diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
index 2ef028179f516701480add483394c3b23ee9010f..540bb0e968d0cd060cc0446846b10314e95ee734 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/ConfigurationController.java
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ public class ConfigurationController extends AbstractController {
 
 	@Value("${optional.arsnova-slogan:}")
 	private String arsnovaSlogan;
+	
+	@Value("${optional.uni-enabled:}")
+	private String uniEnabled;
+	
+	@Value("${optional.uni-text:}")
+	private String uniText;
 
 	@Value("${pp.session-levels.de}")
 	private String ppLevelsDe;
@@ -195,6 +201,12 @@ public class ConfigurationController extends AbstractController {
 		if (!"".equals(arsnovaSlogan)) {
 			config.put("arsnovaSlogan", arsnovaSlogan);
 		}
+		if (!"".equals(uniEnabled)) {
+			config.put("uniEnabled", uniEnabled);
+		}
+		if (!"".equals(uniText)) {
+			config.put("uniText", uniText);
+		}
 		if (!"".equals(maxUploadFilesize)) {
 			config.put("maxUploadFilesize", maxUploadFilesize);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
index 8c43c2b650fe99caad4825007fcfb07e8c36940d..c807d47a52d19cc05ebd0ddebdce27610eb35002 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
+++ b/src/main/resources/arsnova.properties.example
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ session.demo-id=
 # label underneath ARSnova logo
 optional.arsnova-slogan=Audience Response System
 
+# optional: Panel with Text about the University
+optional.uni-enabled=false
+optional.uni-text=Placeholder for UniPanel-Text
+
 # Links which are displayed in the frontend applications
 #
 links.blog.url=https://arsnova.eu/blog/