University Council

Members of the university council:

Current members of the Senate: List of Senators

Ten personalities from science and culture and in particular from business and professional practice. These are for the current term of office:

Prof. Dr. Mechthild Dreyer
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Jörg Hacker
Former President of the Leopoldina, the German national academy of sciences
Dr. Wilhelm Krull
Former Secretary General of the Volkswagen Foundation, Founding Director of the Thinktank The New Institute in Hamburg
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Möhringer
Managing Director of Simon Möhringer Anlagenbau, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Würzburg-Schweinfurt

Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Pape
President of Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Umbach
Former President of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Wagner
Professor of Informatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, former Chairwoman of the German Science and Humanities Council (WR)

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel - Chairwoman of the University Council
Former President of the German Academic Exchange Service
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Wittenstein
Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wittenstein SE

decides the basic order and their change by statute, as well as over requests after art. 106 exp. 2 Bay. Higher Education Act,
elects the President and decides on their deselection,
elects the other members of the university management, with the exception of the chancellor, and decides on their deselection,
decides on proposals for the appointment of the chancellor after nomination of suitable persons by the university management,
decides on the university's development plan drawn up by the Extended University Administration,
decides on proposals for the division of the university into faculties at the request of the Extended University Administration,
decides on the establishment, modification and cancellation of study programmes,
comments on the establishment, alteration or cancellation of scientific and artistic institutions as well as operating units by the university management,
shall give its opinion on the estimates relating to the State budget or the draft economic plan,
receives the President's report and may deliberate on it,
determines the corporate budget,
administrates the other duties assigned to it by law or by virtue of any statute,
is consulted before the conclusion of target agreements with the state and determines for the university the achievement of the targets specified in these target agreements.