Academic Senate

Responsibilities

The Academic Senate is the highest decision-making body and working body of the university. It decides on matters assigned to it in accordance with article 80, subsection 1 of the Bremen Higher Education Act (Bremisches Hochschulgesetz, BremHG).

These include:

• adopting resolutions on HSB's basic regulations, the general parts of the examination regulations and other statutes, insofar as the law does not regulate other responsibilities.
• adopting resolutions on the establishment, amendment and dissolution of degree programmes, faculties and central academic institutions, operating units and overarching organisational units
• election of the president
• appointment of the vice-president and the head of administration on the proposal of the president
• decision on the university development plan submitted by the university management
• adoption of resolutions on the principles of resource management
• issuing opinions on all self-governing tasks of fundamental importance
• receiving and deliberating the annual report of the university management
• appointment of the Women's Representative in accordance with section 6 of the Bremen Higher Education Act (Bremisches Hochschulgesetz).

Members

The Academic Senate consists of 21 members, according to the following groups

• 11 professors
• 4 research assistants
• 2 non-academic staff members
• 4 students

The university president serves as chairperson of the Academic Senate.

All members are elected for two years, students for one year. The term begins on 1 March.