University Council

Alongside the Presidential Board and the Senate, the University Council is a central body of Clausthal University of Technology. The University Council consists of seven members, at least three of whom should be women, five persons familiar with the university system, primarily from business, science or culture, who may not be members of the university and are appointed by the Ministry of Science and Culture in agreement with the university Senate, one member of the university elected by the university Senate and one representative of the Ministry of Science and Culture. The University Council works on an honorary basis and is not bound by orders or instructions.

The Presidential Board attends the meetings of the University Council in an advisory capacity; a representative of the student body, the Equal Opportunities Officer and a member of the staff representatives usually attend the meetings in an advisory capacity.

Its tasks include advising the Executive Board and the Senate, commenting on development and business plans, the establishment of or participation in companies, draft target agreements, the Senate's proposals for the nomination or appointment of Executive Board members and confirming the Senate's proposal for the dismissal of Executive Board members. The term of office of the seven members is four years; reappointment is permitted.

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Glesner
  Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka
  President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
• Dr. Axel Heinrich
  Volkswagen AG
• Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hug
  Managing Director of the SincoTec Group of Companies
• Dr. Andreas Sieverdingbeck
  Management consultant
• Yvonne Stöber
  Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
• Prof. Dr. Inge Wulf
  Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Economics