Board of Trustees of the Deutsches Studierendenwerk
The Board of Trustees (“Kuratorium”) supports and encourages Deutsches Studierendenwerk in the fulfilment of its tasks and communicates and promotes its goals to the public.
The Board is a co-operation of representatives from the German Rectors' Conference (HRK), student unions, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), federal and state government, the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag), trade unions and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry and parliamentary groups, as well as other representatives from public life.
Members of the Board of Trustees are determined by the sending organisations/institutions, the appointments lasting for the respective Board’s term of office.
The Chair of the Board of Trustees is Prof.Dr. Walther Rosenthal, President of the German Rectors' Conference.
Ex-officio members:
- President of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)
Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal - Federal Minister of Education and Research (BMBF)
Bettina Stark-Watzinger, MdB
Deputy: MinDirig Peter Greisler - President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK)
Katharina Günther-Wünsch
Deputy: Senatsdirigent Christian Hingst - President of the Association of German Cities
Markus Lewe
Deputy: Daniela Schneckenburger - President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
Deputy: Dr. Michael Harms
Members appointed by the Board for the 2022/2023 term of office
- Stephan Albani, MdB
Fraktion der CDU/CSU im Deutschen Bundestag - Johanna Dangloff
- Juso-Hochschulgruppen
- Alfred Funk
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg - Jan-Lukas Gescher
Bundesverband Liberaler Hochschulgruppen
Deputy: Charles Lübcke - Nicole Gohlke MdB
Die Linke. - Elke Hannack
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB)
Deputy: Sonja Bolenius - Corinna Hirschberg
Verband der Evangelischen Studierendengemeinden in Deutschland (ESG) - Lisa Iden
freier zusammenschluss von studentInnenschaften (fzs) - Prof. Dr. May-Britt Kallenrode
Universität HIldesheim - Dr. Andreas Keller
Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW)
Deputy: Stefani Sonntag - Laura Kraft MdB
Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen - Marie Panten
Die Linke.SDS - Dr. Isabel Rohner
Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - Dr. Lukas Rölli
Bundesverband Katholische Kirche an Hochschulen e.V. - Helena Schnettler
Campusgrün - Bündnis grün-alternativer Hochschulgruppen
Deputy: Constantin Meyer zu Allendorf - Ria Schröder
FDP-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag - Dr. Lina Seitzl, MdB
Fraktion der SPD im Deutschen Bundestag - Kaspar Vonnahme
Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten (RCDS)
Version from October 2024