Academic Senate

As the central administrative body of the Hanns Eisler School of Music, the Academic Senate (AS) discusses and makes decisions concerning policy and academic questions that affect the school as a whole. The Academic Senate consists of professors, academic staff, students, and other employees, who are elected at four year intervals by school members. With the exception of meetings concerning personnel an appointment matters, all sessions of the Academic Senate are public.

Tasks of the Academic Senate

To comment on drafts of the budget plan
To propose the establishment, modification, or elimination of organizational units
To establish or eliminate degree programs
To enact statutes
To establish guidelines for teaching, study, and examinations; to define procedural arrangements for school examinations across disciplines; as well as to issue opinions on study and exam regulations for the various departments
To adopt resolutions on school development plans and equipment planning as well as to define objectives regarding the appointment of instructors
To adopt resolutions concerning guidelines for the promotion of women and planning for the advancement of women
To issue opinions on proposals for appointments by the departments
To issue decisions of fundamental import concerning research and the promotion of young artistic talent
To adopt regulations concerning the utilization of school facilities
To determine enrollment figures
To coordinate the activities of the school’s departments and other facilities
To adopt resolutions concerning the selection of school directors as well as vice presidents and prorectors
To accept responsibility for other academic affairs which affect the school as a whole in the event that no other body has jurisdiction

Members

Chair	Prof. Robert Ehrlich
Professors	Martin Bruns Claus Unzen Tabea Zimmermann Antje Weithaas William Forman Jörg Mainka Birgitta Wollenweber Stellv.: Christine Schäfer Stellv.: Anna Korondi Stellv.: Claudio Bohórquez Stellv.: Kolja Blacher Stellv.: Sanja Fister Stellv.: Wolfgang Heiniger Stellv.: n.n.
Academic Employees	Ron Lepinat Anita Keller Stellv.: Patrick Braun Stellv.: Jonathan Ware
Students	So-Hee Kim Julius Engelbach Stellv.: Marcel Raschke Stellv.: Kristina Krahn
Additional Employees	Alexander Piefke Maren Brinkhues de Valencia Stellv.: Heike Nagel Stellv.: Edith Reichel