Council for Graduate Studies
The Council for Graduate Studies
Current Members of the Council for Graduate Studies
The Council for Graduate Studies
The Council for Graduate Studies is an advisory committee to the university. The committee:
- meets once a semester and reports to the Rectorate,
- provides conceptual input for the design, promotion and development of suitable overarching structures and quality standards for the qualification phases of young researchers,
- promotes exchange between the faculties in order to support them in the continuing development of the framework conditions for young researchers,
- contributes from a supra-disciplinary perspective to the harmonization of the strategic projects of the faculties within the framework of the quality assurance processes,
- advises the Graduate Academy on the continuing development of its services and accompanies the development of the strategic orientation of the Graduate Academy as well as the implementation of the operational goals,
- may appoint selection committees for the allocation of funding coordinated by the Graduate Academy,
- may form committees to assist the committee in developing proposals for the implementation of the above-mentioned tasks,
- proposes candidates for election as ombudsperson(s) for doctoral candidates and their supervisors,
- monitors the implementation of Heidelberg University's mission statement, the guidelines on "safeguarding good scientific practice" and on "conduct in partnership" as well as compliance with the values laid down in the university's diversity program on the topics of equal opportunities, gender equality and family friendliness in exchange with the responsible departments of the university.
The Council for Graduate Studies consists of two Vice-Rectors delegated by the Rectorate, the Director of the Graduate Academy, one representative of each of the 13 faculties, the spokespersons of the graduate schools, one representative of the academic non-professorial teaching staff, one post-doctoral researcher and two doctoral candidates.
The tasks and composition of the Council for Graduate Studies are defined in its own statutes.
Further Information (in German):
► Statute Council of Graduate Studies 
► Statute of the Graduate Academy
Current Members of the Council for Graduate Studies
Representatives of the Rectorate
Prof. Dr. Karin Schumacher
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dreuw
Director of the Graduate Academy
Representatives of the 13 faculties
| Prof. Dr. Winrich Löhr | Faculty of Theology |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer | Faculty of Philosophy |
| Prof. Dr. Günter Leypoldt | Faculty of Modern Languages |
| Prof. Dr. Ute Mager | Faculty of Law |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Voß | Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies |
| Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant | Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. André Butz | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Jörg Himmel | Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Otmar Venjakob | Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Lanzer | Faculty of Biosciences |
| Prof. Dr. Guido Kanschat | Faculty of Engineering |
| Prof. Dr. Hugo Marti | Medical Faculty Heidelberg |
| Prof. Dr. Jonathan Sleeman | Medical Faculty Mannheim |
Representatives of the Graduate Schools
| Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach | HGSFP |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Friedrich Frischknecht | HBIGS |
| Prof. Dr. Robert Scheichl | MathComp |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Fuess | HGGS |
Representative of the non-professorial teaching staff
| Apl. Prof. Matthias Mayer | Faculty of Biosciences |
| Dr. Martina Engelbrecht (deputy) | Faculty of Modern Languages |
Representative of the post-doctoral researchers
| Dr. Katharina Jacob | Faculty of Modern Languages |
Representatives of the Doctoral Candidates
| Rodrigo Agustín Lana | Faculty of Modern Languages |
| Oliver Gilliam | Faculty of Biosciences / DKFZ |
