Rectors since 1919

List of all rectors of the University of Cologne since the foundation of the New University in 1919.

Year	Name
1919-1920	Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Eckert, WiSo-Fak.
1920-1921	Prof. Dr. Friedrich Moritz, Med. Fac.
1921-1922	Prof. Dr. Heinrich Lehmann, Law Fac.
1922-1923	Prof. Dr. Arnold Schröer, Phil. Fac.
1923-1924	Prof. Dr. Karl Thiess, WiSo Fac.
1924-1925	Prof. Dr. Otto Tilmann, Med. Fac.
1925-1926	Prof. Dr. Fritz Stier-Somlo, Law Fac.
1926-1927	Prof. Dr. Artur Schneider, Phil. Fac.
1927-1928	Prof. Dr. Ernst Walb, WiSo Fac.
1928-1929	Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Zinsser, Med. Fac.
1929-1930	Prof. Dr. Hans Planitz, Law Fac.
1930-1931	Prof. Dr. Joseph Kroll, Phil. Fac.
1931-1932	Prof. Dr. Bruno Kuske, WiSo Fac.
1932-1933	Prof. Dr. Godehard Josef Ebers, Jur. Fac.
1933-1934	Prof. Dr. Ernst Leupold, Med. Fac.
1934-1935	Prof. Dr. Erwin Geldmacher, WiSo Fac.
1935-1938	Prof. Dr. Hans von Haberer, Med. Fac.
1938-1942	Prof. Dr. Otto Kuhn, Phil. Fac.
1942-1945	Prof. Dr. Friedrich Bering, Med. Fac. Representative since Oct. 1944: Prof. Dr. Joseph Kroll, Phil. Fac.
1945-1949	Prof. Dr. Joseph Kroll, Phil. Fac.
1949-1951	Prof. Dr. Gotthold Bohne, Law Fac.
1951-1954	Prof. Dr. Theodor Wessels, WiSo Fac.
1954-1955	Prof. Dr. Hans Schulten, Med. Fac.
1955-1956	Prof. Dr. Hans Kauffmann, Phil. Fac.
1956-1958	Prof. Dr. Hermann Jahrreiß, Law Fac.
1958-1960	Prof. Dr. Theodor Kraus, WiSo Fac.
1960-1961	Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Tönnis, Med. Fac.
1961-1962	Prof. Dr. Ernst Klenk, Math.-Nat. Fac.
1962-1964	Prof. Dr. Theodor Schieder, Phil. Fac.
1964-1965	Prof. Dr. Hans Peters, Law Fac.
1965-1966	Prof. Dr. Günter Schmölders, WiSo Fac.
1966-1967	Prof. Dr. Werner Scheid, Med. Fac.
1967-1968	Prof. Dr. Karl Gustav Fellerer, Phil. Fac.
1968-1970	Prof. Dr. Heinz Hübner, Law Fac.
1970-1971	Prof. Dr. Peter Mittelstaedt, Math.-Nat. fac.
1971-1973	Prof. Dr. Klaus Stern, Faculty of Law
1973-1975	Prof. Dr. Wolf Isselhard, Med. Fac.
1975-1977	Prof. Dr. Clemens Menze, Phil. Fac.
1977-1979	Prof. Dr. Rainer Willeke, WiSo Fac.
1979-1981	Prof. Dr. Herbert Wiedemann, Law Fac.
1981-1983	Prof. Dr. Günther Binding, Phil. Fac.
1983-1985	Prof. Dr. Gernot Gutmann, WiSo Fac.
1985-1986	Prof. Dr. Michael Staak, Med. Fac.
1986-1989	Prof. Dr. Peter Hanau, Law Fac.
1989-1993	Prof. Dr. Bernhard König, Phil. Fac.
1993-1997	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Matz, WiSo Fac.
1997-2001	Prof. Dr. Jens-Peter Meincke, Law Fac.
2001-2005	Prof. Dr. Tassilo Küpper, Math.-Nat. Fac.
2005-2023	Prof. Dr. Axel Freimuth, Math.-Nat. Fac.
Since 2023	Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee