TU Teaching Award 2025

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Sorting Phase Starting

The nomination phase has successfully concluded. Thank you for the many submissions! During the sorting phase, the student councils and subject groups from all six faculties will select a shortlist of the best courses within their respective faculties.

The TU Teaching Awards are awarded in the following categories:

Best Lecture
Best Undergraduate Course
Best Seminar
Best Tutorial/Best Laboratory
Best Student Tutorial

In order to honour the outstanding teaching activities of lecturers and students in the courses, the TU Teaching Awards will be presented for the second time in autumn 2025.

The award is presented for courses attended by students in the past winter semester 2024/25 and summer semester 2025.

Nomination and selection of the winners is done exclusively by students. After the nomination process, the departmental student representative committees will make an initial pre-selection. The final decision on the award winners is made by a student jury.

The assessment is based on various elements, including nominations submitted by students, expert evaluations provided by academic departments and student councils, as well as course evaluations or teaching concepts. The decision-making process is guided by criteria such as the clarity and structure of teaching, the methods employed, student engagement, subject-specific expertise, and social and ethical responsibility.

Process Overview

May 2025

Nomination Phase

From May 2025 until the end of the summer semester, all students who took part in a course during the winter semester 2024/25 or the summer semester 2025 can submit their nominations via Stud.IP.

July 2025

Sorting Phase

Students meet at the Carolo Campus Café C3

In the next phase of the selection process, student representatives from each of the six faculties compile a preliminary shortlist of eligible courses.

September 2025

Selection Phase

Based on this shortlist, a student jury makes the final decision. The evaluation is guided, among other things, by the nomination statements, the reports from subject groups and student representatives, as well as course evaluations or teaching concepts.

October 2025

Award Ceremony

The award ceremony will take place at the start of the winter semester 2025/26, likely on October 27, 2025, in the Aula at the Haus der Wissenschaft. The award recipients will be announced during the event. Look forward to an inspiring guest lecture and a champagne reception to round off the evening.

Everything you need to know about the Teaching Award in a nutshell

Nominating lecturers for the Teaching Award is a valuable way of expressing appreciation for outstanding teaching. This not only recognizes the individual achievements and commitment of teachers, but also underlines the general importance of excellent teaching at TU Braunschweig.
The Teaching Award serves as an incentive for lecturers to continuously develop their skills and promote innovative teaching methods. Ultimately, both teachers and students benefit from this recognition, as it helps to create an inspiring learning environment and promote the quality of teaching at TU Braunschweig.

All courses taken in winter semester 2024/25 and summer semester 2025 can be nominated. Nominations will be made in the following categories

Best Lecture
Best Undergraduate Course
Undergraduate courses refer to compulsory courses in the Bachelor's degree programme or state examination ("Staatsexamen") with more than 50 participants, e.g. basic lecture or core course ("Kernkurs").
Best Seminar
Best Tutorial (German Übung)/Best Laboratory
Exercises and laboratory courses, but also practical courses and language courses. Internships are excluded, as the focus is on courses.
Best Student Tutorial
Courses given by students, e.g. tutorials (German: Tutorium) or excursions

You can only nominate courses to which you are registered in StudIP. The number of nominations is not limited.

The nomination can easily be made via StudIP.

Students will be able to nominate the courses they attended in the winter semester 2024/25 and this summer semester 2025 in the various categories via the teaching award icon. You must provide your nominations with a clear explanation in order to submit them. Please fill in each of the three text fields with a comprehensible reason for your nomination (Each entry must be between 100 and 2,000 characters long).

You’re free to nominate as many courses as you like, including nominating the same course in multiple categories. You can withdraw your nominations at any time during the nomination process.

The faculty groups of the individual faculties make an initial pre-selection of the nominations. Ten nominations per faculty can be submitted to the jury.

The final decision on the award winners is made by a student jury. This is made up of the six student members of the KSW and six faculty representatives (Faculty Council).

The award ceremony will take place at the beginning of the 2025/26 winter semester, tentatively on 27 October 2025, at the "Aula" of "Haus der Wissenschaft".

The final award recipients will be announced live during the event. You can also look forward to an inspiring guest lecture and a festive champagne reception to round off the evening.

We look forward to welcoming you!