Division 1.1 - Academic Affairs, Examination and University Law

 

Division 1.1 Academic Affairs, Examination and University Law belongs to the Department of Academic Affairs and Registrar's Office within RWTH Aachen's Central University Administration.

 

Our Responsibilities

Responsibilities of Division 1.1 include management of the Senate and other committees, such as the Constitutional Committee and the Equal Opportunities Committee.

The Electoral Office, situated in Division 1.1, organizes the election of members of the Senate and the faculty councils at RWTH Aachen University.

The Division advises and supports examiners, examination boards, and the Faculties with legal questions and matters regarding examination and examination procedural law. Additionally the Division is responsible for administrative lawsuits and appeal proceedings about examination and admissions matters, excluding appeal proceedings for individual study spots.

 

The Division is also responsible for the legal review of a broad range of regulations, including general and degree course-specific examination regulations, doctorate regulations, as well as habilitation, student body, and Faculty regulations. These activities also include dealing with legal questions relating to higher education law, including doctoral, postdoctoral and student body law. In addition, the Division exercises legal supervision over the student body.

The regulations and statutes of the University, which are adopted by the various University committees, are published as Official Announcements.

The department is also responsible for the legal review of applications for the award of the titles of Associate Professor and Honorary Professor and for drawing up the University's gender equality plans.

Department 1.1 is also home to the Scholarships for Doctoral Students.

Accreditation of German Student Initiatives

German student associations can submit a Request for Accreditation as a Student Initiative of RWTH Aachen University to the Division of Examination and Statutory Law. Further information and the prerequisites to the accreditation process can be found in the Instructions for the Accreditation of German Student Initiatives at RWTH Aachen University.

 

Staff

Name	Contact
Abteilungsleitung
kommissarische Abteilungsleiterin Larissa Franke LL.B.	Phone: +49 241 80 99091 larissa.franke@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Kathrin Otten, Ass. jur., kommissarische stellvertretende Abteilungsleiterin (s. u.)
Geschäftszimmer
Vergabe des Großen Senatssitzungszimmers, Amtliche Bekanntmachungen
Verwaltungsangestellte, Teilzeit Svenja Stevelmans	Phone: +49 241 80 94047 svenja.stevelmans@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
Sabrina Holtum
Sachgebiet Juristische Sachbearbeitung
Juristische Sachbearbeitung Abteilung 1.1	pruefungsrecht@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
Sachgebietsleiterin, komm. stellv. Abteilungsleiterin Ass. jur. Kathrin Otten	Phone: +49 241 80 94884 kathrin.otten@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Julia Hauer	Phone: +49 241 80 90703 julia.hauer@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Susanne Pohl	Phone: +49 241 80 94013 susanne.pohl@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Simone Schmitt	Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Dina Schulte-Luenzum	Phone: +49 241 80 94341 dina.schulte-luenzum@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Linda Schwiering	Phone: +49 241 80 99079 linda.schwiering@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Justiziarin Ass. jur. Svenja Weidenhaupt	Phone: +49 241 80 96485 svenja.weidenhaupt@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Stipendien und Förderungsangelegenheiten
Jessica Hannemann B. A.	Phone: +49 241 80 94108 jessica.hannemann@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
Wahlamt
Wahlleiterin
Larissa Franke, LL.B. (s. o.)
stellvertretende Wahlleiterin
Christina Kleinen (s. u.)
Gremienangelegenheiten
Gremienangelegenheiten, Rechtsprüfung Honorarprofessuren und apl. Professuren, Ordensangelegenheiten
Larissa Franke, LL.B. (s. o.)
Koordination der Mitgliedschaften des Rektors
Christina Kleinen (s. u.)
Gleichstellungspläne
Betreuung der Gleichstellungskommission
Christina Kleinen B. Sc.	Phone: +49 241 80 98089 christina.kleinen@zhv.rwth-aachen.de Website
Promotionen und Habilitationen
Zweitausfertigungen von Promotionsurkunden, Promotionsverifikationen, Habilitationsstatistik, Titelentzugsverfahren bei Habilitationen
Christina Kleinen (s. o.)
Nachrufe und Glückwünsche
Christina Kleinen (s.o.)