Board of Governors

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The University's Board of Governors from left to right: Professor Nassehi, Mr. Schmallenbach, Professor Mertig, Professor Klingner, Doctor Behrenbeck, Professor Debackere, Mrs. Witzenhausen, Doctor Körte (Professor Schmitz is not pictured).

 

The Board

The Board of Governors advises the Rectorate and oversees its management of university governance.

After the five-year term of the third RWTH Aachen Board of Governors came to a conclusion, a new Board of Governors was appointed in November 2012 to serve until November 2027.

The Board of Governors is made up of ten external members. From November 1, 2023, the Board of Governors will temporarily consist of nine members. Board members are leading figures from industry, business, and academia; one member should have gained the trust of the students. The Equal Opportunities Officer and the members of the Rector's Office belong to the Board in an advisory function. Board of Governors' meetings are not open to the public. However members can call in guests to individual meetings or consult with them on points of order.

Information on the topics under discussion at past Board meetings from 2015 going forward can be found on our intranet site at Hochschulrat / Board of Governors.

Responsibilities of the Board Governors in accordance with Section 21 of the NRW Higher Education Act include:

• Participation in the University Election Assembly: election and dismissal of members of the Rector's Office
• Supervision of the Rectorate's management activities
• Approval of the draft of the Target Agreement between the University and the Federal State of NRW and of the Budget Plan
• Response to the University Development Plan and the Rector's Office's statement of accounts
• Approval of the Annual Financial Statement and approval of the Rector's Office

 

Members of the Board of Governors

Name	Position
Dr. Sabine Behrenbeck	Head of the Tertiary Education Committee – German Council of Science and Humanities
Prof. Dr. Koenraad Debackere	KU Leuven: Professor of Business and Economcis; Executive Director of KU Leuven Research & Development; KBC Group: Board of Directors – Chairman and Independent Director, Chairman of Nomination Committee, Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Chairman of the Board of Governors Prof. Dr. Raoul Klingner	Director of Research at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Dr. Peter Körte	Chief Technology & Strategy Officer at Siemens AG
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Mertig	Professor of Theoretical Physics, MLU Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi	Professor of General Sociology and Theory of Society, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Christoph Schmallenbach	Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Generali Schweiz Holding AG
Prof. Dr. Harald Schmitz	Chief Executive Officer of the Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG
Laura Witzenhausen	Consultant for System Management/Networks – Amprion GmbH