Facilities & Faculties
University board & management
The University Board
The University Board heads the university in accordance with the Higher Education Act (HSG). The University Boards consists of the President, up to three other elected Vice-Presidents and the Chancellor. The Central Administration supports the University Board in carrying out its tasks.
Members of the University Board
Management of the University Board
The Management of the University Board organises the University Board’s and the university’s central committee’s schedules and processes. It is also responsible for the Legal Affairs department and the Data Protection Officer, the Deutschlandstipendium scholarship programme as well as internal matters and appointments for the Central Administration.
Offices
- The Central Office for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunity and Family represents the areas of Gender Equality, Equal Opportunity, Mentoring, GenderConsulting, Family Service and the Welcome Service for new appointees in particular.
- Internal Auditing supports the University Board in carrying out its tasks, by process-independent and objective auditing activities and advisory services.
- The Management of the University Board organises the University Board’s and the university’s central committee’s schedules and processes. It is also responsible for fundraising as well as internal matters and appointments for the Central Administration:
- Press, Communication and Marketing Services assists the University Board by externally representing the university and by developing and implementing strategies for communication.
- The Animal Welfare Officer's unit advises and monitors scientists in the execution of animal experiments and ensures compliance with regulations in the interest of animal welfare.
- The Central Unit: Safety Engineering advises and supports supervisors, managers and employees at the CAU in matters related to occupational safety.
- The Continuing Professional Development Centre supports members of the university and other institutes with professional academic qualifications and personal career development.
- The representative for radiation safety advises and supports supervisors, managers and employees at the CAU on dealing with radiation.
- The Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Unit supports the Presidential Board in taking into account and promoting the diversity of the University's members. Anti-discrimination counselling is also located here.
Service centres
Service centre Academic & International Affairs
Department Academic Affairs
Head: Julia Jetter
Divisions
Department International Affairs / International Center
Head: Dr. Martina Schmode
Divisions
- International university relations, guest houses for international scholars
- Cooperation programme with universities in Middle and Eastern Europe, Russia and China
- Admission and administration office for international students
- International student advising and internships abroad
- Advice on studying abroad and ERASMUS programme coordination
Visit the web presence of the Department Department International Affairs / International Center
Department Quality Management
Head: Giovanna Putorti
Divisions
Project
Service centre Strategy, Research & Transfer
Department Research
Head: Dr. Katja Barth
Divisions
Department Strategy and Planning
Head: Inga Brandes
Divisions
Visit the web presence of the Department Strategy and Planning
Department Transfer
Head: Axel Koch
Divisions
Service centre Resources
Department Human Resources
Head: Martin Palmtag
Divisions
Department Finance and reporting
Head: Rita Westphal
Divisions
Department Facility Management
Head: Dr. Uwe Pfründer
Divisions
- Strategic construction planning
- Infrastructural facility services
- Property administration, spatial planning, CAFM
- Technical building support
- Technical operation and services
- Occupational security and the environment
- Building maintenance
Project
Visit the web presence of the Department Facility Management
Central units and Affiliated institutes
Central units
Kiel University combines tasks that are not specific to a particular subject into the central units. These are directly subordinate to the University Board.
Affiliated institutes
The university has a number of affiliated, independent institutes which are dedicated to research and/or teaching and which, in accordance with Section 35 of the Higher Education Act (HSG), assume the status of a university institute.
- Institute for Security Policy
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
- Lorenz-von-Stein-Institute for Administrative Sciences
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)
- Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation Schloss Gottorf
- Archaeological Museum Schloss Gottorf
- Museum of Art and Cultural History Schloss Gottorf
- Viking Museum Haithabu
- Open-Air Museum Molfsee - State Museum for Ethnology
- Jewish Museum in Rendsburg
- Ornamental Cast Iron Museum Büdelsdorf
- Cismar Monastery
Faculties
Faculty of Theology
The Faculty of Theology combines the study and research of Protestant theology and non-denominational ethical issues. This faculty at Kiel University is liberally-theologically diversified, covering teacher training programmes, practical theological research and historical studies. Training as a priest is one of the Faculty of Theology’s primary tasks. The faculty accommodates five institutes and other additional facilities.
Section library
Supporting society
Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law trains legal practitioners in a practical way and in close contact with research. Teaching and research at this faculty focuses particularly on international dimensions, commercial law, historical and philosophical basic principles.
Institutes and seminar
- Hermann Kantorowicz-Institut für juristische Grundlagenforschung
- Walther Schücking Institute for International Law
- Institute of Criminology
- Institute of East European Law
- Institute of Business and Tax Law
- Institute for European and International Private and Procedural Law
- Institute for Public Business Law
- Department of Law
Centers
Zentrum für Digitalisierung und Recht in Forschung und Lehre (ZDR)
Associated facility
Law libraries sections
- Libraries section of the Department of Law
- Libraries section of the Institute for European and International Private and Procedural Law
- Libraries section of the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law
- Libraries section of the Institute of East European Law
- Library of the Lorenz von Stein Institute of Administrative Sciences
Supporting societies
Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine is committed to medical and dental research and education. It particularly focuses on digital medicine and handling medical datasets. The pre-clinical and clinical-theoretical institutes are located at Kiel University, whereas the clinical departments can be found on the Campus Kiel at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH).
Institutes of clinical theory
- Institute of General Practice
- Institute of Epidemiology
- Institute of Experimental Medicine
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research
- Department of Human Genetics
- Institute of Immunology
- Institute of Infection Medicine
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology
- Department of Medical Informatics and Statistic
- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology
- Department of Pathology
- Institute of Forensic Medicine
- Institute of Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Institute for Toxicology and Pharmacology for Natural Scientists
Core facilities of the faculty
Section libraries, Museum, Collections
Section Libraries
- Medical Section of the University Library
- Section library Anatomy / Biochemistry
- Section library Physiology
- Section library at the Museum of Medical & Pharmaceutical History
- Section library Sport Sciences
Museums and Collections
Departments
- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery
- Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology
- Department of Applied Cell Therapy
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- The Ear, Nose and Throat Department
- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
- Department of Internal Medicine I - Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pulmonology, Internal Intensive Care, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, Nutrition and Geriatric Medicine
- Department of Internal Medicine II - Haematology, Oncology
- Department of Internal Medicine III - Cardiology and Angiology
- Department of Internal Medicine IV - Nephrology and Hypertension
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine I
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine II
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Orhtopedics and Trauma Surgery
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology
- Department of Radiotherapy
- Department of Urology
Supporting societies
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities researches and teaches the full spectrum of traditional humanities and social sciences, plus cross-disciplinary subjects which lead to joint degree programmes and projects with other faculties. Teacher training programmes play a major role.
To the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Scientific Area 1 (Cognition, Behaviour and Society)
- Institute of Educational Sciences
- Institute of Philosophy
- Institute of Psychology
- Institut für Pädagogisch-Psychologische Lehr- und Lernforschung (IPL)
- Institute of Social Sciences (together with the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences)
- Institute of Sport Sciences (together with the Faculty of Medicine)
Centres and networks at the faculty
Scientific Area 2 (Language and Literature)
Supporting societies
- Förderverein Kunsthalle Schleswig-Holsteiner Kunstverein e.V.
- Freunde der Antike e.V.
- Arthur-Haseloff-Gesellschaft e. V. 2003
- Förderverein des Instituts für Ur- und Frühgeschichte e.V.
- Arbeitsgruppe Film der CAU und Förderverein CINARCHEA e.V
Scientific Area 3 (History, Arts and Everyday Culture)
Section libraries
- Section library Historical Sciences
- Section library Modern Literature and Media Studies
- Section library Philosophy
- Section library Art History
- Section library Kunsthalle zu Kiel
- Section library Music
Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
The Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences offers a scientific education that is equally based on theory and application. Combining both sciences enables food production chains to be holistically analysed.
To the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
Section libraries
- Section library Human Nutrition and Food Science
- Section library Agricultural Engineering
- Section library Crop Science and Plant Breeding
- Section library Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
- Section library Phytopathology
- Section library Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Section library Animal Breeding and Husbandry
- Section library Economics
- Section library Ecology and water management
Institutes
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
- Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding
- Institute of Phytopathology
- Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry
- Institute of Agricultural Engineering
- Institute of Agricultural Economics
- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science
- Institute of Food Economics and Consumption Studies
- Institute of Natural Resource Conservation
Competence centre and experimental farms
Supporting society
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is divided into eight departments which are highly research-oriented and interlinked, both with one another and with disciplines from other faculties. This results in a range of degree programmes on offer which benefit from highly topical research projects.
Department of Geosciences
Department of Marine Sciences
The Department of Marine Science conducts research and teaching at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
Museum at the faculty
Central research- and teaching facilities of the faculty
Section libraries
- Section library Mathematics / Computer Science / Computing Centre
- Section library Physikzentrum
- Section library Chemistry
- Section library Geosciences
- Section library Physical Chemistry
- Section library Pharmacy, Section Pharmaceutical Biology
- Section library Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology
- Section library Zoological Museum
- Section library Geography
- Section library Ecology and water management
Supporting societies
- Association for the support of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Freundeskreis Neuer Botanischer Garten der CAU e.V.
- Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der CAU e.V.
- Karl-August-Möbius-Gesellschaft e.V., Förderverein für das Zoologische Museum
- Verein der Freunde und Ehemaligen des Mathematischen Seminars
- Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Geophysik an der CAU zu Kiel e.V.
- WiChem Kiel – Wirtschaftschemiker Kiel e.V.
- Förderverein des Instituts für Ur- und Frühgeschichte e.V.
- Arbeitsgruppe Film der CAU und Förderverein CINARCHEA e.V
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences follows the traditional profile in Kiel, involving strong theoretical research and emphasizing the quantitative, empirical search for knowledge. This ensures a high level of quality and topicality in the contents of its teaching and in knowledge transfer.
Institutes
- Institute of Business
- Institute of Economics
- Institute for Statistics and Econometrics
- Institute for Quantitative Business and Economics Research (QBER)
- Institute for Environmental, Resource and Regional Economics
- Institute for Innovation Research
- Institute for Social Sciences
Affiliated institutes
Section libraries
Supporting societies
- Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (GfB) e.V.
- Michael Freund Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel e.V.
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering focuses on current and future issues in this field. Its research is based on the needs of a modern society and its economy. The faculty passes these needs on to its students in an especially practical way and in close contact with research.
Institutes
- Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
- Department of Computer Science
- Institute for Material Science
Facilities and platforms at the faculty
Section libraries
- Engineering Department of the University Library
- Section library Mathematics / Computing Sciences / Computing Centre
Supporting societies
Joint facilities of the faculties
- Deutsch-Norwegisches Studienzentrum (DNSZ)
- Gustav-Radbruch-Netzwerk für die Philosophie und Ethik der Umwelt (GRN)
- Zentrum für asiatische und afrikanische Studien (ZAAS)
- Zentrum für Lehrerbildung (ZfL)
- Centre for Molecular Biosciences (ZMB)
- Center for North American Studies (ZNAS)
- Computational Sciences Center (CSC)
- Zentrum für Osteuropastudien (ZOS)
- Key Skills Centre (ZfS)
Committees and bodies
Committees and bodies of academic self-governance
Central committees
- The University Board is the head of the university. It produces the structural, development and budget plans, and carries out the Senate’s resolutions.
- The Senate is elected by all members of the university and thus represents all the university’s status groups. Its most important tasks include passing resolutions for the university’s constitution and statutes, electing members of the University Board and making decisions about basic structural university topics.
- The Senate forms advisory committees to prepare its resolutions.
- The University Council consists of five external members. Its tasks include approving recommendations and opinions, passing resolutions for the university’s structural and developmental planning, and approving statutes.
- The Kuratorium pro universitate (University Board of Trustees) is a group which is committed to general university concepts and Kiel University in particular. The trustees are appointed to strengthen Kiel University in its magnitude and significance, to advise it and to promote it politically and socially.
Faculty Committees
- Members from all status groups consult and make decisions about faculty matters in the Conventions.
- The Dean is the head of the specialist department, and prepares and carries out the resolutions for the Department Convention. The Dean’s Office supports the Dean and the Vice Deans with their leadership tasks.
Committees and bodies of student self-governance
Officers and representative bodies
Officers
- The central Equal Opportunity Commissioner considers the interests of female members of the university and supports the University Board in its work to establish equality between women and men in science and to remove discrimination against women from the university.
- The Officer for Diversity represents students’ and doctoral researchers’ issues and, within the framework of planning and organising studies and teaching, research, further education and administration, is the contact person for removing barriers and disadvantages that still exist.
- The Officer for Inclusion represents issues related to severely disabled people and ensures that the legal rights of the disabled, workers’ interest groups and the representative body for the disabled are respected.
- The representative for radiation safety advises and supports supervisors, managers and employees at the CAU on dealing with radiation.
- The Animal Welfare Officer’s tasks are regulated in Section 10 of the German Animal Protection Act (Tierschutzgesetz, TierSchG) and Section 5 of the Act Protecting Animals Used for Research Purposes (Tierschutzversuchstierverordnung, TierSchVersV).
Representation bodies
- Occupational Health and Safety Service
- Young People’s and Trainees’ Representation (JAV)
- Central Staff Council, Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs
- Staff council
- Staff council (academic)
- Staff council (academic) at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein
- Counselling services and addiction prevention (PDF)
- Representative body for the disabled
Institutions associated with the university
- Research Center Borstel
- GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
- Max Rubner-Institut: Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kiel
- Max Rubner-Institut: Department of Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish Products, Kiel
- Radiation safety seminar
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Supporting societies associated with the university
Supporting societies associated with the university
- Alumni und Freunde der CAU e.V.
- The Society for the Advancement of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- Society to Support GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
- Kontaktstudium nach Beruf und Familie an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel e. V.
- Schleswig-Holsteinische Universitäts-Gesellschaft e.V.
- Verein zur Förderung ausländischer Studierender in Kiel e.V.
- Verein zur Förderung des Archäologischen Landesmuseums e.V.
- Universitäts-Bibliothek, Aktion Buchpaten
- Zentrum für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung an der CAU .e.V (ZWW)
Supporting societies associated with the faculties
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Förderverein Kunsthalle Schleswig-Holsteiner Kunstverein e.V.
- Freunde der Antike e.V.
- Arthur-Haseloff-Gesellschaft e. V. 2003
- Förderverein des Instituts für Ur- und Frühgeschichte e.V.
- Arbeitsgruppe Film der CAU und Förderverein CINARCHEA e.V
Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Association for the support of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Freundeskreis Neuer Botanischer Garten der CAU e.V.
- Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der CAU e.V.
- Karl-August-Möbius-Gesellschaft e.V., Förderverein für das Zoologische Museum
- Verein der Freunde und Ehemaligen des Mathematischen Seminars
- Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Geophysik an der CAU zu Kiel e.V.
- WiChem Kiel – Wirtschaftschemiker Kiel e.V.
- Förderverein des Instituts für Ur- und Frühgeschichte e.V.
- Arbeitsgruppe Film der CAU und Förderverein CINARCHEA e.V
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (GfB) e.V.
- Michael Freund Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel e.V.
Faculty of Engineering
- Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (GfB) e.V.
- Michael Freund Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung am Institut für Politische Wissenschaft der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel e.V.
