The Accreditation Council is the central decision-making body of the German Accreditation Council. It decides on the accreditation and re-accreditation of study programmes, internal quality assurance systems of higher education institutions and alternative procedures.
The members of the Accreditation Council are appointed for a period of four years.
Members of the Accreditation Council
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt, Bauhaus University Weimar, Chairman of the Accreditation Council
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Bartels, University of Applied Sciences Lübeck
Prof. Dr. Heike Faßbender, Technical University of Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. phil. Ulrike Oehmen, Lutheran University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Oscar Loureda Lamas, University of Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Roth, University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Schmager, Ernst Abbe University Jena
Prof. Dr. Martin Ullrich, University of Music Nuremberg
Prof. Dr. Holger Burckhart, University of Siegen
Silke Tannapfel,
Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts
Dr. Michael Lehmann,
Ministry of Economics, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt
Markus Wiedemann,
State Ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg for Sciences, Research and Arts
Dr. Hans-Peter Zils,
Ministry for Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. h.c. Josef Beutelmann,
Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Barmenia Versicherungen
Dr Katharina Höhn,
Member of the Board of the "Educational Association of the German Insurance Industry" (BWV e.V.) and Managing Director of the "German Insurance Academy" (DVA) GmbH
Dr. Andreas Keller,
Vice-Chairman of the Trade Union for Education and Science (GEW)
PD Dr. Hans Jürgen Urban,
Executive member of the executive board of IG Metall
Rolf Fischer,
Senate Department for the Interior and Sport of the State of Berlin
Milan Grammerstorf,
Bielefeld University
Lina Irscheid,
Potsdam University
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Märk, Rector of the University of Innsbruck
Prof. Dr. Martine Rahier, former rector of the University of Neuchâtel
Dr. Verena Kloeters, Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes e.V. (AQAS e.V.)
Permanent guests and deputy representatives
Prof. Dr. Uwe Schmidt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Prof. Dr. Andreas Musil, University of Potsdam †
Prof. Dr. Marcelo da Veiga, Alanus University
Prof. Dr. Christine Bescherer, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg
Prof. Dr. Peter Buttner, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joaquin Díaz, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
Prof. Dr. Birgit Friedl, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Prof. Dr. Carmen Leicht-Scholten, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Müller, Hochschule Kaiserslautern
Prof. Dr. Rolf Sachsse, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar
Prof. em. Dr. Charlotte Schubert, Universität Leipzig
Dr Imke Buß,
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Annette Münch,
Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts
Councillor Katharina Schrader,
Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
Timo Gayer, IG Metall
Trade Union Secretary
Stefani Sonntag, Trade Union for Education and Science (GEW)
Consultant in the Executive Board's Higher Education and Research Division
Timo Gayer, IG Metall
Trade Union Secretary
Stefani Sonntag, Trade Union for Education and Science (GEW)
Consultant in the Executive Board's Higher Education and Research Division
Georg Reschauer, Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Services (AHPGS)