Members of the XIII. Senate

Chairman of the Senate

Prof. Dr Axel Schölmerich (Faculty of Psychology)

Deputy Chairman of the Senate

Marita Schmeink (Faculty of Philology)

Speakers of the Member Groups

Members of the XIII. Senate of the Ruhr-Universität

The XII. Senate of the Ruhr-Universität includes 25 elected members. Thirteen come from the group of professors, four each from the other three status groups: academic staff, technical and administrative staff, students.

The term of office for the student representatives is one year, and the term of office for the remaining elected members is three years. The Rectorate's members, the Deans, the Chairman of the Students’ Union, the Chairman of the Staff Council, and the Equal Opportunities Officer take part in the Senate meetings in an advisory capacity.

Group of professors

  • Prof. Dr Jörg Bogumil
    Faculty of Social Science
  • Prof. Dr Beate Ego
    Faculty of Protestant Theology
  • Prof. Dr Michael Hollmann
    Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Prof. Dr Richard Hoppe-Sailer
    Faculty of History
  • Prof. Dr Adrian Immenhauser
    Faculty of Geosciences
  • Prof. Dr Achim von Keudell
    Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  • Prof. Dr Rolf Kindmann
    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Prof. Dr Ulrich Kunze
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  • Prof. Dr Dieter Liermann
    Faculty of Medicine, Marien-Hospital Herne
  • Prof. Dr Regine Mathias
    Faculty of East Asian Studies
  • Prof. Dr Helmut Meyer
    Faculty of Medicine
  • Prof. Dr Birgit Sandkaulen
    Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research
  • Prof. Dr Monika Schmitz-Emans
    Faculty of Philology

Group of academic staff

  • Thomas Held
    Faculty of Geosciences
  • Sabine Humuza
    Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  • Georg Sander
    University Library
  • Marita Schmeink
    Faculty of Philology

Group of technical and administrative staff

  • Sabine Bierstedt
    Faculty of Psychology
  • Manfred Ebbinghaus
    Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
  • Beate Hackethal
    Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
  • Martina Stiemert
    University Library

Group of students

  • Maik Wolf
    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sebastian Marquardt
    Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Viktoria Niebel
    Faculty of Social Science
  • Jiuling Meimbresse
    Faculty of East Asian Studies

Representatives of the XIII. Senate of the Ruhr-Universität

Group of professors

  • Prof. Dr Albrecht Bufe
    Faculty of Medicine
  • Prof. Dr Hubert Flenner
    Faculty of Mathematics
  • Prof. Dr Kornelia Freitag
    Faculty of Philology
  • Prof. Dr Constantin Goschler
    Faculty of History
  • Prof. Dr Ulrich Herrmann
    Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research
  • Prof. Dr Michael Kellmann
    Faculty of Sports Science
  • Prof. Dr Alfred Ludwig
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Dr Andreas Mügge
    Faculty of Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital
  • Prof. Dr Franz Narberhaus
    Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
  • Prof. Dr Roland Span
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Dr Joachim Wiemeyer
    Faculty of Catholic Theology
  • Prof. Dr Peter Windel
    Faculty of Law

Group of academic staff

  • Jörg Albrecht 
    University Library
  • Dr Edgar Korthauer
    Faculty of Mathematics
  • Dr Ute Lange
    Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Research
  • Norbert Schwarz
    Computer Centre

Group of technical and administrative staff

  • Verena Kubiak
    Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  • Peter Peitz
    University Library
  • Yvonne Ueberholz
    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Kornelia Wallschlag-Sobotta
    University Library

Group of students

  • Patrick Fels
    Faculty of History
  • Raoul Meys
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Alexander Ryba
    Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
  • Corinna Koch
    Faculty of East Asian Studies