Board of trustees

Tasks of the Board of Trustees:

• The University of Würzburg has a Board of Trustees pursuant to Art. 35 BayHSchG.

• The Board of Trustees supports the public interests of the University of Würzburg.

• It promotes the fulfilment of tasks by the University of Würzburg.

• The Board of Trustees of the University of Würzburg has up to 25 members.

• The Senate appoints the members for a period of four years on the recommendation of the Presidium. Re-appointment is permissible.

• The activity in the board of trustees is honorary.

• The Board of Trustees elects a chairperson and a deputy chairperson from among its members for a period of four years. Re-election is permitted.

• The chairperson shall convene the Board of Trustees for a meeting at least once a year.

• The Board of Trustees shall be convened if the Presidium so requests.

Members of the Board of Trustees (in alphabetical order) since 10/01/2023:

• Prof. Dr. Winfried Bausback
  Member of the Bavarian State Parliament

• Dorothee Bär
  Member of the German Bundestag

• Claus Bolza-Schünemann
  Former CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG

• Ferdinand Castell-Castell
  Fürst zu Castell-Castell

• Kerstin Celina
  Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
   
• Judith Gerlach
  Bavarian State Minister of Health, Care and Prevention
   
• Volkmar Halbleib
  Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
   
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz
  Managing Director of Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH
   
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle
  Professor for Technology Management and Human Factors, University of Stuttgart
• Ingrid Hunger
  Managing Director of Walter Hunger GmbH & Co.KG Hydraulikzylinderwerk

• Sandro Kirchner
  Member of the Bavarian State Parliament

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Kleiner
  Former President of Leibniz Association

• Baldwin Knauf
  Vice-Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee of the Knauf Group

• Dr. Klaus-Dinkar Mapara
  Former President of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce

• Prof. Dr. Ursula Peters
  Department of German Language and Literature I, University of Cologne

• Gerald Pittner
  Member of the Bavarian State Parliament

• Prof. Dr. Dieter Salch
  Honorary Senator of Julius-Maximilians-Universität

• Prof. Dr. Ekhard Salje
  Honorary Senator of Julius-Maximilians-Universität

• Dr. Gunther Schunk
  Chief Communication Officer of Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG

• Dr. Josef Schuster
  President of Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland, the central council of Jews in Germany

• Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth
  Director at the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung
   
• Dr. Volker Stanzel
  Ambassador (ret.)

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Werner
  Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich