Vice President Stefan Schwartze

Dr. Stefan Schwartze, born in 1966, studied law at the universities of Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Münster and earned his doctorate at the University of Bochum. After working for the German Research Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Wuppertal native was an administrative member of the Foundation Board of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin from 2003 to 2008 and Chancellor of the University of Münster from 2008 to 2011. Schwartze then held the position of Administrative Executive Director of the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) until 2024. From 2019 to 2022, he was also Administrative Vice President of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, and from 2021 to 2022 he was Spokesman for the Administrative Directors of the Helmholtz Centers.

On September 1, 2024, Stefan Schwartze took over office as KIT Vice President Finance, Human Resources and Infrastructure.

Phone: +49 721 608-42204
Email: stefan.schwartze∂kit.edu