Emeritus Professors of the former Faculty of Automotive Engineering and of the former Faculty of Mechanical Engineering/ Automotive Engineering (the list is not exhaustive; in alphabetical order):

• † Prof. Dr. Albrecht Eßlinger, Electrical engineering, electronics, EDP
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Axel Bahr, Thermodynamics, Machine Measurement Technology, Flow Machines, Combustion Engines, Steam Turbines
• Prof. Dr. techn. Hartmut Bathelt, Measurement Technology, Acoustics
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Birkel, Strength Theory, Technical Mechanics
• Prof. Erich Schindler, Vehicle Dynamics, Active Safety and Shassis Technology, Vehicle Control Systems, Overall Vehicle Behaviour (Driver-Vehicle-Environment)
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Gipser, Simulation, Vehicle Dynamics, Multibody Dynamics
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Ernst Hailer, Motor Vehicles, Drive Technology, Chassis, Oil hydraulics and Pneumatics
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Hedrich, Materials Engineering, Joining Technologies
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Henning, Car Body Development, Construction
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Issler, Strength Theory, Welding, Materials Testing, Damage Science
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Werner Jetter, Technical Mechanics
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Ott, Technical Mechanics, Design Theory, Automotive Engineering, Chassis Technology
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Schellmann, Internal Combustion Engines
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schmid, Process, Quality and Project Management
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Vetter, Electronics, Microcomputer Technology
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Prof. h.c./YZU Gerhard Walliser, Control Engineering

List of former professors of the Faculty of Basic Sciences, which existed until 2021