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Rector Stefanie Reese convinces – 10th place in the university ranking!
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Reese from the University of Siegen achieved 10th place in the “Rector of the Year 2025” election, evaluated by 3,527 members.
Rector Stefanie Reese convinces – 10th place in the university ranking!
As part of the annual “Rector of the Year 2025” election by the German University Association (DHV), Professor Dr. Stefanie Reese, Rector of the University of Siegen, achieved 10th place. Loud uni-siegen.de An impressive 84 percent of participating members gave positive reviews of Reese. The ranking includes principals who received at least 30 ratings and shows that a total of 38 DHV members took part in Reese’s rating. Almost 32 percent of those surveyed considered her the “ideal choice,” while 39.5 percent rated her as “very good” and 13 percent rated her as “somewhat good.”
The highlights of the ranking show that the top spot goes to Professor Dr. Manfred Bayer from the Technical University of Dortmund, who was awarded the title “Rector of the Year” for the second time idw-online.de. Bayer, which already received the award last year, was given a rating of 1.45 in an online survey of more than 33,500 DHV members. Around 68.4 percent of those who voted described him as “the ideal choice,” which illustrates his outstanding position. In his assessment, Bayer's leadership style is highlighted as strategic, integrative and solution-oriented.
Comparison of the rectors
Bayer is followed in the ranking by Professor Dr. Susanne Menzel-Riedl from the University of Osnabrück came in second place, receiving a grade of 1.79. Professor Dr. Kai Fischbach from the University of Bamberg takes third place with a grade of 1.82. Fourth and fifth places go to Professor Dr. Hauke Heekeren from the University of Hamburg and Professor Dr. Birgitta Wolff from the University of Wuppertal, who received grades of 1.93 and 2.06. A notable aspect is that the average grade for all rectors is 2.83 (satisfactory plus), which means that the majority of those surveyed rated their university management positively idw-online.de.
In addition to the election of the rectors, the election for the science minister of the year will also be carried out. Katharina Fegebank, Senator for Science from Hamburg, once again takes first place. Dr. Armin Willingmann (Saxony-Anhalt) and Dr. Manja Schüle (Brandenburg) follows in second and third place. Ina Brandes, Science Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, is in 8th place. A total of 3,527 DHV members took part in these votes uni-siegen.de.
Importance of the rankings
The DHV rankings are not just sporting competitions; they also provide valuable insight into the leadership skills of university leaders. Loud bildungsserver.de Rankings such as the CHE university ranking 2024/25 are created in collaboration with the weekly magazine DIE ZEIT. These rankings compare German universities and contribute to quality assurance in higher education. Each year a third of the subjects are reassessed to reflect current standards.
The continuous collection of data on university rankings is essential in order to set international minimum standards for the quality of universities. These measures not only contribute to transparency in the education sector, but also promote the exchange of best practices among educational institutions.
The results of the current ranking will be published in the March issue of the magazine “Research & Teaching” and the award will be presented on March 31, 2025 as part of the German Science Gala in Berlin.