Senate

The Senate decides on matters relating to research, the practice of art, artistic development projects, teaching, studies, dual education and continuing education, unless these are assigned by law to another central body, the faculties or study academies.

The term of office of the members is four years, that of the students, one year.

Official members

the President (Chairperson)
the Vice-Presidents
the Head of Administration
the Equal Opportunities Officer

Elected members

professors
four members of academic staff
four other members of staff
six students

Current members

Board of Executives
Internal link opens in the same window:Dr. Alexandra Bormann (Chair)
Internal link opens in the same window:Andrea Linke (Head of Administration)

Vice-Presidents
Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Enkler (Academics and Diversity)
Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Christoph Reich (Research and Sustainability)
Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Ulrike Salat (Partnerships and Society)

Equal Opportunities Officer
Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Katja Bremm

Elected members

Professors

Other members
Internal link opens in the same window:Christina Gunzenhauser
Dr. Thomas Jechle
Internal link opens in the same window:Jutta Neumann
Internal link opens in the same window:Natalja Schäfer

Advisory expert
Pia Burkhart (VST/ not a member)

Students
Markus Damm
Annika Schwendler
Melina Blum
Vicky Pötzsch
Peter Umbscheiden
Julian Keller

The title of Honorary Senator can be awarded by universities for exceptional services to the university.

The Honorary Senators of Furtwangen University are:

Hans Frank
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 8 March, 1978
Mayor of Furtwangen (1957 - 1977);
Member of the state parliament (1964 - 1972)
Died 7 August, 2001

Hans Schmidt
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 6 December, 1980
Managing partner of Schmidt Feintechnik GmbH, St. Georgen.
One of the 17 graduates of the first engineering class of 1950
Chairman of the university's support society for many years
Died 28 August, 2012 at the age of 85

Erwin Teufel
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 7 June, 1985
Prime Minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg (1991 - 2005)
Directly elected member of the state parliament for the Villingen-Schwenningen constituency (1972 - 2006)

Albert Keck
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 16 December, 1987
Former Chairman of the Management Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VDO Aldolf Schindling AG in Schwalbach (Taunus)
One of the 17 graduates of the first engineering class of 1950
Died 27 December, 2018

Thomas Jauch
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 20 October, 2009
President of the Jauch group of companies

Rudolf Kastner
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on October 20, 2009
Chairman of the Executive Board of EGT AG

Guido Wolf
Conferred the title of Honorary Senator on 1 June, 2013
President of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg (2011-2015)

Prof. Dr. Günter Pritschow
Conferred honorary citizenship on 1 October 2012
Founding representative for the Tuttlingen university campus
Died 14 June 2021

Prof. Manfred Kühne
Conferred honorary citizenship on 21 March 2018

Ortwin Guhl
Conferred honorary citizenship on 25 July 2018

Honorary Senators

Honorary citizens