The following university presidents comprise Hamburg's State Higher Education Conference:
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president, Universität Hamburg
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Garabed Antranikian, president, Hamburg University of Technology
- Prof. Dr. Michael Stawicki, president, University of Applied Sciences
- Prof. Dr. Doris König, M.C.L., president, Bucerius Law School
- Martin Köttering, president, University of Fine Arts
- Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seidel, president, Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Federal Armed Forces of Hamburg)
- Andreas Theurich, rector, Protestant University of & Applied Sciences
- Prof. Elmar Lampson, president, Hamburg University of Music & Theater
- Dr.-Ing. Walter Pelka, acting president, Hafen City University Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Michael Stawicki has been chair of Hamburg's State Higher Education Conference since 1 April 2011. Dr. Stawicki is president of the University of Applied Sciences.
Current chairs are representated by their respective secretarial staff.