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Rectorate

The Rectorate is responsible for the governance and management of the University. It consists of

The Rector and the members of the Rectorate are elected by the University Election assembly.
Rector and Rectorate have appointed a number of Representatives to assist with special tasks.

The Rectorate Staff Unit supports the members of the Rectorate. Organizational support is provided by Department 11.


Rector

Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee

Email: rektor(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

Head of the Rector's Office
Annelene Gäckle, phone: +49 221 470-2498
Email: a.gaeckle@verw.uni-koeln.de

Personal Aide to the Rector:
Dr Tobias Kunstein, phone: +49 221 470 90214 
Email: t.kunstein(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Assistants:
Heike Motyl, phone: +49 221 470-87000
Email: h.motyl@verw.uni-koeln.de

Svenja Lehmann, phone: +49 221 470-5600
Email: s.lehmann(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Rector's Office:
Beate Nenner, phone: +49 221 470 1257, 5600
Email: b.nenner(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Provost

Karsten Gerlof

Email: kanzler(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Aides:
Dörthe Horstschäfer, phone: +49 221 470 76992
E-Mail: d.horstschaefer(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Dr Frauke Kersten, phone: +49 221 470 76993
Email: f.kersten(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Provost's Office:
Ute Heinemann, phone: +49 221 470 2688; Fax: +49 221 470 5134
Email: u.heinemann(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Assistant to the Provost: 
Irina Klester, Tel.: +49 221 470 7028
E-Mail: i.Klester(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Vice-Rector for Research

Prof Dr Carien Niessen

Personal Aide:
Dr. Nicolas Bickmann, phone: +49 221 470 1799
Email: n.bickmann(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Assistant:
Heike von Möller, phone: +49 221 470 1514 
Email: h.vonmoeller(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Vice-Rector for Anti-Discrimination and Equal Opportunities

Professor Dr Susanne Zank

Head of the Department for Equal Opportunities
Dr Britt Dahmen, phone: +49 221  470 5907
Email: prorektorat-chancengerechtigkeit(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de
Web pages: Department for Equal Opportunities, www.vielfalt.uni-koeln.de

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Vice-Rector for Teaching and Studies

Professor Dr Beatrix Busse

Personal Aide:
Dr Franziska Eickhoff, Tel.: +49 221 470-1075
Email: franziska.eickhoff(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

Coordinator Finances and Personnel:
Julia Rosenbauer, Tel.: +49 221 470- 90714   
Email: j.rosenbauer(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Office of the Teaching and Studies Committee:
Email: LSK(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Vice-Rector for Academic Career and Staff Development

Professor Dr Ines Neundorf

Personal Aides:
Dr Anabel Kuntz, phone: +49 221 470 1967
Email: a.kuntz(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

Anna Keller, phone: +49 221 470 2817
Email: a.keller(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Vice-Rector for Transfer

Professor Dr Werner Reinartz

Personal Aide:
Benjamin Dreier, phone: +49 221 470 6507
Email: b.dreier(at)verw.uni-koeln(dot)de

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Vice-Rector for Sustainability

Professor Dr Kirk W. Junker

Personal Aide
Lukas Plenk, phone: +49 221 470 89223
Email: lukas.plenk(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

Assistant:
Dr Jennifer Hülsberg, phone: +49 221 470 89220
E-Mail: jennifer.huelsberg(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

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Officers and Representatives

Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Professor Stefan Wesner
Director of the IT Center University of Cologne

Chief Research Infrastructure Officer
Professor Günter Schwarz
Chair of the Research Infrastructures Commission

Chief Communication Officer
Dr Elisabeth Hoffmann
head of Division Communications and Marketing

Rector's representative for Alumni Relations and Fundraising
Professor Rainer Minz
Board member of the Cologne University Foundation

Rector's representative for International Affairs
Professor Michaela Pelican

Rectorate Commissioner for Anti-Racism
Professor Katajun Amirpur


Further representatives of the Rectorate, the Rector, the Senate and Liaison Lecturers