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 courses annually with the Prize for Excellence in Teaching (in German: Preis für exzellente Lehre).

The prize is awarded every year to a maximum of three teachers / teaching teams who demonstrate an outstanding level of commitment, an excellent didactic concept and above all who succeed in motivating their students in their awardec courses.

The award-winning courses are announced and honoured at a festive event. Prize money of 3,000 euros (gross) will be awarded for each of the three prizes. In addition, the courses are nominated for the Ars docendi (National Prize for Excellence in Teaching, in German: Ars docendi - Staatspreis für exzellente Lehre).

In addition to TU Graz, the Styrian Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer Steiermark), the Styrian Federation of Industry, alumniTUGraz 1887 and individual graduates via alumniTUGraz 1887 donate the Prize for Excellence in Teaching at TU Graz and promote outstanding achievements in the field of teaching with their contribution.

Contact

Administration team for the Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Manuela BERNER
Phone: +43 316 873 6004

Anna-Maria HENÖGL
Phone: +43 316 873 6067

Hannes MÜLLER
Phone: +43 316 873 8553

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 who have attended the course, deans of studies and student representatives of TU Graz can nominate teachers.

Judging

A committee chooses the excellent courses 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)
Representatives of the Students’ Union
A representative of the TU Graz Senate
A representative of the curricular commission for Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes
A representative of each sponsor of the prize