The President of the University heads the Senate. Vice-Presidents, deans of Faculties and the University´s Equal Opportunities Officer sit in the Senate in an advisory capacity.

Voting Members

Professoral Group:

• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Braus, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics


• Prof. Dr. Peter Gaston Falkai, Department Psychiatry und Psychotherapy


• Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, Department Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding


• Prof. Dr. Jörg-Martin Jehle, Institute of Criminal Law and Justice


• Prof. Dr. Nicolai Miosge, Department Prosthetics (Prosthodontics)


• Prof. Dr. Matthias Schumann, Department for Business Administration


• Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Lorenz Trümper, Abt. Hämatologie und Onkologie


Student Group:

• Björn Brinkmann


• Jens Völker


Scientific Employee Group:

• Dr. Norbert Bartsch, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones


• Dr. Angela Uy, Department Medical Microbiology


MTV Group:

• Olaf Senge, Institute of Organic and Biomoleculare Chemistry


• Elke Zufall-Roth, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences

Alternate Members of the Senate
(first of the lists)

Professorial Group:

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Waczkat, Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar
  (für Prof. Dr. med. Peter Falkai und Professor Dr. Lorenz Trümper)


• Prof. Dr. Thomas Pruschke, Institute for Theoretical Physics
  (for Prof. Dr. Gerhard Braus and Professor Dr. Reiner Finkeldey)


• Prof. Dr. Walter Reese-Schäfer, Political Sciences
  (for Prof. Dr. Jörg-Martin Jehle and Professor Dr. Matthias Schumann)


• Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Phys. Friedrich A. Schöndube, Centre 8 for Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  (for Prof. Dr. Nicolai Miosge)


Student Group:

• Sören Kübeck(for Jens Völker)


• Anja Thuns(for Björn Brinkmann)


Scientific Employee Group:

• PD Dr. Andreas Schaper, Center for Pharmacology and Toxicology (for Dr. Norbert Bartsch)


• Mette Mygind, University Seminar for Scandinavian Studies (for Dr. Angela Uy)


MTV Group:

• Erwin Tönges, Department of Animal Sciences
  (for Olaf Senge)


• David Hunt, Staff Council Medical School Göttingen (for Elke Zufall-Roth)