This legal notice is applicable to:

• the website of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (www.ovgu.de)
• the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OVGU.Magdeburg)
• the account on X (x.com/OVGUpresse) and Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/uni-magdeburg.de)
• the Instagram account (www.instagram.com/uni_magdeburg)
• the TikTok channel (www.tiktok.com/@uni_magdeburg)
• the LinkedIn presence (www.linkedin.com/school/otto-von-guericke-university-magdeburg)
• the YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@ovgu)
• the WhatsApp channel (www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaIQIa89MF95zABJJ91r) and
• the Xing page (www.xing.com/pages/otto-von-guericke-universitatmagdeburg)

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is a corporation under public law.

Postal address:

Universitätsplatz 2
D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 391 6701 (switchboard)

It is represented by the President: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Strackeljan

Responsible Supervisory Authority:

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
(Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment)

Leipziger Straße 58
D-39112 Magdeburg, Germany
email:
www.mwu.sachsen-anhalt.de 

VAT Identification Number:

DE 139 238 413

Person responsible in accordance with media law:

Katharina Vorwerk, Press Officer and Head of the Department of University Communications/Press Office

Universitätsplatz 2
D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 391 675 8751
email:  

Should you have any questions or comments please write to Katharina Vorwerk.

The relevant bodies or members of the university are individually responsible for the creation, content and maintenance of websites that come into being in connection with professional or study-related activities at Otto von Guericke University.

Should you have questions or comments regarding any such decentralized page, please contact the named person responsible for editorial / content matters.

Assumption of liability for content

As service provider, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is, pursuant to § 7, para. 1 of the Telemedia Act, responsible for its own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation. Pursuant to §§ 8 to 10 of the Telemedia Act, it is not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored external information or to investigate circumstances that could point to illegal activity.

Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain unaffected by this. Any liability in this regard, however, is only possible from the time of becoming aware of a specific breach of the law. Upon becoming aware of relevant legal infringements, we will remove such content immediately.

Links

To the extent that OVGU refers directly or indirectly to an external website (“hyperlink”), the respective operator or provider of the linked page is always responsible for its content. OVGU, which has no influence on the composition, content or authorship of the linked pages, does not take on ownership of the content behind the link by placing a link on its own page. At the time of placing the link, any external website would have been checked by OVGU within reasonable bounds and no illegal content or legal infringements would have been manifest or identifiable. If OVGU is made aware of any illegality of the linked contents, the corresponding link will be removed immediately.

Copyright and trademark law

The logo of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is registered as a protected wordmark and logo.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg strives to respect the copyright of the images, graphics, sound files, video sequences and text used by it (hereafter referred to as "objects"), to use objects created internally or to make recourse to objects in the public domain.

All of the logos and trademarks that appear on this website that may possibly be protected by third parties are subject to the provisions of the relevant trademark law as applicable and the rights of the relevant registered holder. A mere reference to the logos and trademarks does not mean that these are not protected by third party rights.

The copyright for objects on this website created by Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg lies solely with Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.

Without the approval of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg the reproduction, processing or use of such objects as well as the use of the logo in other electronic or printed publications is not permissible.

Data Protection

You can find our Privacy Notice pursuant to the GDPR here.

Further information on the university's online presence (technology, content, layout and information for administrators and editors ) of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.