Executive Committee
Representatives of the vhb
vhb promotes, funds and supports the development of digital learning units and is an advocate for exchange and interuniversity application. The executive committee specifies the overall programme of vhb, passes the budget and makes decisions on passing the funding applications from our member universities. vhb is represented by its president.
The vhb executive committee consists of the following members:

Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Godehard Ruppert
President of vhb
Former President of Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Member of the executive committee since the vhb was founded in 2000, and President of vhb since 2002.

Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger
Vice President of vhb
President of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Vice President of vhb since April 2017.

Prof. Dr. Niels Oberbeck
Vice President of vhb
President of Technical University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm
Vice President of vhb since April 2025.