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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