Central Research CommitteeThe Central Research Committee is composed of the Rector, who presides the committee, a representative nominated by each faculty, a representative elected by each competence centre, a representative elected by the competence centre languages and, for each faculty, an external member of international fame.
The Rector elects the external member of international fame based on the proposal of each faculty council.
The Central Research Committee:

1. proposes the University Council the financial frame regarding the scientific work
2. determines the distribution of the research budget allocated by the budget estimate
3. evaluates the research activities.

President
Walter A. Lorenz

External members of the Central Research Committee
Benedetto Vertecchi (Faculty of Education)
Georg Pflug (School of Economics and Management)
Matthias Jarke (Faculty of Computer Science)
Bazon Brock (Faculty of Design and Art)
Daniele Daffonchio (Faculty of Science and Technology)
 
Internal members of the Central Research Committee
Gerwald Wallnöfer (Faculty of Education)
Michael Neugart (School of Economics and Management)
Francesco Ricci (Faculty of Computer Science)
Jörg Gleiter (Fakultät Faculty of Design and Art)
Dominik Matt (Faculty of Science and Technology)