At the end of 2016 the extended Academic Senate of the Harz University of Applied Sciences elected Prof. Dr. Folker Roland as the full-time President. In February, he was presented with his certificate of appointment by the Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalisation of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt, Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann.
From 1st March 2017, Prof. Dr. Louisa Klemmer, Vice President for Academic and International Affairs; Prof. Dr. Jens Weiß, Vice President for University Development, Equal Opportunities and Digitalisation; and Prof. Dr. Georg Westermann, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer will support the President in his duties.