Responsibilities of the Directors
The Director is a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW. According to §25 of the Administrative Agreement, the Director's responsibilities include:
- Leading and representing the department within the Doctoral School NRW.
- Preparing the department’s development plan as part of the Doctoral School’s overall development plan, in consultation with the Department Board.
- Ensuring the implementation of evaluations, the completeness of course offerings, and the organization of doctoral programs and examinations.
- Preparing Department Board meetings and implementing its resolutions.
The Director is represented by one or more Deputy Directors.
Doctoral Candidate Representatives
The Doctoral Candidate Representatives serve as the main points of contact for the department’s doctoral candidates and represent their interests within the department and to the board of the Doctoral School NRW. They also act as the elected representatives of the doctoral candidates in the Department Board.
Julian Tix
Doctoral Candidate Representative
FH Aachen
Derval Toukam
Doctoral Candidate Representative
FH Niederrhein
André Ulrich
Doctoral Candidate Representative
TH Köln
Responsibilities of the Department Board
As a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW, the Department Board has the following responsibilities according to §26 of the Administrative Agreement:
- Making decisions on departmental matters not assigned to the Director or another authority
- Overseeing all matters related to doctoral studies
- Adopting the Departmental Regulations, the Doctoral Degree Regulations, and other regulations
Prof. Dr. Ingo Stadler
Vorsitz
TH Köln
Prof. Dr. Gerd Braun
TH Köln
Prof. Dr. Sabine Fuchs
HS Hamm-Lippstadt
Prof. Dr. Marcus Mergenthaler
FH Südwestfalen
Prof. Dr. Stefan Schweizer
FH Südwestfalen
Prof. Dr. Michaela Schmitz
FH Südwestfalen
Deputy Member
Michelle Grüne
FH Südwestfalen
Thomas Spiegel
HS Düsseldorf
Deputy Member
Dr. Cordula Obergassel
Promotionskolleg NRW
Contact the Doctoral Examining Committee
Responsibilities of the Doctoral Examining Committee
According to §4(1) of the Framework Doctoral Degree Regulations, the Doctoral Examining Commitee, as a decentralized body of the Doctoral School NRW, is responsible, for organizing the doctoral procedure, in particular for:
- Deciding on the admission of doctoral candidates
- Appointing supervisors
- Initiating the doctoral procedure
- Appointing reviewers
- Appointing members of the examination committee
- Monitoring the timely progress of the doctoral procedure, including documenting the number of doctoral candidates
Dr. Cordula Obergassel
Coordination of the Deparment of Resources and Sustainability
+49 234 32 10183
cordula.obergassel@pknrw.de
Do you have any questions about the Department or need further information? Please contact us.
