Prize for Excellence in Teaching

TU Graz
Graz University of Technology

For the students of TU Graz, excellent teaching is the basis of a successful future. TU Graz honours outstanding teachers every two years with the Prize for Excellence in Teaching (in German: Preis für exzellente Lehre).

The prize is awarded to a maximum of three teachers who demonstrate an outstanding level of commitment, an excellent didactic concept and above all who succeed in motivating their students. In addition, the prize is also awarded to a maximum of three teachers in the category young teachers (in German: junge Lehrende).

The prizewinners are awarded prize money of € 2000 each and are also nominated for the Ars docendi National Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Public Universities (in German: Ars docendi - Staatspreis für exzellente Lehre an öffentlichen Universitäten).

At present TU Graz itself, the Arbeiterkammer Steiermark (Styrian Chamber of Labour) and the Styrian Federation of Industry each sponsor one prize. In addition to these, the graduates of TU Graz regularly sponsor prizes through their association alumniTUGraz 1887.

The prizewinners

Contact

Administration team for the Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Manuela BERNER
Phone: +43 316 873 6004

Katharina SALICITES
Phone: +43 316 873 8548

lehrpreisnoSpam@tugraz.at

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Nomination

Courses given by both internal and external teachers at TU Graz can be nominated for the prize. Students and Deans of Studies can nominate teachers. Teachers can also nominate themselves.

The prize for young teachers is open to teachers under 35 who are not full professors.

Judging

A committee chooses the winners based on didactic concepts, course descriptions, practical implementation of the didactic concept, results of the course evaluation and examination results.

The membership of the jury is as follows:

The Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs (chair)
The chairperson of the curricular commission for Bachelor’s, Master’s and Diplom studies
A representative from the group of the university lecturers and researchers in the TU Graz Senate
Two representatives of the Students’ Union
Two external experts in the field of third-level education
The chairperson of the graduates’ association alumniTUGraz 1887