What is a “Filzmedaille” (Felt Medal)?

The Filzmedaille (not to be confused with the Fields Medal ;) ) is our prize for good teaching. With it, we want to recognise lecturers who stand out with their teaching.

How does the awarding process work?

We ask students which teachers’ teaching they particularly liked. Based on this survey, we look at the most frequently mentioned lecturers, whereby any comments that might’ve been added by students are also considered. We then meet with those lecturers for an interview to find out more about them and their teaching philosophy. The final decision regarding who gets the award is made in a small group based on submissions and experiences of students. We take a look at all of that person’s teaching, we don’t decide based only on a single course.

Below, you will find links to short articles about each of the people we met with. It is based on information from student feedback, the interviews and, in some cases, a bit of personal experiences. Furthermore, all the teachers we interviewed kindly agreed to send us a picture for this website.

The Filzmedaille nominees for winter semester 2024/25, summer semester 2024 and winter semester 2025/2026 are:

In the BSc/MSc category

Mona Gatzweiler Sara Merino-Aceituno Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos Ulisse Stefanelli Georg Tauböck Roland Zweimüller

In the BEd/MEd category

Roland Donninger Stefan Haller Kata Sebök Andreas Ulovec

Award Ceremony

The award ceremony, where you can find out who gets our Filzmedaillen, will take place on Monday, the 29th of June 2026, at 3 p.m. in the Vektorraum.

You can find more information about it afterwards on our website!