The Dean's List honors those KLU students in our academic programs who consistently perform at the very top of their class. For each program, only the best 10% of students based on the GPA are recognized with this honor.

The Dean's List is published twice during the course of each study program:

• at mid-term (after 1 year for MSc programs, after 1.5 years for BSc programs) and
• at the graduation.

The current Dean's List:

BSc Business Administration - Class of 2022 - Midterm

• Jonah Rösemeier
• Christoph Schaar
• Marius Pfaff
• Leslie Ziegler
• Niklas Hopman

BSc Business Administration - Class of 2021 - Midterm

• Paul Jordan
• Max Wiest
• Hanna Niemeyer

KLU is supported by the Kühne-Stiftung, which is also the sole shareholder of the holding company of KLU, Kühne Logistics University gGmbH.

The President and the Managing Directors oversee operational management of KLU and serve as managing directors of the contracting body. The President supervises the academic staff of KLU, and together with the deans, is responsible for the research and teaching concept. The Head of Administration oversees operating and administrative matters of the university. The commercial operations of the holding company are supervised by a Supervisory Board, which is appointed by the Kühne-Stiftung (Foundation). The Supervisory Board appoints the managing directors.

KLU university bodies have powers of decision in matters delegated to them by KLU’s constitution or agreements with the body governing the university. University bodies include:

Executive Board

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Strothotte
  President & Managing Director
• Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou,
  Dean of Research / Professor of Humanitarian Logistics
• Prof. Dr. Christian Barrot
  Dean of Programs / Professor of Marketing and Innovation
• Fabian Berger
  Head of Administration & Managing Director
  Managing Director KLU Executive Education

Academic Senate

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Strothotte 
  President & Managing Director
• Fabian Berger
  Head of Administration & Managing Director
  Managing Director KLU Executive Education
• Prof. Dr. Christian Barrot
  Dean of Programs / Professor of Marketing and Innovation
• Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou
  Dean of Research / Professor of Humanitarian Logistics
• Prof. Dr. Henrik Leopold
  Equality and Diversity Officer / Associate Professor for Data Science and Business Intelligence
• Prof. Dr. Jan Becker
  Professor of Marketing and Service Management
• Prof. Dr. Asvin Goel
  Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Himme
  Associate Professor of Management Accounting
• Prof. Dr. Kai Hoberg
  Head of Department of Operations & Technology / Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Strategy
• Prof. Dr. Christina Raasch
  Associate Professor for Digital Economy
• Prof. Dr. Niels Van Quaquebeke
  Head of Department of Leadership & Management / Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior
• Friederike Bölle
  Head of International Office
• Jana Gruber
  Head of Student Services
• Tim Schlaich
  PhD Candidate
• Sathya Ranganathan
  KLU Student
• Lukas Zitlau
  KLU Student

University Management

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Strothotte
  President & Managing Director
• Fabian Berger
  Head of Administration & Managing Director
  Managing Director KLU Executive Education

Supervisory Board

• Karl Gernandt
  Kühne Holding AG, Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Michael Kühne
  Kühne + Nagel International AG, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors 
• Dr. Thomas Staehelin
  Kühne-Stiftung, Vice-Chairman of the Board
• Dr. Christian Berthold
  Kühne-Stiftung, Executive Director
• Dr. Jörg Dräger
  Kühne Stiftung, Member of the Board

The KLU Code of Conduct:

• promotes a shared sense of community,
• codifies a standard of conduct that we all agree to live by, based on a sense of shared value,
• communicates our values and mission to the outside world.

Standards of good practice

1. Respect

• We shall treat each other with respect, fairness, and tolerance.
• We shall value people irrespective of characteristics or attributes such as gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, age, social status, race and disability.
• We see diversity as a source of enrichment for our community.
• We shall champion the active integration of all, especially foreign, KLU members into our community.

2. Cooperation

• We shall communicate openly and honestly, while dealing with information conscientiously and responsibly.
• We shall be helpful and support one another.
• We shall ensure that criticism is constructive, and provide encouragement.
• We shall help and promote each other in our professional and personal development.

The objective of the EDO is to increase awareness on equality and diversity matters at KLU by fostering the dialogue on these issues among staff, faculty and students. The EDO provides informal advice to the university administration and student services on issues related to equality and diversity and if requested will participate as an observer in any meeting, committee or activity as deemed appropriate by the relevant decision body, e.g. the President, Executive Board, Student Bodies, etc.

The EDO meets regularly and has activated an email to deal with (anonymous) complaints and suggestions. Please contact us if you are interested in the EDO activities. Although the EDO operates collaboratively with a Committee, its representative is at the moment Henrik Leopold. Members of the Committee are:

Equality and Diversity Officer

• Prof. Dr. Henrik Leopold

Equality and Diversity Officer Deputy

• Holly Hillen

Equality and Diversity Office Members

• Prof. Dr. Maria Besiou
• Prof. Dr. Björn Michaelis
• Emily Dickey
• Moritz Jäger-Roschko
• Nicole Martinetti
• Lene Moeller Jensen
• Julia Rieg
• Johanna Schnier
• Julia Schwarz
• Hamaidi Stulos
• Dr. Michela Tacca

You can contact the members of the Committee individually or write to EDO edo(at)the-klu.org. You can request that your case is dealt with confidentiality.

Unlike most universities in Germany, where the appointment, promotion and tenure process of faculty is very different from international standards, KLU’s process is very similar to an international tenure track.

Young assistant professor are normally appointed on a 3-year temporary contract, which can be extended for a further 3 years upon satisfactory development. In the sixth year of appointment at KLU, the faculty member involved applies for tenure by submission of his or her tenure dossier. The tenure submission needs to be supported by the Head of the Department that the faculty member belong to, and the Dean of Research, who both are a member of the tenure evaluation committee.

The tenure evaluation committee is instructed to provide a holistic evaluation of the performance of the faculty member in terms of research (including research output in academic journals), teaching (including student evaluations), outreach (including impact on the field) and university service. The tenure committee usually requests external independent experts to provide a written evaluation of the academic standing of the applicant. The tenure evaluation committee makes a recommendation to the Academic Senate, who then votes on the tenure decision and makes a recommendation to the KLU President. The President has a final decision.

Tenured faculty will be contracted for indefinite duration, until mandatory retirement (currently at age 67).

Subsequently, depending on performance, faculty typically would apply for promotion to full professor after 4-6 years.

It is important to note that once an assistant professor is appointed to a tenure-track position, KLU has budgeted for the eventual tenure and promotion, independent of how other faculty perform. The evaluation is just based on the merit of the faculty member concerned.

Note: this document provides a legally non-binding overview of the tenure process at KLU. The process is formally governed in KLU’s tenure and promotion regulations