The Senate
The Senate decides on matters relating to research, teachung and studies. Among its duties are:
- Set up, change, and cancel study programs and university facilites
- Decide fundamental research questions
- Foster young scientific talent
- Technology transfer
- Elect the adjunct Rectorate members and, jointly with the University Council, elect the full-time members of the Rectorate
The University Council
The University Council takes on strategic planning responsibilities. It makes organizational and development planning decisions and proposes measures geared to profile creation and boosting performance and competitive capability.
Among its duties are:
- Oversee the management by the Rectorate
- Decide on organizational and development plans and the business plan
- Consent to university contracts and inter-university cooperations
- Elect the full-time Rectorate members jointly with the Senate
Members
Chairman
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Keimer
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Deputy Chairwoman
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Dickhaut
Faculty of Humanities
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Freimuth
Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Keimer
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Anke Kleinschmit
ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen
Dr. Susanne Kortendick
Kortendick Solutions, Berlin
Dr. Christoph Müller
Netze BW GmbH, Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Ursula Schaefer
University of Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Dickhaut
Faculty of Humanities
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Gießelmann
Faculty Chemistry
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Resch
Faculty Energy-, Process- and Bio-Engineering
Benjamin Maschler
Faculty Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Jeannette von Wolff
Student Counseling Center