Senate
The Senate is the highest university board in which decisions are made that affect the whole University and all its students. The president sits on the board, together with the chancellor and the representative for equal opportunities. Elected members of the academic and support staff, as well as students, are also on the board.
The Senate makes decisions in matters of research, teaching, studying and advanced training insofar as these are not legally the responsibility of another body. The Senate sits four times per semester.
The Senate of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences has the following members:
President's Office (Ex-officio term of office)

Prof. Christof Wolfmaier
President
- Christof.Wolfmaier[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3000
Room: S 01.102
Equal Opportunities Representatives (Ex-Officio Term of office)

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Karin Melzer
Officer, Equal Opportunity
- Karin.Melzer[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-4375
Room: F 02.209
Support Staff Members (Term of office: 01.03.2021-28.02.2025)
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Rolf Gassner
- Rolf.Gassner[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-4202
Room: F 01.156

Dipl.-Betriebsw. (FH) Bärbel Götz
- Baerbel.Goetz[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3185
Room: S 17.207

Friedrich Rohm
- Friedrich.Rohm[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3546
Room: S 10.221
Gerhard Schmidt
- Gerhard.Schmidt[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3326
Room: S 13.211
Students (Term of office: 01.03.2022 - 28.02.2023)
Tamara Cirillo, Faculty of Mobility and Technology
Marco Gertz, Faculty of Science, Energy and Building Services
Valentin Gross, Faculty of Science, Energy and Building Services
Dominik Magerle, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
Andreas Heinrich, nonvoting, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
Deputy Leonhard Gommel or Sascha Magerle, nonvoting, Faculty of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
Ex-officio advisory members

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Fabian Diefenbach
Vice-President Strategy and Communication
- Fabian.Diefenbach[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3005
Room: S 01.134
- +49 7161 679-1228
Room: G 04.304

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gabriele Gühring
Vice-President Research and Transfer
- Gabriele.Guehring[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 7161 679-1247
Room: G 04.256
- +49 711 397-4376
Room: F 02.211
- +49 711 397-3002
Room: S 01.132

Prof. Dr. phil. Marion Laging
Vice-President Education and Advanced Training
- Marion.Laging[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3004
Room: S 01.137
- +49 711 397-4589
Room: F 01.250

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Rößler
Vice-President Digitalisation and Processes
- Andreas.Roessler[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-4166
Room: F 01.458
- +49 711 397-3017
Room: S 01.136

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Stämpfle
Founding Director of the Central Academic Institution "Orientation and Undergraduate Studies"
- Martin.Staempfle[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3410
Room: S 04.309
- +49 711 397-3400
Room: S 05.111

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Tritschler
Vice-President Buildings and Infrastructure
- Markus.Tritschler[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-3009
Room: S 01.136

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Siegfried Zürn
Founding Director of the Central Academic Institution "International Centre and Graduate School"
- Siegfried.Zuern[at]hs-esslingen.de
- +49 711 397-4460
Room: F 02.122
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