Short biography
Geraldine Rauch studied mathematics at the University of Bremen and completed her dissertation at Roche Diagnostics GmbH in Penzberg. From 2009 to 2016 she was a researcher and lecturer at the University of Heidelberg, where she acquired her Venia legendi in medical biometry in 2015. In 2017, she took up an appointment as professor (W3) of medical biometry at the University Medical-Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Just six months later, she came to Berlin to take up a professorship at the Charité. There she served as director of the Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology as well as vice dean of education (Life and Health Sciences) from 2020 to 2022.
Geraldine Rauch has been president of TU Berlin since 1 April 2022. The president’s term of office is four years. Starting 1 November 2022, she is also spokesperson of the Berlin University Alliance (the Alliance of Excellence of FU Berlin, HU Berlin, TU Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) for a period of two years. In 2022, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz named her a member of the government’s Future Council.
Professor Rauch is the author of numerous textbooks and reference books. She is an elected member of the Medicine Review Board of the German Research Foundation and a full member of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association. She is also actively involved in several professional associations, particularly in the areas of the advancement of junior scholars, teaching, and didactics.
How and where can I meet and talk to the president?
Office Hour
An opportunity for a private and confidential conversation.
Where? The president's office, Main Building, room H 1030.
Please arrange an appointment via email to corinna.kaiser(at)tu-berlin.de
- 8 April 2024, 11:00-12:00
- 30 April 2024, 14:00-15:00
- 27 May 2024, 14:00-15:00
- 24 June 2024, 14:00-15:00
- 15 July 2024, 15:00-16:00
Campus Hour
An opportunity to discuss TU Berlin and the issues that matter to you in a relaxed atmosphere in one the of the campus's student cafés (venues marked TBA will be announced closer to the date)
- 11 April 2024, 18:00 to 19:00
Where: Café Countdown (F 321) - 15 May 2024, 18:00 to 19:00
Where: TBA - 10 June 2024, 18:00 to 19:00
Where: TBA - 15 July 2024, 18:00 to 19:00
Where: TBA
President’s tasks and projects
- Policy-making authority
- External representation
- Appointments, appointment strategy (in cooperation with the vice president for research and appointments)
- Excellence Strategy & Berlin University Alliance (in cooperation with the vice president for research and appointments)
- Communication strategy and welcome culture (in cooperation with the chief communication officer)
- Internal communication (in cooperation with the chief communication officer)
- Fair employment conditions
- Strategic construction planning (in cooperation with the vice president for administration)
- Internationalization strategy (in cooperation with the president’s representative for international affairs, fundraising and alumni)
- Strategic perspective of the ENHANCE alliance (in cooperation with the president’s representative for international affairs, fundraising and alumni)
- German Rectors’ Conference (in cooperation with the vice president for education, teacher training, and continuing education)
- Einstein Center Digital Future and its Helmholtz Graduate School
- Gender equality, diversity, and anti-discrimination
- Weizenbaum Institute
- Ethics Advisory Council (in cooperation with the vice president for research and appointments)
- TU9
- Turkish-German University
- Fundraising (in cooperation with the vice president for administration and the president’s representative for international affairs, fundraising and alumni)
- Staff Council
Associated offices
The Executive Board’s Strategic Planning
The Executive Board provides regular reports on its strategic planning. This includes the 100-day program from summer semester 2022 as well as programs for the following semesters. The results of surveys and other activities as well as a review and the outcomes of the annual retreat for staff and students at TU Berlin will also be published here.
Resolutions of the Executive Board
The Executive Board strives to create transparency regarding its decisions, and therefore publishes its resolutions on the website of the President’s Office.
Resolutions may not be published in exceptional cases; for example those that concern individual matters relating to personnel or individual persons, and decisions that could lead to a competitive disadvantage for TU Berlin if published.
Resolutions that are not ready for publication because they are still in the concept stage and must first be communicated in other rounds are published at a later date. In all other instances, the resolutions of the Executive Board shall be published within two weeks of their being passed.
View the resolutions of the Executive Board