The Senate is a key decision-making body at Viadrina and is comprised of professors, students, faculty and staff. The Senate meets monthly during each semester; additional meetings are held as required. The Senate makes decisions pertaining to instruction and research, establishment of new and discontinuation of current academic programs/fields of study; obtains and provides opinions about academic conduct and examination regulations, university bylaws and regulations; receives nominations for members of governing bodies and comments on the conception of the university budget. Except for agenda items addressing personnel matters, meetings are open to the entire university body.

Members:

Chairman:

Prof. Dr. Stephan Kudert, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Vice-Chairman:

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Knefelkamp, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Joerden, Faculty of Law
Prof. Dr. Matthias Pechstein, Faculty of Law
Prof. Dr. Andrea Hausmann, Faculty of Cultural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Karl Ludwig Keiber, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Frank Rudovsky, academic assistant
Sahra Damus, academic assistant

Beatrix Eckert (staff)

Manja Merkel, student
Fabian Fehse, student