“The main objective I have set myself for my second period of office will be to build on the successful achievements to date in the areas of teaching and research”, says the President of the University of Bremen, Bernd Scholz-Reiter, who now is to lead the University for another five years. A most important aspect during this second period will be the approaching developments connected with Excellence Initiative of the Federal Government and the Länder for promoting science and research at German universities. Bremen’s Senator for Science, Professor Eva Quante-Brandt commented: “It’s good to know that Professor Scholz-Reiter will be holding the reins for another five years and that we will be able meet the forthcoming challenges together”.
Cooperation and participation
Scholz-Reiter reiterated his commitment to a strong research university and stated he will expand cooperation with the numerous non-university partners. The most recent example for this form of collaboration is the “U Bremen Research Alliance”. The University President also stressed his faith in a community-spirited institution, quoting a case in point: The University Strategy 2018 to 2028. In this regard, Professor Scholz-Reiter recently opened an online dialogue with all members of the University. He underlined his approach, saying, “The strategy paves the way for the direction our University will take in future. It is therefore important to know that it rests on a broad foundation of consent”. Other important tasks to be dealt with in the coming years include strengthening the internationalization process in the University’s degree programs as well as research-based teaching and digitalization in teaching and research.
About Professor Scholz-Reiter:
Bernd Scholz-Reiter studied Engineering Management at the TU Berlin, where he was also awarded a doctorate in 1990. He occupies a chair in the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen. Prior to being elected President of the University, he covered the field “Planning and Control of Production Systems”, and since 2002 he is leader of the Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik (BIBA), where he heads the area “Intelligent Production and Logistics Systems”. He was initiator and speaker for the Collaborative Research Center “Autonomous Cooperating Logistics Processes – A Paradigm Shift and its Limitations”, which was funded by the German Research Foundation. From 2007 until 2011, Bernd Scholz-Reiter was Vice President of the German Research Foundation. In addition to this, he is a full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Engineering Sciences – acatech as well as a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).
