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:

• either using the form on this page, in which you can enter your reasons for nomination directly online, or
• alternatively as a file submission via this form.

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.