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 rector. 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-rector for Study, Teaching and Internationalisation; Prof. Dr. Jens Weiß, vice-rector for University Development, Equal Opportunities and Digitalisation; and Prof. Dr. Georg Westermann, vice-rector for Research and Transfer will support the rector in his duties.