Senate

Composition

(Art. 25 (1) Bayerisches Hochschulgesetz (Bavarian University Law))

Elected members

Representatives of the Academic Teaching Staff

• Prof. Dr. Volker Bräutigam, Faculty of Business and Engineering
• Prof. Claudia Frey, Faculty of Visual Design
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Steinmann, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Prof. Dr. Angelika Weber, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Winfried Wilke, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Prof. Dr. Georg Wimmer, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities

Representative of the Research Academic and Artistic Staff

• Dipl.-Dolm. Andrea Kreiner-Wegener, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities

Representative of the Other Employees

• Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Marschall, IT Service Centre

Student Representatives

• Luise Haberland, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
• Luisa Wedler, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Member ex officio

Women's Representative of THWS

Prof. Dr. Christina Völkl-Wolf, Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems

Chair

Prof. Dr. Winfried Wilke

Vice Chair

Prof. Dr. Angelika Weber

Tasks of the Senate

(Art. 25 (3) Bayerisches Hochschulgesetz (Bavarian University Law))

The Senate

1. determines the statutory regulations the university has to issue, unless stated otherwise,
2. determines matters of fundamental significance for research and the promotion of scientific and artistic young academics as well as for the realisation of the gender equality mission,
3. determines research priorities and decides about requests for establishing
   collaborative research centres and post graduate programmes
   as well as corresponding
   institutions,
4. determines proposals for establishing, altering and abolishing degree courses,
5. comments on the proposals by the appointment commission for the appointment of professors,
6. determines, on the basis of the decision made by the faculty board, proposals for the appointment of honorary professors,
7. decides on the conferral of the dignified titles of honorary senator, honorary citizen or honorary member of the university,
8. assumes the tasks of the faculty board - should the university not be divided into faculties,
9. decides on the approval of proposals regarding the appointment of university council members who are not affiliated with the university,
10. plays a part in other matters, provided this is envisaged by law or based on a law.