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)