President

Photo: Prof. Volker Epping (Photograph: Christian Bierwagen) Photo: Prof. Volker Epping (Photograph: Christian Bierwagen)
Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
President
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Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
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Photo: Prof. Volker Epping (Photograph: Christian Bierwagen) Photo: Prof. Volker Epping (Photograph: Christian Bierwagen)
Prof. Dr. Volker Epping
President
Address
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
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  • Curriculum Vitae
    1959 Born in Dortmund
    1966 - 1969 Attended Liebigschule in Dortmund
    1969 - 1978 Attended Stadtgymnasium in Dortmund
    1978 Abitur (A-Levels)
    1978 - 1980 Fixed-term soldier, rank: Reserve Lieutenant
    Winter Semester 1980/81 -
    Winter Semester 1985/86
    Studied Law at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    1982 - 1985 Student Assistant at the Civil Law and Modern History of Law Section of the Faculty of Law of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Professor Dr. Hermann Dilcher)
    01/1986 First State Examination in Law before the Juridical Examination Board of the Higher Regional Court in Hamm
    1986 - 1988 Academic Assistant at the Public Law III Section (International Law) of the Faculty of Law of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Ipsen)
    1989 - 1997 Initially research staff member (until November 1989), then research assistant at the aforementioned Public Law III Section (International Law)
    04/1989 Second State Examination in Law before the Federal State Judicial Examination Board in Düsseldorf
    12/1992 Doctor of Laws degree awarded by the Faculty of Law of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, title of PhD thesis: "Grundgesetz und Kriegswaffenkontrolle - Erfüllung des Verfassungsauftrags durch den einfachen Gesetzgeber? Verfassungsanspruch und Rechtswirklichkeit"
    07/1994 - 06/1996 Habilitation fellowship from the German Research Foundation
    Winter Semester 1996/97 Professor ad interim of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster
    12/1996 Habilitation; awarded Venia Legendi for Public Law by the Habilitation Committee of the Faculty of Law of Ruhr-Universität Bochum;
    habilitation thesis: "Die Außenwirtschaftsfreiheit";
    degree programme-related course in accordance with the fourth sentence of § 96 (3) of the University Act North-Rhine Westphalia (UG NW) on: "Protection of Fundamental Rights in Community Law";
    habilitation presentation on the topic of: "Democratic Legitimation of the Judiciary of the European Communities"
    1997 - 1999 University lecturer of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Summer Semester 1997 Professor ad interim of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne
    Winter Semester 1997/98 Professor ad interim of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Freiburg
    Summer Semester 1998 Professor ad interim of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of Universität Regensburg
    03/1999 - 11/2001 University professor of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster
    since 12/2001 University professor of Public Law, International and European Law at the Faculty of Law of Leibniz University Hannover
    04/2004 - 03/2007
    10/2008 - 03/2009
    Dean of the Faculty of Law of Leibniz University Hannover
    04/2009 - 03/2011 Member of the Senate of Leibniz University Hannover and the Senate of the Niedersachsen Institutes of Technology
    Summer Semester 2012 Awarded the Gorgias Challenge Trophy for Rhetoric and Didactics
    since 01.01.2015 President of Leibniz University Hannover
    since 01.08.2016 Deputy Spokesperson of the Universities Member Group in the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, HRK)
    01/2018 - 09/2022 Vice President of TU9 German Universities of Technology e.V.

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30167 Hannover
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Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
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