Record Group - C Faculties

Tectonic description: General: From its foundation, the university was divided into four faculties, of which the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine formed the 'upper faculties' in this order, to which the Faculty of Arts, known as the Faculty of Philosophy since the 17th century, was added. These rankings largely lost their significance in the 18th century. The order in which the faculties are still listed today, for example in the course catalogue or in this overview of holdings, goes back to this. The Faculty of Catholic Theology and the Faculty of Political Economy (since 1882: Faculty of Political Science) were added in 1817 and the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 1864.<br />The faculties did not form autonomous bodies and could neither be property holders nor freely establish their own statutes. They were headed by the deans, whose term of office was six months (Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine) or a full year (Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Philosophy). The dean kept files, minutes and insignia, administered the incoming funds, for which he or she rendered an annual account, and was responsible for censoring faculty publications. In 1829, the management of faculty affairs was transferred to the respective senior, and the faculty treasuries were merged with the main university treasury. In 1831, the office of dean was re-established and was held by the full professors on an annually rotating basis in a specific order. Since 1912, the associate professors and, since 1920, the private lecturers were also represented in the 'Faculty Board' with limited participation rights. In 1933, this became a purely advisory body without decision-making rights under the name 'Faculty Council' and the Dean was appointed by the Rector for the duration of his office.<br />In 1969, the six faculties were replaced by seventeen departments, which were renamed faculties in 1978. Their number had changed as follows by 2010: 1978 merger of the Faculties of Chemistry and Pharmacy to form the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy; 1992 merger of the Faculties of Medicine; 1991 foundation of a Faculty of Computer Science; 2001 merger of the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of History to form the Faculty of Philosophy and History; 2002 merger of the Faculties of Physics and Mathematics; 2002 formation of the Faculty of Information and Cognitive Sciences from the Faculty of Computer Science and the Institute of Psychology.<br />In 2010, the old faculty structure was almost restored: Unification of the Faculties of Economics and Social and Behavioural Sciences to form the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Philosophy and History, the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature and the Faculty of Cultural Studies to form the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and the Faculties of Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Biology, the Faculty of Earth Sciences and the Faculty of Information and Cognitive Sciences to form the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The newly formed faculties are divided into departments, which largely correspond to the former faculties in terms of their composition. Since 1969, the bodies of the departments and faculties have been the Department Assembly and Department Conference as advisory and decision-making bodies, the Dean as their chairperson and the Study Commission. Since 2000, the faculty board or dean's office has been the governing body of the faculty, with the dean serving a four-year term of office and, since 2010, a six-year term as its chairperson.<br />Notes: Faculty files were archived in 1867 and in the years before the First World War (files up to around 1830). In 1921, the University Library refused to take over further faculty files due to a lack of space, and it was not until 1967 that the faculty registries were transferred. The dean's registries are listed first for each faculty. Personnel files and documents relating to the awarding of academic degrees and academic examinations are partly contained in these, and partly form their own holdings. After the degree of Diplomingenieur (Dipl. Ing.) had been awarded by the technical universities since 1899, the diploma degree was also introduced for other scientific, and later also economic, social science and humanities disciplines, in which there had previously been no state service examinations and therefore only the doctorate as the first final examination. Documents from the examination boards for the state service examinations are listed in section Bf 'Prüfungsorgane', insofar as they reached the archive via the university secretariat or the faculties.<br /><br />

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