Rector Chairs the LRK Saxony
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, Rector of HSZG, was elected vice chair of the Saxony State Conference of University Presidents.
On November 30, 2023, the members of the Saxony State Rectors’ Conference (LRK) re-elected Prof. Dr. Barbknecht as chair of the executive board at their meeting. The rectors of Saxony’s public universities voted in favor of a third term for the rector of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.
In addition to this re-election, new elections were held for the positions of vice-chairs. From the group of universities of applied sciences , the Rector of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, was elected vice chair effective December 1, 2023. In the future, he will also serve as the spokesperson for the universities of applied sciences.
It is a particularly great honor for me to serve, effective immediately, as Vice Chair of the Saxony State Rectors’ Conference, representing the interests of Saxony’s universities and actively contributing to the shaping and further development of Saxony’s higher education landscape.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kratzsch is committed to engaging in dialogue, exchanging ideas, and working together to establish Saxony as a cosmopolitan hub for science in all its aspects. In this regard, constructive cooperation between the Saxony State Rectors’ Conference (LRK Sachsen) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) is particularly important to him. “I am all the more pleased that the LRK Saxony decided at its general meeting on November 30 to appoint me to the HRK Senate effective December 1, 2023,” said the Rector. “I am very grateful for the trust placed in me.”
Alongside him, Agnes Wegner, Rector of the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, was appointed vice chair from the group of art universities.
Clickhere for the press release regarding the election of the executive board of the Saxony State Rectors' Conference.
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