Governance & Administration

Dialogue and Active Participation

The highest governing body of the department is the Department Conference (DK). It is responsible for final decisions on all aspects of strategy and planning. The DK comprises all professors, as well as one delegation each from staff, mid-level academic staff and students. It is chaired by the Head of Department, who is – together with the Executive Board (DL) – responsible for the strategic development of the department and for the implementation of the decisions taken by the departmental bodies.

Further departmental bodies:

Professors Conference
Strategy Commission
Resources Commission
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Commission
Evaluation Committees
Teaching Commission
Grading Conferences
Doctoral Committee
Admissions Committees

Students, mid-level academic staff and – in certain cases – administrative and technical staff elect and appoint delegates to the various bodies of D-ARCH.

The composition, rules of procedure and responsibilities of the individual bodies are set out in the department’s rules of procedure:

Rules of Procedure D-ARCH (de)