University Council meetings are usually held from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm in the Senate Hall.

Dates for 2027: 

Friday 5 February 2027 Friday
9 April 2027
Friday 18 June 2027 Friday
29 October 2027      

At the University Council meeting on 2 October 2025, the incumbent University Council of Worms University adopted the following mission statement: 

Mindful of the responsibilities entrusted to it, the University Council fulfils its mission with a critical yet university-friendly perspective. It sees itself as a responsible and independent body that supports the university in a constructively critical, advisory and strategic manner. Its commitment contributes to Worms University of Applied Sciences’ dialogue on quality, innovation and responsibility – rooted in the region and connected globally.

Working closely with the university management, the University Council supports the university’s further development into a practice-oriented, innovative and sustainable institution of education and research. It supports the university in improving the quality of its teaching, research and knowledge transfer. The University Council is committed to upholding and promoting academic freedom and university autonomy. It strengthens the university’s international orientation whilst ensuring deep regional roots. Its actions are guided by a values-based understanding of responsibility towards students, academia, business and society. The University Council is committed to fostering a culture and a style of communication characterised by mutual respect and the involvement of all members of the university community.

In accordance with the values described above, the University Council committed itself to the following principles at its meeting on 2 October 2025:

• Externally, the University Council demonstrates its loyalty and solidarity with the university.
• Internally, the University Council behaves respectfully and in a critically constructive manner towards the university and its governing bodies.
• In carrying out its duties, the University Council focuses on the interests of the university as a whole; its members act exclusively in this spirit.
• It provides strategic impetus and supports the strategic decisions of the university management in a constructive and critical manner.
• The University Council refrains from any interference in the operational remit of the university management.
• The University Council resolutely upholds its role as a strategic body and refrains from being used as a political tool.
• In accordance with its statutory duties, the University Council sees itself as an advisory body to the university management, offering a predominantly external perspective.
• The University Council’s opinion stands alongside the advisory opinion of the Senate as a body with an internal university perspective.
• The University Council supports dialogue between the university, society and the business community within the regional context.
• The University Council sees itself as an ambassador for the university in its region and coordinates its activities with the Board of Trustees.