Senate of Technical University of Darmstadt

The Senate of Technical University of Darmstadt advises the Executive Board on fundamental issues of structure, development and construction planning, budget, research, teaching and studies, early career researchers, information management and quality management. It supervises the management of the Executive Board.

According to the basic rules of Technical University of Darmstadt, the Senate consists of 20 members and the President as chair. Permanent, but non-voting members of the Senate are the Deans of the departments, the members of the Executive Board, the Gender Equality Officer of Technical University of Darmstadt, the chairpersons of the Students' Union (Executive Committee) and the Staff Council, the representative for the severely disabled employees and also two representatives of the Student Representative Conference.

Chairwoman

  • The President, Prof Dr Tanja Brühl

Professors

  • Prof Dr Lambert Alff
  • Prof Dr Petra Gehring
  • Prof Dr Norbert Pietralla
  • Prof Dr Stephan Rinderknecht
  • Prof Dr Florian Steinke
  • Prof Dr Stefan Ulbrich
  • Prof Dr Felix Wolf
  • Prof Dr Uwe Rüppel
  • Prof Dr Markus Lederer
  • Prof Dr Petra Grell

Academic staff

  • Dr Kaja Beer
  • Julia Kadel
  • Julian Haas

Students

  • Katrin Katzenmeier
  • Thanh Long Nguyen
  • Christopher Ronny Grünert
  • Liones Nemetz

Administrative and technical staff

  • Zarah Zoé Zimmermann
  • Stephanie Bockshorn
  • Stephanie Hasse

The term of the members of the Senate is two years, that of the student members one year. The current term starts on 1. November 2025.

Meeting dates of the Senate in 2026
Meeting Submission of agenda items to by
11 February 2026 15 January 2026
25 March 2026 26 February 2026
13 May 2026 16 April 2026
24 June 2026 28 May 2026
18 September 2026* 20 August 2026
11 November 2026 15 October 2026
16 December 2026 19 November 2026
Meeting dates of the Senate in 2027
3 February 2027 07 January 2027
17 March 2027 18 February 2027
12 May 2027 15 April 2027
23 June 2027 27 May 2027
17 September 2027* 19 August 2027
10 November 2027 14 October 2027
15 December 2027 18 November 2027
* (also: joint meeting with the University Council)
Submission of appointment committee reports
Please submit your appointment committee reports directly to the Unit IA University Strategy. Different deadlines apply.

Senate Committees

The Senate may establish committees to prepare Senate decisions. Currently there are two committees:

Senate working group

The Senate may establish working groups to prepare Senate decisions. Currently there are the following senate working groups: