1. meeting 22.04.2025 (stock date)
2. meeting 20.05.2025
3. meeting 17.06.2025
4. meeting 16.09.2025
Academic Senate
The highest board of the university is the Academic Senate. It is democratically elected and makes all decisions of fundamental importance in the areas of study, teaching and research. Its area of activity is regulated in the Bremen Higher Education Act (Bremisches Hochschulgesetz).
The Academic Senate is made up of 17 members who, with the exception of the deans, are elected by their status group. Seven professors and four employees are elected for a term of office of two years, two of whom are technical employees and two of whom are administrative employees. They are currently elected from 01.04.2025 to 31.03.2027. The four student members are elected annually. Their current term of office runs from 01.04.2025 to 31.03.2026. The Rector chairs the Academic Senate without voting rights. The entire Rectorate acts in an advisory capacity. The meetings are generally open to the public.
Meeting dates
1. meeting 14.10.2025
2. meeting 21.10.2025 election of the rector
3. meeting 28.10.2025 (stock date)
4. meeting 18.11.2025
5. meeting16.12.2025 (stock date)
6. meeting 20.01.2026
7. meeting 17.03.2026 (stock date)
Members
Member (Substitution)
Prof. Dr. Ramona Bosse (Prof. Dr. Emina Cudic)
Prof. Dr. Steffen Großmann (Prof. Dr. Oliver Norkus)
Prof. Dr. Bela H. Buck (Prof. Dr. Carsten Harms)
Prof. Dr. Oliver Radfelder (Prof. Dr. Henrik Lipskoch)
Prof. Dr. Axel Gottschalk (Prof. Dr. Carsten Fichter)
Prof. Dr. Jochem Piontek (Prof. Dr. Benjamin Wagner vom Berg)
Prof. Dr. Bettina Camin (Prof. Dr. Axel Bochert)
Member for Faculty 1 (Substitution)
Prof. Dr. Günter Deiler (Prof. Dr. Uwe Werner)
Member for Faculty 2 (Substitution)
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Feldmeier (Prof. Dr. Birgit Vock-Wannewitz)
Members (Substitution)
Susanne Zerbst (Kerstin Rose-Schott)
Manuela Schilcher (Anke Kathmann)
Member (Substitution)
Claas Schott (Gabriele Rüscher)
Jörn Böcker (Urthe Gebauer)
Member (Substitution)
Franjo Gießel (Luca Heise)
Julia Kaeten (Lisa Bleek)
Jette Emily Meyer (Lilith Fee Krauss)
Philip Parche (Maike Umlauft)
2014: Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Sander
2003: Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans Rummel
2000: Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm Kröncke (†)
1994: Hans Dietrich Genscher, Bundesminister a. D. (†)
Faculty councils
The Faculty Council is a body established in accordance with the Bremen Higher Education Act (BremHG) at universities in the federal state of Bremen. Paragraphs 87 and 88 of the Bremen Higher Education Act regulate the tasks and composition of the Faculty Council.