Members of the Senate

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 Gerhard Lubich (Faculty of Historical Sciences)
  Prof. Dr. Ilona Rolfes (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology)
• 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 Ilona Rolfes
  Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Prof. Dr Georg Schmitz
  Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Prof. Dr Peter Eichelsbacher
  Faculty of Mathematics
• Prof. Dr Tobias Backers
  Faculty of Geography and 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 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