Who does what?
Since there are around 13,400 students on our campus, staying well-organized is crucial. Below you will find an overview of the University of Bayreuth’s organizational structure, including contact details, to provide you with the most important information at a glance.
- University GovernanceHide
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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
- Professor Dr. Torsten Eymann
Digitalisation and Innovation
vp-entrepreneurship@uni-bayreuth.de - Professor Dr. Martin Huber
Teaching & Learning
vp-lehre@uni-bayreuth.de - Professor Dr. Christian Laforsch
Research & Junior Scholars
vp-forschung@uni-bayreuth.de
- Professor Dr. Thomas Scheibel
Internationalisation, Gender Equality and Diversity
vp-international@uni-bayreuth.de
Provost
- N.N., currently represented by Deputy Provost Roland Jakisch
kanzler@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. Stefan Leible
- Women’s RepresentativeHide
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- Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
Chair Biopolymers
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3542
E-mail: birgitta.woehrl@uni-bayreuth.de
- Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
- Equality CommissionersHide
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- 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
- Waltraud Schauer
- Presidential Advisory CommitteesHide
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Presidential Advisory Committee for Research & Junior Researchers
Chair
- Professor Dr. Christian Laforsch (Vice President)
Members
- Professor Dr. Erdmute Alber
- Professor Dr. Josef Breu
- Professor Dr. Markus Lippitz
- Professor Dr. Ralf Moos
- Professor Dr. Anno Mungen
- Professor Dr. Stefan Napel
- Professor Dr. Stephan Rixen
- Dr. Wolfgang Schoppek
- PD Dr. Gerd Steinle-Neumann
- Professor Dr. Christoph Thomas
- Johanna Schmidtmann
Student
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
- Felix Granzow
Student - Professor Dr. Michael Guthe
- Profesor Dr. Florian Kläger
- Professor Dr. Kordula Knaus
Women's Representative (advisory capacity) - Dr.-Ing. Andreas Obermeier
- 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 EducationChair
- 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
- Sally Mattes
Student - Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule
- Dr.-Ing. Florian Scherm
- Professor Dr. Gabriele Schrüfer
- Professor Dr. Volker Ulm
- Walter Wagner
- Dr. Sigrid Weber
- Katharina Zienecker
Student
Regular guests
- Jörg Bellmann
- Dr. Franz-Josef Scharfenberg
- Dr. Annelie Schmidt
Presidential Advisory Committee for International AffairsChair
- 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 FeesChair
- 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. Markus Zanner (Provost)
- Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar
Presidential Advisory Committee for Information & Communication TechnologyChair
- Professor Dr. Torsten Eymann (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 & DiversityChair
- Professor Dr. Thomas Scheibel (Vice President)
Members
- Professor Dr. Karin Birkner
- Lisa-Marie Brüning
Student Body Representative - Professor Dr. Heike Feldhaar
- Dr. Arnim Heinemann
- Dr. Katrin Horn
- Professor Dr. Kordula Knaus
- Professor Dr. Carlos Kölbl
- Ricarda Rabenbauer
- Claudia Roberts
- Waltraud Schauer
- Niclas Schilling
Student Body Representative - Dr. Ulf Vierke
- Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
Regular guests
- Miriam Bauch
- Dr. Mabel Braun
- Dr. Ulrike Dinglreiter
- Thomas Frahnert
- Dr. Stefan Kurth
- Thorsten Parchent
- Boris Wiedenhöfer
Presidential Advisory Committee for scientific HR development (Bayreuth-Track-Committee)Chair
- Professor Dr. Christian Laforsch (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
- Other Central Bodies & CommitteesHide
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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 KlippelResearch 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
Office
Committee Support
Katrin Winkler
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5364
Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-5213
E-mail: gremienbuero@uni-bayreuth.de - Staff unitsHide
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- 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
- Central service unitsHide
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University Administration
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Head of Administration
Provost
- NN
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
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Senate
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President
- Professor Dr. Stefan Leible
Chair
Members
- Erik Ahlborn
Student Body Representative - Professor Dr. Erdmute Alber
- Professor Dr. Ingrid Bauer
Deputy Chair - Professor Dr. Matthias Breuning
Dean - Professor Dr. Stephan Clemens
Dean - Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank Döpper
Dean - Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fischerauer
- Dr.-Ing. Michael Gleißner
Research Associate Representative - Felix Granzow
Student Body Representative - Henrike Haggeney
Student Body Representative - Carmela Herrmann
Employee Representative - Professor Dr. Jan Otmar Hesse
Dean - 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. Rüdiger Seesemann
General Assembly of the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple - Walter Wagner
Research Associate Representative - Professor Dr. Birgit Weber
- Professor Dr. Birgitta Wöhrl
Women’s Representative
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
- Professor Dr. Stefan Leible
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University Council
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Chair
- Dr. Adalbert Weiß
Former Head of the Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts
Deputy Chair
- Professor Dr. Gabriela Paule
University of Bayreuth
Didaktik der deutschen Sprache und Literatur
Members
- Aila Banach
Student Body Representative - Patrick Bennesch
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 - Dr. Gisela Janetzke
Former Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - 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. Stefan Pfeiffer
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Collaborative Research Centre 1357 Microplastics - 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 - Gabriele Zedlmayer
Social Innovator and President of the Hypovereinsbank Women’s Council - Professor Dr. Walter Zimmermann
University of Bayreuth
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
Theoretical Physics I
Regular guest
- Ministerialrat Julian Mangels
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
- Dr. Adalbert Weiß
- Board of TrusteesHide
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Chair
- Heribert Trunk
Managing Partner at BI-LOG Service Group GmbH
Deputy Chair
- Elisabeth Götz
Director of Bayreuth’s Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium
Members
- Monika Hohlmeier, Member of the European Parliament
Former Minister of State - Professor Dieter Kempf
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.) - Dr. Hanns-Peter Ohl
- Heidrun Piwernetz
District President of Upper Franconia - Marion Resch-Heckel
Department Director (ret.), 1st Vice President of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects - 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
- Heribert Trunk
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Student Parliament
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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
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Representatives in the Senate
- Dr.-Ing. Michael Gleissner (Deputy Chairman)
- Walter Wagner
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
- Robin Kusch
Representatives in the Faculty Councils
Faculty 1
- Tobias Kreisel
- Moritz Zehnder
Faculty 2
- Dr. Sabine Rosenfeldt (Council Chairman)
- Dr. René Uebe
Faculty 3
- Dr. Alexander Mayer
- Dr. Ivo Schedlinsky
Faculty 4
- Dr. Katrin Horn
- Dr. Marie-Anne Kohl
Faculty 5
- Dr. Wolfgang Schoppek
- Dr. Kristoff Reichel
Faculty 6
- Dr.-Ing. Gunter Hagen
- Dr.-Ing. Christoph Kern
Women’s Representatives
- Melanie Klein (Faculty 4)
Research Associates’ Council Homepage: www.mittelbau.uni-bayreuth.de
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Employee Council
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Chair
- Carmela Herrmann
Address: Building B8, 95440 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2163 or -2316
E-mail: personalrat@uni-bayreuth.deThe 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
1st Deputy Chair - Michael Heimler
2nd Deputy Chair - Elvira Rettner
(advisory role)
Employee Council Homepage: www.personalrat.uni-bayreuth.de
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University Commissioners
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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
1st Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5242 - Sabine Anders
2nd Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5237 - Cornelie Meuche
3rd Deputy Ombudsman, Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6154
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
- Thomas Frahnert
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Honours & Awards
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Distinguished Affiliated Professor
- Professor Dr. Elji Ohtani (17.02.2016 - 16.02.2021)
Emeriti of Honour
- Professor Dr. Diethelm Klippel (20.11.2015)
- Professor Dr. Gudrun Miehe (20.11.2015)
- Professor Dr. Markus Schwoerer (20.11.2015)
- Professor Dr. Jochen Sigloch (20.11.2015)
Further information about the Emeriti of Honour
Honorary Senators
The University has recognized and honoured the following persons by appointing them honorary senators.
- Heribert Trunk (26.11.2020)
- Dr. Stephan Bieri (27.11.2015)
- Hans Albert Ruckdeschel (21.11.2013)
- Klaus Wirth (21.11.2013)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Ruppert (22.11.2012), former President of the University of Bayreuth
- Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Franz Mayinger (27.11.2009)
- Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Ramming (02.06.2008) †
- Prof. Dr. Norbert Klusen (17.02.2004)
- Eugen Münch (17.02.2004)
- Heinz Greiffenberger (27.11.2000)
- Anneliese Fischer (28.10.1996), former Vice President of the Bavarian Parliament
- Prof. E.h. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus D. Wolff (27.11.1991) †, former President of the University of Bayreuth
- Dr. Erwin Bender (05.07.1990) †
- Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Markgraf (27.11.1987) †
- Dr. Wolfgang R. Habbel (17.07.1986) †
- Dr. Jan Hendrik Deurvorst (26.07.1984) †
- Dr. Peter G. Meyer Viol (26.07.1984) †
- Armin A. Dassler (13.03.1984) †
- Dr. Karl-Heinz Stüper (13.03.1984) †
- Dr. Karl Gerhard Schmidt (28.07.1982)
- Dr. Fritz Bayerlein (28.07.1982) †
- Hans Walter Wild (17.07.1981) †, former Mayor of Bayreuth
- Simon Nüssel (17.07.1981) †, former Bavarian Minister of Nutrition, Agriculture & Forestry
- Prof. Dr. Will Richter (27.11.1978) †
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wild (25.11.1977), former Bavarian Minister of Science & the Arts
University Medal Recipients
The University has honoured the following persons with the University Medal for their long-time dedication and commitment.
- Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wanitzek (26.11.2020)
- Rudi Jung (2019)
- Albert Hubert (2019)
- Professor Dr. Dymitr Ibriszimow (2018)
- Dr. Willy Thurn (27.11.2015)
- Dr. Wolfgang Richter (21.11.2013)
- Klaus Münch (21.11.2013)
- Helga Simper (21.11.2013)
- Horst Eggers (22.11.2012)
- Dr. Ekkehard Beck (30.11.2010), former Provost
- Prof. Dr. Reimer Herrmann (15.05.2003) †
- Dipl.-Ing. Dieter Bayerlein (27.11.2000)
- Franz Simon Meyer (27.11.2000), former Building Director
- Wolf-Peter Hentschel (27.10.1999), former Provost
- Hellmut Albrecht (23.03.1999), former Building Director
- Claudia Hoffmann (28.10.1996)
- Ministerialrat Günter Grote (17.01.1992) †
- Dr. Eberhard Knittel (27.11.1989) †
- Ottmar Salzl (27.11.1989), former Principal
- Wolfgang Winkler (27.11.1989) †, former District President
- Dr. Konrad Wickert (13.02.1987)
- Chief Felix Kola Ogunwale, Nigeria (28.06.1984)
- Prof. Dr. József Földvári, Pécs (12.04.1984)
Honorary Doctorates
- Dirk Steffens, Hamburg
- Professor Dr. jur., Dr. jur. h. c. József Földvari, Pécs/Hungary
- Professor Dr. rer. pol., Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Otmar lssing, Würzburg
- Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Fritz Köhlein, Bindlach
- Professor Dr. phil., Dr. jur. h. c. Hans Maier, Munich
- Professor Dr. jur. h. c. Gordon Roger Woodman, PhD (Cantab.), Birmingham
- Professor Dr. phil. h. c. Julia Kristeva, Paris
- Dr. phil. h. c. Wole Soyinka, Abeokuta/Nigeria
- Professor Dr. phil., Dr. phil. h. c. Dieter Schnebel, Berlin
- Professor em. Dr.-lng. Dr.-lng. E.h. mult. Franz Mayinger, Munich
- Ngugi wa Thiong'o, residence unknown
- Professor Dr. Dres. h. c. Alessio Zaccaria, Ferrara
Deceased
- Professor Dr. jur. h. c. Hans Kauffmann, Munich †
- Professor Dr. rer. nat., Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Albert Weller, Göttingen †
- Professor Dr. phil., Dr. phil. h. c. György Vajda, Budapest †
- Professor Dr. rer. nat., Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Hans Grauert, Göttingen †
- Professor Dr. agr., Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Erwin Latzko, Kranzberg †
- Staatspräsident a. D. Dr. phil. h. c. Vaclav Havel, Prague †
- Professor Dr. rer. pol., Dr. rer. pol. h. c. mult. Dieter Schneider, Bochum †
- Dr. phil. h. c. Wolfgang Wagner, Bayreuth †
- Professor Dr. phil., Dr. phil. h. c. Ommo Grupe, Tübingen †
- Professor Dr. phil., Dr. phil. h. c. Konrad Repgen, Bonn †
- Professor Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Otto L. Lange, Würzburg †
- Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Paris †
- Professorin Dr. phil. h. c. Eli Fischer-Jorgensen, Copenhagen †
- Dr. phil., Dr. phil. h. c. Arno Ruoff, Tübingen †
- Professor Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Erhard Heinz, Göttingen †
- Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Erich Walter, Bayreuth †