Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen
President of the University of Hamburg
Spokesman of the Universities Member Group
in the HRK
Vice-President for International Relations
| 1947 | Born in Münster/ Westphalia |
| WS 1966/1967 | Enrollment at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1968 - 1970 | Assistant lecturer, Philosophy Seminar and Institute for Educational Science at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1970 | “Magister Artium” from the School of Philosophy at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1970 - 1973 | Administrator with a position of Academic Assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1971 - 1975 | Active on the planning commission “Kollegstufe” of the Minister of Culture for the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1973 | Awarded Dr. phil. |
| 1973 | Appointed Academic Assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1973 | Delegate to the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia from the Minister for Education and Research |
| 1975 - 1977 | Professor at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Münster (Westphalia) |
| 1977 | Professorship (C 4) in Educational Science (special area: Philosophy of Education) at the Institute for General and Comparative Educational Science at Department 12 at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1986 | Visiting Professor Columbia University, New York |
| 1992 - 1995 | Elected Dean, Department of Educational Science and Instruction at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1992 | Visiting Professor Stanford University, USA |
| SS 1993 | Visiting Professor University of Tokyo (Todai) |
| 1994 | Visiting Professor University of Tokyo, of Nagoya, of Hiroshima |
| 1994 - 1998 | Chairperson of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (German Society for Educational Science; DGfE) |
| 1995 - 1998 | Assistant Dean of the Department of Educational Science, Phychology and Sports Science |
| since 1998 | Editor of the Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE) |
| 1999 - 2003 | First Vice President of Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1999 - 2003 | Spokesperson for the Vice Presidents for Teacher Training in Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 2003 - 2010 | President of Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 2005 | Chairperson of Aktionsrat Bildung |
| 2006 | Member of the High Level Expert Group on Science Education of the European Commission |
| since 2007 | Vice-President International Affairs German Rectors’ Conference |
| since 2010 | President of the Univerity of Hamburg |
| since 7/2012 | Spokesman of the Universities Member Group in the HRK |
Contact: lenzen[at]hrk.de
