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University Council of Universität Hamburg

Universität Hamburg's University Council has nine honorary members, four appointed by the Academic Senate and four by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. These eight members elect a ninth member as well as a chairperson and deputy chair from among the non-University members.

The Council is largely responsible for the strategic control of the University. In addition to electing the University President and Kanzler , the University Council authorizes business plans and accepts the Executive University Board's annual reports.

On 19 June 2020, the members of the University Council elected Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Petra Wend CBE PhD FRSA FRSE as chair.

 On 25 September 2020, the members of the University Council elected Assistant Professor Dr. Jörn Pütz as its ninth member.

The University Council regularly updates University members on all topics and results of its meetings.

Sessions

Upcoming sessions:

  • 22 September 2023
  • 8 December 2023

Members of the University Council

  • Chair:
    Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Petra Wend CBE PhD FRSA FRSE, former rector of the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, UK
  • Deputy chair:
    Prof. Dr. Olaf Köller, professor for empirical education research, managing scientific director at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen, professor for business administration, with a focus on capital markets and business management. Prof. Dr. Bassen is the head of the Center for a Sustainable University (KNU). Memberships include the Council for Sustainable Development (RNE).
  • Prof. Dr. Dagmar Felix, professor for public law with a focus on social law at Universität Hamburg and specialist in health law
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erika Fischer-Lichte, professor of theater studies at Freie Universität Berlin with numerous guest professorships, in the USA and Japan among others. She is a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Academia Europaea, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  • Prof. Dr. Vincent Heuveline, professor for scientific computing at Heidelberg University, Chief Information Officer (CIO), head of the university computing center, head of the Data Mining and Uncertainty Quantification research group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
  • Dr. Michael Heller, CEO/ Chair of the Management Board, Roller GmbH & Co KG
  • Assistant Prof. Dr. Joern Pütz, Maître de conférences of molecular biology and biochemistry at the University of Strasbourg / CNRS, France. Dr. Pütz is the vice president for Franco-German relations. He is a member of the university council of the Franco-German University (DFH-UFA).
  • Dr. Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast, journalist, former parliamentary state secretary (retired), former sitting member of the German Bundestag and chair of the internal affairs committee

University Council reports since 2012

University Council reports since 2012 (available only in German language):

Joint statements from the University Council and Executive University Board 2008–2011

Joint Statements from the University Council and Executive University Board 2008–2011:

Contact

Andrea Kantack
Staff code: -P15-
Committee Administrator for the Executive University Board, University Council and Chamber
Mittelweg 177, Room N 5052
20148 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42838-1805
Fax: +49 40 427 977-309

Office email of the University Council

hochschulrat"AT"uni-hamburg.de