Who does what?

President

• Professor Dr. Stefan Leible
  praesident@uni-bayreuth.de
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5200, Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
  
  Secretary:
  Daniela Passing
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5201, Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
  E-mail: daniela.passing@uni-bayreuth.de 
   
  In case of absence: Sandra Blau
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5212, Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5214
  E-mail: sandra.blau@uni-bayreuth.de
  
  Assistants to the President

Vice Presidents

• Prof. Dr. Susanne Tittlbach
  Digitalisation and Innovation
  vp-entrepreneurship@uni-bayreuth.de
  
  
• Prof. Dr. Martin Huber 
  Teaching & Learning
  vp-lehre@uni-bayreuth.de
  
  
• Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich
  Research & Junior Scholars
  vp-forschung@uni-bayreuth.de
   
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
  Internationalisation, Gender Equality and Diversity 
  ​vp-international@uni-bayreuth.de

Provost

• Dr. Nicole Kaiser
  kanzlerin@uni-bayreuth.de
  
  Secretaries:
  Karin Niessner
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5211, Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5214
  E-mail: karin.niessner@uni-bayreuth.de

  
  In case of absence: Sandra Blau
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5212, Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5214
  E-mail: sandra.blau@uni-bayreuth.de
  
  Assistant to the Provost/ Contact for the appointment process

Deputy Provost          

• Roland Jakisch
  Head of Human Resources
  roland.jakisch@uni-bayreuth.de​​

Women's Representative

• Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
  Advice concerning coaching and mentoring programmes
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3542
  E-mail: birgitta.woehrl@uni-bayreuth.de

• Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
  Chair Biopolymers
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3542
  E-mail: birgitta.woehrl@uni-bayreuth.de

Equal Opportunities Department

• Waltraud Schauer
  Examination Office for Law 
  Raum 1.20, Gebäude RW II
  Tel.: 0921/55-6154
  E-Mail: waltraud.schauer@uni-bayreuth.de

Deputy Equality Commissioner

• Boris Wiedenhöfer
  Gebäude B3, Raum 23
  Tel.: 0921/55-2168
  E-Mail: familiengerechte.hochschule@uni-bayreuth.de

Presidential Advisory Committee for Research & Junior Researchers

Chair 

• Professor Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich (Vice President)

Members

• Professor Dr. Erdmute Alber
• Professor Dr. Carsten Bäcker
• Professor Dr. Josef Breu
• Professor Dr. Hartmut Egger
• Dr. Britta Frede
• Professor Dr. Markus Lippitz
• Professor Dr. Ralf Moos
• Professor Dr. Anno Mungen
• Tim Rosenbohm, Student
• Johanna Schmidtmann, Student
• Dr. Wolfgang Schoppek
• PD Dr. Gerd Steinle-Neumann
• Professor Dr. Christoph Thomas

Regular guests

• Dr. Petra Beermann
• Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar
• Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule​
• Dipl.-Ing Iris Hetz

Presidential Advisory Committee for Teaching & Learning

Chair

• Professor Dr. Martin Huber (Vice President)

Members

• Professor Dr. Mark-Matthias Bakran
• Svenja Büttner
• Professor Dr. Michael Guthe
• Peter Herzog
  Student
• Profesor Dr. Florian Kläger
• Professor Dr. Kordula Knaus
  Women's Representative (advisory capacity)
• Dr.-Ing. Andreas Obermeier
• Anna-Lena Peter
  Student
• Professor Dr. Eberhard Rothfuß
• Dominik Möst
  Student
• Professor Dr. Rudolf Schüßler
• Professor Dr. Friedrich Sommer  

Regular guests

• Jörg Bellmann
• Dr. Annelie Schmidt
• Dr. Robert Tietze

Presidential Advisory Committee for Teacher Education

Chair 

• Professor Dr. Martin Huber (Vice President)

Members

• Professor Dr. Ingrid Bauer
• PD Dr. Stefan Benz
• Professor Dr. Karin Birkner
  Women’s Representative (advisory capacity)
• Professor Dr. Franz Xaver Bogner
• Professor Dr. Fabian Dietrich
• Professor Dr. Carlos Kölbl
• Professor Dr. Bettina Lis
• Simon Reisnecker
  Student
• Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule
• Dr.-Ing. Florian Scherm
• Professor Dr. Gabriele Schrüfer
• Professor Dr. Volker Ulm
• Walter Wagner
• Dr. Sigrid Weber
• Pascal Weinsheimer
  Student
  
  

Regular guests

• Jörg Bellmann
• Dr. Franz-Josef Scharfenberg
• Dr. Annelie Schmidt

Presidential Advisory Committee for International Affairs

Chair 

• Professor Dr. Thomas Scheibel (Vice President)

Members

• Manuel Brinkmann (Mid-Level Academic Staff Representative)
• Professor Dr. Martin Doevenspeck
• Professor Dr. Bernd Kannowski
• Professor Dr. Markus Lippitz
• Dr. Reinhard Richter (Mid-Level Academic Staff Representative)
• Professor Dr.-Ing- Christina Roth
• Professor Dr. Olivier Roy 
• Professor Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat
• Professor Dr. Clarissa Vierke
• Mr. Elie Castanié (Representative of the Student Parliament)
• Mr. Lucas Preller (Representative of the Student Parliament)

Regular guests

• Dr. Arnim Heinemann
• Ariane Lange
• Dr. Regina Richter 

Women’s Representative (advisory capacity):

• Professor Dr. Karin Birkner

Presidential Advisory Committee for Student Fees

Chair 

• Professor Dr. Martin Huber (Vice President)

Members

• Dr. Kati Barthmann
• Professor Dr. Stephan Clemens
• Elie Léon Castanié (Sprecherrat für Studienzuschüsse)
  Student
• Professor Dr. Rolf Uwe Fülbier
• Jannik Noah Jürß 
  Student
• Armin Leonhard Rödiger
  ​Student
• Alina Chiara Senkel​
  Student

Regular guests 

• Dr. Nicole Kaiser (Provost)
• Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar

Presidential Advisory Committee for Information & Communication Technology

Chair 

• Professor Dr. Susanne Tittelbach (Vice President)
  

Members

• Dr. Robert Baier
• Ralf Brugbauer
• Professor Dr. Michael Danzer
• Hauke Dietrich
• Dr. Andreas Grandel
• Carmela Herrmann 
• Professorin Dr. Jana Hönke
• Professor Dr. Martin Huber (Vice President)
• Professor Dr. Jochen Koubek
• Professor Dr. Stephan Kümmel
• Dr. Marianne Lauerer
• Professor Dr. Gerhard Rambold
• Professor Dr. Stefan Seifert
• Provost of the University of Bayreuth

Regular guests

• Thomas Frahnert  
• Dr. Arnim Heinemann  
• Professorin Dr. Kordula Knaus  
• Dr. Raimund Matros 
• Dr. Hermann Pilsl  
• PD Dr. Regina Richter 
• Reinhard Schatke  
• Dr. Thomas Schoberth  
• Ralf Stöber  
• Professor Dr. Matthias Ullman

Presidential Advisory Committee for Equal Opportunities & Diversity

Chair

• Vice President Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel

Members

• Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl (Women’s Representative of the University of Bayreuth)
• Dr. Robert Tietze (Employer‘s Inclusion Representative)
• Dr. Ulf Vierke (Commissioner for Students with Disabilities)
• Waltraud Schauer (Equal Opportunities Officer for non-academic staff)
• Ricarda Rabenbauer (Family-Friendly University Representative)
• Dr. Katrin Horn (Research Associates Representative)
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma (Professor)
• Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar (Ombudsperson for Junior Scholars)
• Dr. Stefan Kurth (Complaints Office Representative)
• Dr. Anja Chales de Beaulieu (Complaints Office Representative)
• Katharina Viviane Holzer (Student)

Regular guests

• Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt (Co-Spokesperson GeQuInDi)
• Miriam Bauch (Head of Equal Opportunities Department)

 
Presidential Advisory Committee for scientific HR development (Bayreuth-Track-Committee)

Chair

• Professor Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich (Vice President)

Members

• Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar, University of Bayreuth
• Professor Dr. Diethelm Klippel, University of Bayreuth
• Professor Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Technical University of Munich
• Professor Dr. Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
• Professor Dr. Jörg Müller, University of Bayreuth
• Professor Dr. Andrea Pagni, FAU
• Professor Dr. Katharina Schramm, University of Bayreuth
• Professor Dr. Markus Schwoerer, University of Bayreuth

Regular guests

• Dr. Thomas Gollan
• Dr. Nicole Kaiser (Provost)

Committee for Academic Self-Regulation

Chair

• Professor Dr. Stephan Rixen

Members

• Professor Dr. Nuri Aksel
• Professor Dr. Erdmute Alber
• Dr. Luisa Hopp
• Professor Dr. Birte Höcker
• Professor Dr. Gerhard Wolf

Regular guest
Professor Dr. Diethelm Klippel

Research Ethics Committee

Chair

• Professor Dr. Dr. Klaus Nagels

Members

• Professor Dr. Ruth Freitag
• Professor Dr. Carsten Bäcker
• Professor Dr. Nina Nestler
• Professor Dr. Olivier Roy
• Professor Dr. Benedikt Westermann
  
• Professor Dr. Karin Birkner
  Women's Representative
  
  

Homepage

Office
Committee Support
Katrin Winkler
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5364
Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
E-mail: gremienbuero@uni-bayreuth.de

• Assistant to the Provost
• Assistants to the President
• Campus Management
• Career Services & Corporate Relations
• Commissioner for Disabled Students & Students with Chronic Illness
• Committee Support
• Diversity
• Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• Equal Opportunities
• Press, Marketing & Communications
• Quality Assurance in Teaching and Learning
• Research Services / Advising for Junior Scholars

• Internal Services
• International Office
• Strategy & Planning

Head of Administration

Provost

• Dr. Nicole Kaiser
  

Deputy Provost

• Roland Jakisch
  Head of Human Resources

Units

• Unit I Legal, Academic & Student Affairs/ Family-Friendly University 
• Unit II Accounting (Finances, Controlling & Procurement) 
• Unit III Human Resources
• Unit IV Buildings & Grounds Maintenance
• Unit V Faculty Affairs

President

• Professor Dr. Stefan Leible
  Chair

Members

• Professor Dr. Erdmute Alber
• Professor Dr. Ralf Behrwald
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Stephan Clemens 
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Torsten Eymann
  CIO
  
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fischerauer
• Professorin Dr. Ruth Freitag
  Dean
• Dr.-Ing. Michael Gleißner
  Research Associate Representative
• Professor Dr. Matthew Hannah
• Carmela Herrmann
  Employee Representative
• Professor Dr. Jochen Koubek
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Stephan Kümmel
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Martin Leschke
• Thorsten Opel
  General Assembly of doctoral candidates of the University od Bayreuth Graduate School Representative
• Professor Dr. Jörg Schlüchtermann
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt
  Director of the University of Bayreuth Graduate School 
• Professor Dr. Stephan Schwarzinger
• Professor Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
  General Assembly of the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple
• Professor Dr. Ulm
  Dean
• Milan Tartler
• Fynn van Rießen
• Professor Dr. Benedikt Westermann
  Dean
• Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl 
  ​Women’s Representative
• Jonas Würdinger

​Contact   

• ​Kerstin Dreyer
  Head of Committee Support Unit
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5216
  Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
  E-mail: gremienbuero@uni-bayreuth.de

Chair

• Dr. Adalbert Weiß
  Former Head of the Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts
  

Members

• Aila Banach
  Student Body Representative
  
• Stephanie Czerny
  Manager at DLD Media GmbH/ Hubert Burda Media & co-founder of the conference Digital Life Design
  
• Alexandra Füller
  Managing Director of the Füller Glastechnologie Vertriebs-GmbH​
  
• Professor Dr. Lars Grüne
  University of Bayreuth
  Department of Mathematics
  Applied Mathematics
  
• Professor Dr. Knut Werner Lange
  ​University of Bayreuth
  Faculty of Law, Business & Economics
  Civil Law V
• Dr. Britta Padberg
  Director of Science at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule
  University of Bayreuth
  Didaktik der deutschen Sprache und Literatur
  
• Professor Dr. Robert Schlögl
  Director of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin & founding director of Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
  
• Dr. Steffen Schmidt
  University of Bayreuth
  
• Jule Wagner
  
• Professor Dr. Stefan Schuster
  Animal Physiology
  
• Gabriele Zedlmayer
  Social Innovator and President of the Hypovereinsbank Women’s Council
• N.N.
  

Regular guest

• Ministerialrat Julian Mangels
  

University Governance

• President Professor Dr. Stefan Leible
  
• Provost Dr. Nicole Kaiser
  
• Vice President Professor Dr. Martin Huber
  
• Vice President Professor Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich
  
• Vice President Professor Dr. Thomas Scheibel
  
• Vice President Professor Dr. Susanne Tittlbach
  
• Women's Representative Professor Dr. Brigitta Wöhrl
  

Contact

• Kerstin Dreyer
  Head of Committee Support Unit
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5216
  Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
  E-mail: gremienbuero@uni-bayreuth.de

Chair

• Heribert Trunk
  Managing Partner at BI-LOG Service Group GmbH

Deputy Chair

• Elisabeth Götz
  Director of Bayreuth’s Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium

Members

• Clemens Dereschkewitz
  CEO, Glen Dimplex Deutschland GmbH
  
• Thomas Ebersberger
  Major of the city of Bayreuth
  
• Frank Carsten Herzog
  HZG Group, Concept Laser GmbH
  
• Monika Hohlmeier, Member of the European Parliament
  Former Minister of State
  
• Professor Dieter Kempf
  Vice President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
  
• Hartmut Koschyk
  Former Federal Government Commissioner
• Dr. Laura Krainz-Leupoldt
  Managing Partner at PEMA Vollkorn Spezialitäten Heinrich Leupoldt KG
• Frank Kühne
  Partner and Chairman of the Board at RAPS GmbH & Co. KG in Kulmbach
• Brigitte Merk-Erbe
  Major of the city of Bayreuth (ret.)
• Heidrun Piwernetz
  District President of Upper Franconia
• Marion Resch-Heckel
  Department Director (ret.)
  
• Henry Schramm
  District president of Upper Franconia
  
• Dr. Dorothee Strunz
  Managing Partner at LAMILUX Heinrich Strunz Gruppe
• Jobst Wagner
  President of the Supervisory Board at REHAU AG
• Wilhelm Wenning
  former District President of Upper Franconia
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Wuermeling
  ​Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bundesbank
• Isabell Zacharias
• Thomas Zimmer
  former President of Upper Franconia’s Chamber of Crafts & Trades

Contact

• Phyllis M. Gilch
  Assistant to the President
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5203
  Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
  E-mail: phyllis.gilch@uni-bayreuth.de

The Student Parliament Office is located in the building next to the Central University Administration (ZUV).

Student Parliament Office
Glasmittelbau, room 1.42
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5296
E-mail: stupa@uni-bayreuth.de
Homepage: www.stupa.uni-bayreuth.de

Representatives in the Senate

• Dr.-Ing. Michael Gleissner (Deputy Chairman)
• Apl. Prof. Dr. Stephan Schwarzinger
  

Representative in the University Council

• Dr. Steffen Schmidt

Representatives in the Presidential Advisory Committees

• Dr. Robert Baier
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Information & Communication Technology
• Dr. Kati Barthmann
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Student Fees
  
• PD Dr. Reinhard Richter 
  ​Presidential Advisory Committee for International Affairs
• Manuel Brinkmann
  Presidential Advisory Committee for International Affairs
• Dr. Katrin Horn
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Equal Opportunities & Diversity Management
• Dr. Wolfgang Schoppek 
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Research & Junior Researchers
• Dr.-Ing. Andreas Obermeier
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teaching & Learning
  
• Svenja Büttner
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teaching & Learning
• Dr. Florian Scherm
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teacher Education
  
• Dr. Sigrid Weber
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teacher Education
• ​Dr. Stefan Benz
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teacher Education
• Walter Wagner
  Presidential Advisory Committee for Teacher Education

Representative University of Bayreuth Graduate School

• Thorsten Opel
  

Representatives in the Faculty Councils

Faculty 1

• Tobias Kreisel
• Moritz  Zehnder

Faculty 2

• Dr. Carolin Kerl
  
• Dr. Michael Weyand
  

Faculty 3

• Jan Seitz
  
• Dr. Felix Wilke
  

Faculty 4

• Carolin Dix
  
• Dr. Katrin Horn
  

Faculty 5

• Dr. Max Eckstein
  
• Dr. Melina Cassandra Kalfelis
  

Faculty 6

• Dr. Nico Langhof
  
• Dr.-Ing. Florian Scherm
  

Faculty 7

• Dr. Steffen Schmidt
  
• Federica Ronchetti
  

Women’s Representatives

• Dr. Sabine Rosenfeldt (Faculty II)
  
• Dr. Sahar Salehi (Faculty
  

Research Associates’ Council Homepage: www.mittelbau.uni-bayreuth.de

Chair

• Carmela Herrmann

Address: Building B8, 95440 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2163 or -2316
E-mail: personalrat@uni-bayreuth.de

The Employee Council consists of the following elected members:

Civil Servants

• Monika Rank-Seizinger
• Ulrich Voit
• Daniel Wenzke

Public Employees

• Oliver Gschwender
• Michael Heimler
• Carmela Herrmann
• Jürgen Kahl
• Holger Kriegl
• Elvira Rettner
• Heidi Rossner-Schöpf
• Joachim Schwab
• Thomas Schwitz
• Thomas Wadenka

Executive Board

• Carmela Herrmann
  Chair
• Ulrich Voit
  1^st Deputy Chair
• Michael Heimler
  2^nd Deputy Chair
• Elvira Rettner
  (advisory role)

Employee Council Homepage: www.personalrat.uni-bayreuth.de

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

• Prof. Dr. Torsten Eymann
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-7661
  E-mail: torsten.eymann@uni-bayeuth.de 

Data Protection Commissioner

• Thomas Frahnert
  Phone:  +49 (0)921 / 55-5335

Confidential counsellors for members of staff with severe disabilities and their colleagues

• Claudia Roberts 
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4821
• Richard Kastner 
  1^st Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5242
• Sabine Anders 
  2^nd Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5237
• Cornelie Meuche 
  3^rd Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6154

• Weiter zur Homepage

Homepage: www.sbv.uni-bayreuth.de

Commissioner for Students with Disabilities

• Dr. Ulf Vierke
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4501
• Secretary
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4500

Homepage: www.becks.uni-bayreuth.de

Complaints office

• Dr. Stefan Kurth
  Phone: 0921 / 55-7870
  E-Mail: stefan.kurth@uni-bayreuth.de
• Dr. Anja Chales de Beaulieu
  Phone: 0921 / 55-4722
  E-Mail: anja.chales-de-beaulieu@uni-bayreuth.de

More information: Anti-Discrimination at the University of Bayreuth

Inclusion Commissioner of the Employer

• Dr. Robert Tietze
  Phone:  +49 (0)921 / 55-7774

Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Non-Academic Staff

• Waltraud Schauer
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6154
• Boris Wiedenhöfer
  Deputy Commissioner
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2186

Environmental Commissioner

• Green Campus Team
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3514
  E-mail: green.campus@uni-bayreuth.de
  Homepage

Commissioner for the Prevention of Addiction

• Professor Dr. Carlos Kölbl
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4141

Commissioner for the Prevention of Corruption

• Boris Wiedenhöfer
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2168

Information Security Officer

• Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Stöber
  Mail: isb@uni-bayreuth.de
  Phone: +49 (0)921 55 3177
  Homepage: http://it-sicherheit.uni-bayreuth.de

Ombudsman for Junior Scholars

• Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2645

Ombudsman for Junior Scholars

• Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3633

Ombudsman for Academic Self-Regulation

• Professor Dr. Carsten Bäcker
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6260
• Professorin Dr. Anna Köhler
  Deputy Ombudsman
  Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2600

Ombudsman for the Gifted Youth Programme

• Professor Dr. Martin Leschke

• Professor Dr. Thomas Peternell