Senat

What do we do?

Here you can find a short video-explainer on the University elections of 2019

The Senate is the main deliberative body of the University and is involved in all foundational decisions. 

Next to us, your four-headed student-delegation, the Senate is made up of eleven Professors, four employees from academia who do not chair as professors in their fields, as well as two other University employees. The rectorate, the fourteen deans of the University and the University’s Equal Opportunities Officer act in an advisory capacity. The four student-senators are elected in each summersemester directly by all students of the University of Leipzig. The Senate’s monthly meetings are open to all members of the University, so please come around.

The Senate’s most important responsibilities are to electe the prorectorate, to pass the University’s development plan and to decree quality assurance regulations for the University’s courses. The Senate also forms the most important channel of communication between students and the rectorate, especially regarding changes to the University’s institutional structure.

In essence: all matters concerning the entire University are discussed in the Senate. This entails the University’s basic order (read: the University’s constitution). Every five years, the Senate telects the University’s directort. In this case, the 21 senators are joined by another 70 elected delegates, 14 of which are students. These 91 persons form the texpanded Senatet.

On this page you will find, after each Senate-meeting is ajourned, a summary of and information on current subjects the Senate is concerned with. If you should have any questions or concerns you would like us to bring up in the Senate, we’re happy to receive those via email.

Your senators: 
Elena Heier, Leona Krause, Sebastian Schramm and Paul Steinbrecher

Members of the Senate and the expanded Senate

Senate

The members who have a vote in the Senate (senators) are elected as delegates of each group represented in the Senate. The Director, the Prorectors, the Deans, the Chancellor, and the Equal Opportunities Officer are members of the senate, but serve in an advisory capacity. The director prepares the Senate’s and it’s Commisions’ meetings and serves as the chambers leading chair.

The Senate’s procedural rules can be found here.

The Senate has established the following Commissions and Committees:

Committee to assure quality standards in teaching and studying at the University of Leipzig
Equal Opportunities Committee
Economic Committee
Commission to investigate allegations of scientifically improper behaviour

Meetings of the Senate

The Senate gathers – in accordance with § 56, par. 1, sent. 1 of the Saxonian Law on the freedom of Highere Education Teaching and Studying (SächsHFSG) – in meetings open to all members of the University. Personnel issues are – in accordance with § 56, par. 2 SächsHFSG – not publicized. The Senate meets in the new Senate chamber (Neuer Senatssaal), Ritterstraße 26, on the 2nd floor.

In 2023 the Senate is gathered on the following dates:

Jan. 17th 
Feb. 14th 
Mar. 21th 
Apr. 25th 
May. 23th 
Jun. 20th 
Jul. 18th 
Sep. 19th 
Oct. 18th 
Nov. 15th 
Dec. 13th

Members

Members with a right to vote in the Senate

Professors

– Prof. Dr. Anne Bartsch, Faculty for Social Sciences and Philosophy

Prof. PhD. Philip Clart, Faculty for History, Art- and Regional Studies
Prof. Dr. Jens-Karl Eilers, Faculty for Medicine
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Exner, Faculty for Life Sciences
Prof. Dr. Christian Fandrych, Philological Faculty
Prof. Dr. Anette Kersting, Faculty for Medicine
Prof. Dr. Rochus Leonhardt, Theological Faculty
Prof. Dr. Gerik Scheuermann, Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen, Faculty for Veterinarian Medicine
Prof. Dr. Uwe Vollmer, Faculty for Economic Sciences
Prof. Dr. Manfred Wendisch, Faculty for Physics and Geological Sciences

Employees in Academia

Marianne Aussenac-Kern,, Philological Faculty
Dr. Claudia Birkemeyer, Faculty for Chemistry and Mineralogy
Dr. Zohreh Hosseinzadeh, Faculty for Medicine
Dr. Thomas Riemer, Faculty for Medicine

Students

Elena Heier, Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Leona Krause, Faculty for Economics and Management
Sebastian Schramm, Faculty for Medicine
Paul Steinbrecher, Faculty for Education

University-employees with memberships in the Senate

Charlotte Bauer, University Library
Markus Lorenz, Faculty for Life Sciences

Members in advisory capacities: 

Rectorate

Prof. Dr. Eva Inés Obergfell, Rector
Prof. Dr. Jens-Karl Eilers, Vice-Rector for Excellence Development: Research and Transfer
Prof. Dr. Roger Gläser, Vice-Rector for Talent Development: Study and Teaching
Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell, Vice-Rector for Campus Development: Cooperation and Internationalisation
Prof. Dr. Birgit Dräger, Head of Administration and Finance

Deans

Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Schüle Theological Faculty
Prof. Dr. Tim Drygala, Faculty for Legal Studies
Prof. Dr. Rose Marie Beck, Faculty for History, Art- and Regional Studies
Prof. Dr. Beate Siebenhaar, Philological Faculty
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Latzko, Educational Studies Faculty
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz, Faculty for Social Studies and Philosophy
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Ringel, Faculty for Economic Sciences
Prof. Dr. Gregor Hovemann, Faculty for the Studies of Sports
Prof. Dr. Michael Stumvoll, Faculty for Medicine
Prof. Dr. Martin Middendorf, Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Studies
Prof. Dr. Marc Schönwiesner, Faculty for Life Sciences
Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacobi, Faculty for Physics and Geological Studies
Prof. Dr. Roger Gläser, Faculty for Chemistry and Mineralogy
Prof. Dr. Thomas Vahlenkamp, Faculty for Veterinarian Medicine

Equal Opportunities Officer

Georg Teichert

StuRa

Renate Baricz

Permanent Guest

Michael Lindner, Executive department for Universitarian Communications

Expanded Senate

Responsibilities

The Expanded Senate is responsible for die Election and the Deselection of the University’s Director as well as legislation on the University’s Basic Order (Grundordnung). This is in accordance with § 81a, par. 2 SächsHSFG.

Members of the Expanded Senate 

The Expanded Senate is formed by 21 members of the Senate, who are entitled to vote in its regular form, as well as another 70 elected members of the Senate’s membership-groups, who are entitled to a vote in their capacity as delegates to the Expanded Senate. This is in accordance with § 81a SächsHSFG in connection with § 15 of the University of Leipzig’s preliminary Basic Order, as well as with § 13, par. 1, nr. 1 of the University’s preliminary Basic Order and § 50, par. 1, sent. 1 SächsHFSG. The Director, the Prorectors, the Chancellor, the Deans and the Equal Opportunities Officer of the University are also members of the Expanded Senate, but serve in adivsory capacities. The Director prepares the Expanded Senate’s order of business and serves as lead chair in its meetings.

Members who are entitled to a vote in the Expanded Senate