Organization of the faculty

The Faculty of Biology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Faculty 19) is one of the largest biology faculties in Germany and has a clear organizational structure. It is headed by the Faculty Board, which consists of the Dean, several Vice Deans, the Dean of Studies, and the Women's Representative.

The Faculty Board is supported by an administrative office, which provides administrative support to the departments. The Faculty Council, composed of ex officio and elected members, advises on fundamental matters concerning the faculty.

The Study Coordination Office is responsible for organizing studies, overseeing various bachelor's and master's programs, and international exchange.

The team of women's representatives promotes gender equality within the faculty and is represented in all committees. Overall, the faculty's organization ensures an efficient connection between research, teaching, and administration.

The Dean's Office is the central administrative unit of the faculty and performs a wide range of tasks in the areas of management, organization, and administration. It is headed by the Faculty Board, which is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the faculty and represents it externally.

The main tasks of the Dean's Office include planning and coordinating degree programs and courses, ensuring the quality of teaching and studies, and conducting doctoral and postdoctoral qualification procedures.

In addition, the Dean's Office is responsible for organizing and providing administrative support for committee work and internal and external communication. It acts as an interface between the university management, administration, teaching staff, and students and contributes significantly to the organizational and academic development of the faculty.

Postal address:
Dekanat der Fakultät für Biologie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Großhaderner Str. 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried

Prof. Dr. Herwig Stibor

Deanery management Theresa Neuner

Professorship Application

Please submit your application documents along with the Excel file (XLSX, 15 KB) following the procedure described in line 3 the Dean's Office will be happy to assist you with any questions.

W2 Professorship for Physical and Synthetic Biology (Substitute): Template for Applicants (XLSX, 15 KB)

Information to promotion and habilitation are below.

Adress
Promotion office of the faculty of Biology
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Großhaderner Str. 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried

Dean:
Prof. Dr. Herwig Stibor
dekanat19@lmu.de

Promotion office:
First floor, room B01.030
Phone: +49 (0)89 / 2180 - 74120
Fax: +49 (0)89 / 2180 - 74121
promotion@bio.lmu.de
Opening hours: Mo, Mi: 09:00-12:00 and by agreement
Submission of theses by argreement

Information and documents for doctoral candidates

All information for doctoral candidates in the faculty of Biology can be found here

You need a authorization for promotion: checklist

Please come to the doctoral office during opening hours (see adress above), you can also make appointments at these times
Please bring all certificates of your awarded academic degrees in original (such as: certificates, testimonial and transcript of records of your Bachelor’s and
Master’s degree or Diploma)
Ensure, that your master thesis has been recorded in your transcript or bring
another proof for your written thesis.
Fill in the form “Confirmation of supervisor”, ensure to get in signed by your supervisor and bring it with you.

If you do your doctoral study under the supervision of a habilitated person, who is not a
member of the Faculty of Biology, you will in addition need an in-house representative
of the Faculty of Biology willing to co-supervise your project. In this case you must use
the following form "Confirmation for supervisors who are not members of the faculty of biology" instead of the one above.

You need a confirmation of the Faculty of Biology for a promotion of the Faculty of Medicine: checklist

Information for the Faculty of Medicine
Please come during opening hours to the promotion office (see above)
Please bring all certificates of your awarded academic degrees in original (such as: certificates, testimonial and transcript of records of your Bachelor’s and
Master’s degree or Diploma)
Please also bring the "Doctoral supervisor agreement"

You want to submit your doctoral thesis: Checklist

Make an appointment via E-Mail promotion@bio.lmu.de or via
phone 089 2180 74120
Fill in the document for admission to the doctoral examination : Application for sumission of doctoral thesis
Bring these and other documents for submission:
1. CV
2. Certificates for Bachelor and Master studies, diploma studies, doctoral preliminary examination or state examination in the original
3. Dissertation two times: either as a monograph or as a cumulative dissertation. A monograph may only consist of one chapter aech of intorduction, material and methods, results and discussion; in the case of the cumulative dissertation, please note the information in the information document
4. Supervisor's declaration of consent with circulation proposal: Doctoral supervisor letter of submission
5. declaration in lieu of an oath: declaration of independence
6. declaration of previous doctoral attempts: declaration
7. official certificate of good conduct or employment contract (end of contract not more than 3 months ago)
8. certificate of enrollment
9. proof of TAC meetings (for doctoral candidates according to the 4th statute): Information and sample protocol

Doctoral regulations

Hinweise / Formulare zur Habilitation

Habilitationsordnung

Habilitationsordnung (PDF; 183 KByte)

Weiterführende Links

Committees of the faculty

The Faculty Council deals with matters affecting the entire faculty and serves as the link to the university administration. The women's representive, the Vice Dean and the Vice Dean (students) are also members of the Faculty Council by virtue of their office.

Members

Dean Prof. Dr. H. StiborVice Dean Prof. Dr. L. BusseVice Dean Prof. Dr. T. NägeleVice Dean Prof. Dr. NNVice Dean(students) Prof. Dr. H. JungWomen's Representative Prof. Dr. S. Robatzek

Other members 6 professors

Prof. Dr. W. EnardProf. Dr. A. GuseProf. Dr. H. KunzProf. Dr. K. JungProf. Dr. D. LeisterProf. Dr. J. Wolf

2 representatives from the mid-level faculty

Dr. A. BrachmannPD Dr. S. Schwenker

2 representatives from the students

Louis MuxfeldtMax Filser

1 representative from the non-scientific staff

Dr. M. Bögle

Directory of persons

Here you will find an overview of all persons.

Administration & Organization

Hallway in the Biozentrum building — © Carolin Bleese

The administration team of the Faculty of Biology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München will be happy to advise and support you in all administrative matters and questions.

You are also welcome to contact us personally.
We have summarized the most important information for you below.

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Expected behavior policy

Our guideline (PDF, 34 KB)on respectful behaviour sets out binding principles for respectful, fair and inclusive interaction at the faculty. It promotes mutual respect, tolerance and open dialogue in order to create a positive working and learning environment. Discrimination, harassment and bullying are not tolerated and constructive cooperation between all members is actively encouraged.

Sustainability at the faculty

Person holding plant in their hands — © Carolin Bleese

Awareness of sustainability, environmental protection, biodiversity and climate change is growing in our society. As the Faculty of Biology, we see it as part of our social responsibility to research these topics and to make our research and teaching more sustainable. We are also committed to making society more sustainable.

To this end, our faculty has founded a Sustainability Commission. The commission consists of representatives from all levels of the faculty (students, mid-level faculty, professors) and has identified 6 core areas in which it would like to become active: teaching, research, laboratory, society, university and faculty. As a commission, we are guided by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the

Green Office Campus Martinsried

Commission member:

Prof. Dr. Jochen Wolf

Prof. Dr. Annika Guse