Senate
Members of the Senate
The XVII. Senate of Ruhr University Bochum includes 25 elected members. Thirteen come from the group of professors, four each from the other three status groups: academic staff, technical and administrative staff, students.
The term of office for the student representatives is one year, and the term of office for the remaining elected members is three years. The Rectorate's members, the Deans, the Chairman of the Students’ Union, the Chairman of the Staff Council, and the Equal Opportunities Officer, as well as the liaison officer for people with disabilities and the representative of students with disabilities and chronic diseases take part in the Senate meetings in an advisory capacity.
Chairman of the Senate
Prof. Dr Jörg Bogumil (Faculty of Social Science)
Deputy Chairman of the Senate
Beate Hackethal (Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology)
Speakers of the Member Groups
- Professors:
Prof. Dr Beate Bender (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
Prof. Dr Gerhard Lubich (Faculty of Historical Sciences) - Academic staff:
Dr Eva Glasmachers (Faculty of Mathematics)
Dr Christoph Baer (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology) - Technical and administrative staff:
Beate Hackethal (Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology)
Peter Kardell (Administration, Registrar's Office) - Students:
Sofie Rehberg (Faculty of Philology)
Patrick Walkowiak (Faculty of Physics and Astronomy)
Members of the XVII. Senate of Ruhr University Bochum
Group of professors
- Prof. Dr Lena Heine
Faculty of Philology - Prof. Dr Gerhard Lubich
Faculty of Historical Sciences - Prof. Dr Dr Christian Tapp
Faculty of Catholic Theology - Prof. Dr Petra Platen
Faculty of Sport Science - Prof. Dr Nikol Rummel
Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research - Prof. Dr Wilhelm Löwenstein
Faculty of Management and Economics/ Institute of Development Research and Development Policy - Prof. Dr Beate Bender
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Prof. Dr Georg Schmitz
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Prof. Dr Peter Eichelsbacher
Faculty of Mathematics - Prof. Dr Tobias Backers
Faculty of Geosciences - Prof. Dr Ulrich Wiedner
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy - Prof. Dr Annette Kluge
Faculty of Psychology - Prof. Dr Konstanze Winklhofer
Faculty of Medicine
Group of academic staff
- Dr Eva Glasmachers
Faculty of Mathematics - Dr Stephanie Heimgartner
Faculty of Philology - Maximiliane Brand
Faculty of Social Science - Dr Christoph Baer
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Group of technical and administrative staff
- Peter Kardell
Administration, Registrar's Office - Beate Hackethal
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology - Matthias Werny
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Julia Schmidt
Administration, Dezernat 2
Group of students
- Sofie Rehberg
Faculty of Philology - Viktoria Budweg
Faculty of Social Science - Patrick Walkowiak
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy - Elisabeth Tilbürger
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
Representatives of the XVII. Senate of the Ruhr-Universität
Group of professors
- Prof. Dr Constance von Rüden
Faculty of Historical Sciences - Prof. Dr Anette Pankratz
Faculty of Philology - Prof. Dr Carmen Meinert
Center for Religious Studies (CERES) - Prof. Dr Pierre Thielbörger
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict - Prof. Dr Christian Schwermann
Faculty of East Asian Studies - Prof. Dr Ilona Rolfes
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Prof. Dr Timo Hönig
Faculty of Computer Science - Prof. Dr Rüdiger Höffer
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Prof. Dr Julia Bandow
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology - Prof. Dr Martina Havenith-Newen
Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schmidt
Faculty of Medicine
Group of academic staff
- Kathrin Lucht-Roussel
University Library - Dr Corinna Heldt
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Dr Katja Serova
Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research - Dr Jan Hildenhagen
Faculty of Historical Sciences
Group of technical and administrative staff
- Dr Peter Salden
Centre for Teaching and Learning - Lolita Lassak
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Hakan Kocak
Staff Council - Julia Böcker
University Library
Group of students
- Felix Ledneczky
Faculty of Law - Lana Fassbender
Faculty of Social Science - Alina Vöge
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Johannes Wienhold
Faculty of Medicine
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