President

Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel has been President of Technische Universität Braunschweig unanimously elected by the TU Braunschweig Senate since 1 July 2021.

Psychologist Angela Ittel is an acknowledged expert in strategic university development, institutional cooperation, interdisciplinary research associations and conditions of the academic qualification phase, staff development, internationalisation, as well as equal opportunities and diversity as strategic institutional development tools.

Angela Ittel is an active member of numerous committees and professional societies. Since 1 October 2022, Angela Ittel has been leading the TU9 Alliance as a dual chairperson, since 2024 with University of Stuttgart's rector Peter Middendorf. On November 14, 2023, she was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the German Rectors' Conference with a focus on "International Affairs, Equality, Diversity."

Biography

Angela Ittel's academic career began with her studies at Florida International University (USA) and her doctorate at the University of California at Santa Cruz (USA). She then worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin), the Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena. She obtained her Habilitation at Freie Universität Berlin in 2005. In 2008, she was appointed Professor of Educational Psychology at the TU Berlin. Her research areas include career orientation and development of interests in young adults, especially in STEM disciplines. She was a editor of international journals and books and continues to work internationally as a peer reviewer. Read more...