Department of Studies

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The Department of Studies is assigned to the Vice Dean for Teaching, Studies and Academic Reform. It manages the strategic and administrative processes and projects in the area of studies and teaching at the WiSo-Faculty:

Master Application and Admissions Management: Implementing, controlling and evaluating of the overall process, first level support of applicant enquiries and reviewing applications with regard to admission criteria.
Programme and Quality Management: Programme evaluating and developing new and existing study programmes including (re-)accreditations, strategic teaching controlling and administrative resource planning (as well as managing teaching loads and teaching assignments), processing the amendment of examination regulations and module handbooks, allocating Bachelor theses and seminars, second level support of student enquiries and coordinating higher education didactic services.
Faculty administration of the Campus Management System (KLIPS): managing event and teaching rooms as well as data bases, supporting students and counseling departments, (technical) coordinating of digital teaching concepts.
Student Service: counseling students and prospective students individually or in groups, coordinating the WiSo Student Service Point, providing information, developing counseling concepts, issuing of certificates and representing at fairs (further information can be found here)
Teaching Evaluation Centre: conducting teaching evaluations and further surveys, preparing the awarding of the Junior Teaching Award.

Furthermore, the Department of Studies coordinates the Study Advisory Board.

Department of Studies

Universitätsstraße 91

Gebäude: 810, 1. Etage (Atrium)
Telefon: +49 221 470-89257

Studierende können ihre Anliegen gerne über das E-Mail-Kontaktformular des WiSo Student Service Point (WiSSPo) an uns richten.

Director of the Department of Studies

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Dipl.-Region.-Wiss.(Lat.) Alice Anna Oeter

Building: 810 (Universitätsstraße 91)
Room: 1st floor

Phone: +49 221 470-5522
E-Mail: oeterwiso.uni-koeln.de

Ms Alice Oeter is head of the Department of Studies, which evolved under her leadership from the Programme Management founded in 2009. In addition to representing the Vice Dean of Studies, she is responsible for the strategic and content related project and process management of the WiSo Faculty's teaching and learning area, as well as staffing and the organizational structure. In addition, she represents the School in university-wide and intra-faculty committees and in recent years has played a significant part in the development of the University of Cologne’s central quality management system (system accreditation).

From 2017 to 2018, she also managed, in a provisional capacity, the Student Advisory & Career Services. Moreover, from 2017 to 2019, she was a member of the Academy for the Professionalization of Teaching in Academic Networks (PLAN Academy) at the University of Cologne. Since 2018 she has also been responsible for the WiSo Teaching Evaluation Centre and once again the Student Advisory Services.

In 2019, she successfully completed the EFMD Executive Academy "Leading with impact" in Miami and in the following year graduated from the certificate programme "Advanced Management for Senior Professionals" at the University of Cologne’s Business School. Since 2021, she has been undergoing extra-occupational training to become a certified systemic coach at the Universities INeKo Institute.

Alice Oeter studied Regional Studies Latin America at the University of Cologne and worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Political Science and European Affairs.