The Rectorate of the University of Münster

The Rectorate is responsible for the management of the University of Münster. It makes all decisions which the Higher Education Act of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia or the University statutes do not explicitly assign to other executive bodies. The Rectorate is elected by the University Electoral Assembly and is comprised of the Rector, the Head of Administration and three Vice-Rectors at present. The Rector is the public representative of the University and chairperson of the Rectorate.

• Rectorate's Office
• Rectorate support departments
• Official representatives
• Committees
• Advisory councils

Rector's Office

Executive Assistants in the Rector’s Office

Administrative Assistants in the Rector’s Office

Jutta Kraus
Tel: +49 251 83-21516

Claudia Erpenstein (until 16 December 2026)
Tel: +49 251 83-22211

Verena Niemeier
Tel: +49 251 83-22210

Silvia Fraccaro (on parental leave)
Tel: +49 251 83-22210

rektoratsbuero@uni-muenster.de
Fax: +49 251 83-22125

Support departments

• Communication and Public Relations
• Fundraising
• Future Lab
• Internal Audit
• International Office

Official representatives

• Corruption Prevention Officer
• Disability Representative
• Compliance Advisor to the Rectorate
• Equal Opportunity Officer
• Officer against anti-Semitism
• Ethics Advisor
• General Studies Officer
• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Information Security Officer

Committees

• Commission of Inquiry into Scientific Misconduct
• Coordination Committee for Evaluations
• IT Committee
• Rectorate Committee for Academic Personnel Development
• Rectorate Committee for Internationalisation
• Rectorate Committee for Research Affairs
• Rectorate Committee for Strategic Planning

Advisory boards

• Research Advisory Board
• Teaching Advisory Board
• Tenure Board
• Confessional Advisory Council for Islamic Theology