary models in teaching (flagship projects). These projects are intended to have a signaling effect, encouraging follow-up initiatives and adaptations in other contexts. Nominations for the Teaching Award may be submitted to the Center for Teaching Development by any member of the University using the form linked on this page during the nomination period. Self-nominations are not permitted.

 

The nomination period for the Ulm University Teaching Award usually begins at the start of the winter semester. Exact deadlines are announced on this page and via email.

The Ulm Teaching Bonuses honor individual lecturers or groups who distinguish themselves through consistently reliable and committed teaching. The awards recognize instructors who, beyond merely delivering courses, demonstrate sustained dedication to their students, are available as dependable points of contact, and achieve excellence in discipline-specific teaching. Nominations for the Ulm Teaching Bonuses may be submitted by any member of the University either to the relevant Study Commission (see § 4 of the Ulm University Guidelines for the Awarding of Ulm Teaching Bonuses) or via the form linked on this page during the nomination period. Nominations must be justified and include meaningful information and documentation addressing the award criteria. Self-nominations are not permitted.

 

The nomination period for the Ulm Teaching Bonuses usually takes place toward the end of the winter semester. Exact deadlines are announced on this page and via email.

FAQs

Individuals from the academic staff of Ulm University who teach independently can be honored. This also includes lecturers. Working groups of teachers can also be honored for their achievements with the university teaching award or teaching bonus. The Ulm University Teaching Prize promotes individuals or groups whose measures demonstrate innovative and outstanding achievements and are exemplary in teaching (flagship projects), which, in addition to the actual purpose, can also send a signal for follow-up projects and adaptations.

The Ulm University Teaching Prize is awarded for innovative and outstanding performance in teaching. The measures should serve as role models in teaching (flagship projects); they should send out a signal for follow-up projects and adaptations.

In particular, the following criteria are applied to the selection of the award winners:

  • The courses of the award winners are well planned and convey high-quality and up-to-date teaching content.

  • The award winners are open to new teaching methods.

  • The structure and implementation of the courses is particularly good didactically.

  • The teaching materials used are clearly structured and are presented in a methodologically diverse way.

  • The award winners develop excellent study materials, textbooks, e-learning concepts, etc.

  • The award winners are committed to the further development of the curriculum and the range of courses and are committed to conceptually (further) developing study programs.

  • The award winners are involved in student counseling and supervision (e.g. tutorials, orientation events), promote student mobility in international cooperation, or pay special attention to inclusion and diversity in teaching and take this into account.

Any member of the university can submit proposals for the university teaching award and the special university award for outstanding student commitment to the Center for Teaching Development:

Self-suggestions are not permitted.

The proposals for award-winning teaching at the University of Ulm must be justified. In particular, the award criteria (see above) should be discussed. If you would like to propose a group, you must explain in detail the person who initiated the initiative and the contributions made by the persons proposed below. Only proposals that are received before the deadline for the respective period can be considered.

The Senate Teaching Committee elects a selection committee for a period of one year. The respective groups propose their representatives. The selection committee consists of:

  • the Vice President for Teaching,
  • a representative of the Center for Teaching Development,
  • two deans of studies,
  • four student representatives.

In the composition, attention is paid to a balanced gender ratio and the participation of all faculties.

The Center for Teaching Development forwards the nomination proposals received to the Vice President for Teaching, who submits the proposals for the university teaching award to the selection committee. The selection committee evaluates and discusses the proposals submitted on time and includes the selection criteria in the justification for the proposals. It proposes a candidate for the university teaching award to the Senate Teaching Committee for award.

The President of Ulm University issues the winners of the Ulm Prizes with a certificate and awards it at a public event. As a rule, the award takes place during the ceremony for the Dies Academicus.

Award guidelines

Guideline of the University of Ulm for proposals for the state teaching award and the special award for outstanding student commitment, for the award of the Ulm University Teaching Award, the Ulm University Special Award for outstanding student commitment and the teaching bonuses from March 11, 2021

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Ulm University Guidelines for the Awarding of Ulm Teaching Bonuses

as per 16.01.2025

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Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger

Ulmer Universitätslehrpreis

Prof. Dr. Walter Karlen aufgrund seiner in Gesamtheit überzeugenden Leistung. Er hat durch die Etablierung eines neuen Studiengangs in einem MINT-Fach nicht nur innovative Akzente gesetzt, sondern auch einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Förderung von Diversität im Fachbereich geleistet – belegt durch einen bemerkenswert hohen Frauenanteil des Studiengangs Biomedizinische Technik. Das attraktive Curriculumwird konsequent mit modernen Lehr- und Prüfungsformen umgesetzt, darunter Methoden wie Design Thinking und Rapid Prototyping, die eine praxisorientierte und innovative Ausbildung ermöglichen.

Prof. Dr. Robert Güttel für sein hohes Engagement in der Lehre und die durchdachte Umsetzung eines Flipped Classroom-Konzepts in der MINT-Lehre.

Prof. Dr. Othmar Marti für sein innovatives Lehrkonzept, das Lehre und Forschung durch die Prüfungsleistung in Form eines Reviewpapers vorbildlich verbindet.

Dr. Alexander Rieber für seinen innovativen, aufwändigen, interaktiven, hochwertigen und gut strukturierten Projektkurs "Data Science & Business Analytics", 

Jonas Johannisson, Institut für Theoretische Chemie, für die Lehrveranstaltung Ökobilanzierung und nachhaltige Produktbewertung

Dr. Andrea Wirmer, Dr. Dana Schultchen und Herr Benedikt Bill für das Lehrangebot „Founder’s Garage“, das den studentischen Gründergeist fördert.

Dr. Susanne Kühl, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (iBMB), für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, für die Implementierung des kompetenzorientierten E-learning basierten Inverted Classrooms sowie der Basics MED Kurse.

Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Fellner-Röhling und Prof. Dr. Sandra Ludwig für die Einführung von Hörsaalexperimenten in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften</p>

Professor Dr. Claus-Martin Muth für die innovative didaktische Umgestaltung des Notfallkurses

Prof. Dr. An Chen, Leiterin des Instituts für Versicherungswissenschaften für den Einsatz für das Double Degree-Programm mit der renommierten Fudan-Universität in Shanghai und ihre hervorragenden Lehrveranstaltungen und ihr Engagement in der Studierendenbetreuung

Herr Dr. Michael Lehn, Institut für Numerische Mathematik, für die Verbesserung des Moduls "Scientific Computing"

Herrn Dipl.-Inf. Jan-Patrick Elsholz, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, für sein innovatives und interdisziplinäres Lehrkonzept

Herrn Prof. Dr. Stefan Britsch und Frau PD Corinna Schmidt, Institut für Molekulare und Zelluläre Anatomie, für das innovative Lehrkonzept MyMiCROscppe

Lehrboni

Die Lehrboni wurden für 2024 erstmalig nicht auf Fakultäts-, sondern auf Fächerebene vergeben.

AG Neurochirurgie - Global Health and Global Neurosurgery: Prof. Dr. med. Jan Coburger, Dr. Claudia Grab-Kroll, Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kapapa & PD Dr. med. Peter Meißner, Lehrbonus für Medizin

AG Pharmakologie und Toxikologie: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Holger Barth, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Panagiotis Papatheodorou & Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Schmidt, Lehrbonus für Zahnmedizin/Molekulare Medizin/Molecular and Translational Neuroscience

Dr. Max Auerswald, Lehrbonus für Psychologie

Dr. Koenraad Audenaert, Lehrbonus für das Lehramt

Stefan Brändel, Lehrbonus für Biologie

Prof. Dr. Georg Gebhardt, Lehrbonus für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Christof Gebhardt, Lehrpreis für Physik

Dr. Lena Harwardt, Lehrbonus für Chemie

Professor Carl Krill, Ph. D., Lehrbonus für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Steffen Moser, Lehrbonus für Weiterbildende Studiengänge

Dr. Alexander Raschke, Lehrbonus für Informatik

Klaus Stolle, Lehrpreis für Mathematik

 

Dr. med. dent. Sebastian Schnaidt, Medizinische Fakultät

Prof. Dr. Jeroen Sijsling, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Alexander Kühne und Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ziener, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Michael Glaß, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Prof. Dr. Peter Radermacher, Medizinische Fakultät

Prof. Dr. Mathias Klier, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Simone Sommer, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Anne Landhäußer, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Prof. Dr. Mindaugas Andrulis, Medizinische Fakultät

Prof. Dr. Stefan Funken, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Lucian Kaack, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Maurits Ortmanns, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kunz, Medizinische Fakultät

Prof. Dr. Gunter Löffler, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Dr. Torben Stemme, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Thomas Thüm, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Professorin Anna Dall'Acqua, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenshaften

PD Dr. Thomas Gronemeyer, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Astrid Horneffer und Dr. David Messerer, Medizinische Fakultät

Dr. Cornelia Sindermann, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Herr Daniel Würtenberger, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenshaften

Professor Marco Tschapka, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Dr. Mike-Andrew Westhoff, Medizinische Fakultät

Professor Christian Waldschmidt, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Frau Professorin Irene Bouw, Manuel Bernhard und Dr. Manfred Sauter, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenshaften

Professorin Simone Sommer, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Professor Benedikt Friemert, PD Dr. Hans-Georg Palm, Dr. Hans-Joachim Riesner, Dr. Patricia Lang, Dr. Gerhard Achatz, PD Dr. Martin Kulla und Astrid Horneffer, Medizinische Fakultät

Professor Franz Hauck, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

Frau Dr. Karin Stadtmüller, Fakultät für Mathematik und Wirtschaftswissenshaften

Herr Professor Dr. Marian Kazda & Herr Dr. Philipp von Wrangell, Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

Herrn PD Dr. Benjamin Mayer, Medizinische Fakultät:

Frau Anne Landhäußer, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie

PD Dr. Paul L. Plener, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mauritz Ortmanns, Institut für Mikroelektronik

Prof. Dr.´in Anita Marchfelder, Professorin Dr.´in Marchfelder

Prof. Dr. Rico Zacher, Institut für Angewandte Analysis

Dr. Nicole Ratzinger-Sakel, Institut für Rechnungswesen und Wirtschaftsprüfung

Dr. Alexander Raschke, Institut für Softwaretechnik und Programmiersprachen

PD Dr. Marco Tschapka, Institute of Experimental Ecology

Prof. Dr. Jörg Lindemann, Oberarzt, Leiter des Schlaflabors, Lehrbeauftragter, Mitglied des Fakultätsrates der Medizinischen Fakultät

Prof. Dr. Harald Wolf, Institut für Neurobiologie

Apl. Prof. Dr. Jan Kassubek, Klinik für Neurobiologie im RKU

Dr. Tatjana Stadnitski, Insitut für Psychologie und Pädagogik

Manuel Bernhard, Studienkommission Mathematik/Wirtschaftsmathematik

PD Dr. Klaus Kramer, Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bernhardt, Institut für Oberflächenchemie und Katalyse

Prof. Dr. Georg Gebhardt, Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maurits Ortmanns, Institut für Mikroelektronik

State teaching award

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts has also been awarding the State Teaching Prize since the mid-1990s to honor particularly good teaching achievements. Since 2013, the state teaching award has alternated with the state research award every two years.

You can find more information about the state teaching award here.

Award-Winning Teaching at Ulm University

 

The Ulm University Teaching Award recognizes individual lecturers or groups whose initiatives demonstrate innovative and outstanding achievements and serve as exemplary models in teaching (flagship projects). These projects are intended to have a signaling effect, encouraging follow-up initiatives and adaptations in other contexts. Nominations for the Teaching Award may be submitted to the Center for Teaching Development by any member of the University using the form linked on this page during the nomination period. Self-nominations are not permitted.

 

The nomination period for the Ulm University Teaching Award usually begins at the start of the winter semester. Exact deadlines are announced on this page and via email.

The Ulm Teaching Bonuses honor individual lecturers or groups who distinguish themselves through consistently reliable and committed teaching. The awards recognize instructors who, beyond merely delivering courses, demonstrate sustained dedication to their students, are available as dependable points of contact, and achieve excellence in discipline-specific teaching. Nominations for the Ulm Teaching Bonuses may be submitted by any member of the University either to the relevant Study Commission (see § 4 of the Ulm University Guidelines for the Awarding of Ulm Teaching Bonuses) or via the form linked on this page during the nomination period. Nominations must be justified and include meaningful information and documentation addressing the award criteria. Self-nominations are not permitted.

 

The nomination period for the Ulm Teaching Bonuses usually takes place toward the end of the winter semester. Exact deadlines are announced on this page and via email.