Acting President of the University of Erfurt

Walter Bauer-Wabnegg was appointed Acting President of the University of Erfurt as of October 2026. He served as President of the University of Erfurt for two terms from 2014 to 2026. The Acting President performs the duties of the President until a new President takes office.

The President chairs the Presidium and ensures that the members of the Presidium conduct their business in a uniform manner. He is responsible for issuing directives.
His area of responsibility includes fundamental matters of university development, the conclusion of target agreements with the state and the faculties, appointments, fundamental matters in the area of academic teaching and research as well as University Communications. As President, he is also chairing the Senate of the University of Erfurt. In the event of the President’s or Acting President’s absence, the Vice President for International Affairs assumes their duties.

Short CV
Walter Bauer-Wabnegg, born 1954 in Straubing, studied linguistics, literature, theology and philosophy in Erlangen and Freiburg i. Br. and received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Freiburg i. Br. in 1985. After working as a lecturer at C. H. Beck in Munich and as a freelance media consultant and communication designer with a teaching assignment for new media at the University of Munich, he founded the media agency medien|design in Nuremberg in 1992. In 1993, he was appointed professor for media theory/media practice at the FH Aachen. After substituting the professorship since 1997, he was appointed full professor of multimedia storytelling at the Bauhaus University Weimar in 1999. He became rector in 2001. From 2004 to 2009, he was State Secretary for Science and Art in the Ministry of Culture of the Free State of Thuringia.