Hamburg Teaching Prize
Motivating, interdisciplinary, innovative—every semester, Universität Hamburg offers numerous excellent courses. Every year, the Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities (BWFGB) awards the Hamburg Teaching Prize for outstanding teaching at Hamburg’s publicly funded higher education institutions.
A total of 14 individual prizes, each worth €10,000, are awarded, one award per higher education institution or faculty.
Who can submit nominations?
Only students are entitled to submit nominations for the Hamburg Teaching Prize. So, if any of your courses stands out as being particularly good, nominate the teacher for the Hamburg Teaching Prize by 31 March 2024!
Remember to give a reason for your choice, based on the criteria from the Hamburg Teaching Prize award agreement, and include your justification (max. three pages) as an attachment (PDF or DOCX) to your nomination.
What are the criteria?
The Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities and Hamburg’s public universities sets the following criteria:
- Quality of expertise and teaching abilities: Good teaching is at the cutting-edge of academic and artistic discourse and teaching methods.
- Innovative teaching methods and materials: The teacher uses target group-specific, innovative teaching methods and learning materials (e.g., e-learning, blended learning, problem-oriented learning, and team coaching).
- Quality assurance: The use of quality assurance measures to optimize teaching (e.g., student course reviews, evaluations, and accreditation procedures) is guaranteed.
- Consideration of gender: Teaching and learning behavior reflects gender-specific considerations, and is integrated into the teaching.
- Motivation: Students are inspired and develop a love for the subject. They are encouraged and enabled to study independently in suitable areas.
- Outcome-based learning: The skills students have to acquire are clearly defined and the course teaching methods ensure they achieve these qualifications.
- Knowledge transfer: Students are given the skills to transfer the knowledge gained to other areas and apply it independently.
- Interdisciplinary approach: The teacher opens the material to interdisciplinary issues and encourages students to engage with the content of other disciplines.
- Practical relevance: The lessons reflect on the skills students are to acquire, teaching them how and where these can best be applied.
- Internationalization and interculturality: Good teaching builds an understanding of international knowledge transfer in a globalized world and promotes dialogue between different cultures.
Who decides?
Based on the criteria stated in the Hamburg Teaching Prize agreement, a faculty jury (consisting of the vice dean for academic affairs, 2 faculty members delegated by the faculty council, and 2 student representatives) will evaluate the submitted suggestions. This jury then nominates a candidate or a teaching team.
The Executive University Board will formally examine all nominations before forwarding them to the Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities.
Submit nominations for the Hamburg Teaching Prize by 31 March 2024
Remember to give a reason for your choice, based on the criteria from the Hamburg Teaching Prize award agreement, and include your justification (max. three pages) as an attachment (PDF or DOCX) to your nomination.