Accreditation Council

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. Jutta Abulawi, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt, Bauhaus University Weimar, Chairman of the Accreditation Council

Prof. Dr. Heike Faßbender, Technical University of Braunschweig

Prof. Dr. Katharina G. Gather, University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. MSc. Christiane Jost, Rhein-Main University

Prof. Dr. phil. Ulrike Oehmen, Lutheran University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Oscar Loureda Lamas, University of Heidelberg

Prof. Dr. Martin Ullrich, University of Music Nuremberg

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bartosch, University of Passau

Dr. Gisa Austermühle,
Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of Saxony-Anhalt

Leitender Ministerialrat Dennis Kutting,
Ministry for Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Silke Tannapfel,
Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts

Markus Wiedemann,
State Ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg for Sciences, Research and Arts

Dr. h.c. Josef Beutelmann,
Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Barmenia Insurances

Timo Gayer, IG Metall
Trade Union Secretary

Rainer Grieger,
Ministry of the Interior and Local Government of the State of Brandenburg

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,
Board Member of the Trade Union for Education and Science (GEW)

Tabea Herbst,
University of Hannover

Luft Kettenbeil,
University of Göttigen

Mag. Friedrich Faulhammer, University of Krems, Austria

Prof. Marilena Maniaci, Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale, Italy

Dr. Verena Kloeters, Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes e.V. (AQAS e.V.)

Permanent guests and deputy representatives

Prof. Dr. Philipp Pohlenz, University of Magdeburg

Prof. Dr. Marcelo da Veiga, Alanus University

Prof. Dr. Christine Bescherer, Ludwigsburg University of Education

Prof. (mult.) Dr. Monika Bessenrodt-Weberpals, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joaquin Díaz, Technical University Mittelhessen

Prof. Dr. Andrej Gill, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz 

Prof. em. Dr. Dr. H.c. Hans Gruber, University of Regensburg

Prof. Dr. Malte Dominik Krüger, Philipps-University Marburg 

Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Müller, University of Kaiserslautern

Prof. Dr. Anna Wolf, University of Music "Franz Liszt" Weimar

Dr Imke Buß,
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Annette Münch,
Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts

Dr. Tim Kohl,
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Julia Flasdick, DIHK | German Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Dr. Frank Ritter, IGBCE (Industrial Union of Mining, Chemistry and Energy)

Stefani Sonntag, Trade Union for Education and Science (GEW)
Consultant in the Executive Board's Higher Education and Research Division

Matthias Toepfer, Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry of Baden-Württemberg (Südwestmetall)

Florian Lamert, Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Freiburg

Georg Reschauer, Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Services (AHPGS)