The university rector is named jointly by the Government and the church.

He stayed in that post until 1989, serving as university rector from 1981 to 1985.

It is also used in certain formal contexts by bishops and university rectors.

Some German soldiers shot the burgomaster, the university rector and all of the city's police officers.

From December 1987 to January 1991, he served as university rector.

In 1748 he was named as university rector.

In 1886 he became a professor of pathology, being chosen university rector in 1918.

At Halle he served as university rector in 1911-12.

He was university rector between October and December 1395.

He remained at Dresden until his retirement in 1920, twice serving as university rector (1906-1907, 1918-1919).