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The President

Foto: Eduard Fiegel

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel

• 3 April 1947  born in Bruchertseifen (Westerwald)

• 1966  Left grammar school in Altenkirchen with the Abitur school-leaving certificate

• 1966 – 1970  Read psychology and media studies at the University of Mainz

• 1970  Final Diplom examination and graduation in psychology

• 1970 – 1972  Scholarship holder of the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Highly-Gifted Students
  Lecturer at the TH Darmstadt and teacher at the grammar school in Jugendheim, Bergstraße

• 1972  Gained her doctorate with the degree of Dr. rer. nat.

• 1972 – 1977  Research assistant at the Psychology Institute of the University of Heidelberg

• 1972  Research stays at Ann Arbor and Berkeley

• 1977 – 1979  DFG Research Grant

• 1979 – 1986  Lecturer at the Psychology Institute of the University of Heidelberg and project director for the DFG research unit "Speaking and Language Understanding"

• 1983 – 1985  DFG "Habilitation” Scholarship Holder

• 1986  "Habilitation” in psychology at the University of Heidelberg

• 1985 – 1987  Member of the study group on "Historical Change in Social Psychology" of the Werner Reimers Foundation

• 1986 – 1992  Senior contract lecturer at the University of Heidelberg
  Project director and coordinator in the Heidelberg/Mannheim Collaborative Research Centre SFB 245 "Language and Situation"

• 1987 – 1989  Member of the Senate Committee on Women's Affairs at the University of Heidelberg

• 1987 – 1993  Chairwoman of the Association of Women Academics and Scientists in Baden-Württemberg

• 1988 – 1994  Reviewer for the Baden-Württemberg Länder Government Programme to Support Women

• 1992  University Professor (C4) at the University of the Saarland

• 1994 – 1997  Vice-President responsible for Teaching and Studies at the University of the Saarland

• 1995/1996  Member of the Committee of Experts on "Research and Technology" in the Saarland

• 1994 – 1998  Member of the Executive Board of the German Psychology Society

• 1996 – 1998  Member of the Higher Education Structure Committee of Baden-Württemberg

• 1999 – 2000  Member of the Evaluation Committee on Psychology at the Northern Network Universities (Bremen, Greifswald, Hamburg, Kiel, Oldenburg)

• since 1996  Liaison lecturer and since 1997 member of the Selection Committee for the German National Study Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

• 1999 – 2000  Ombudswoman at the University of the Saarland
  Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Social and Applied Human Sciences
  Member of the Advisory Board on Women's Affairs
  Member of the Senate of the University of the Saarland

• 2000 – 2006  President of the University of the Saarland

• 2001 – 2006  HRK Vice-President for Research and Young Scientists

• since 2002  Member of the University Council of the University of Konstanz

• since 2004  Member of the Austrian Science Board (Österreichischer Wissenschaftsrat)

• 2005  Nomination as Knight of the Legion of Honour

• since 2006  President of the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz

• since 2007  Member of the Council of the United Nations University

• 2009  Cross of Merit, 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

• since 2009  Member of the Board of the European University Association (EUA)

• since 2012  President of the German Academic Exchange Service

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