Hodel to hand over leadership of HSLU at the end of 2022
After 16 years as Rector of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Markus Hodel will step down at the end of next year. Under his leadership, the originally five, later six departments grew together.
Hodel's first term of office until 2008 was characterized by the introduction of Bachelor's and Master's degree courses, the so-called Bologna reform. It also included a far-reaching reorganization of the university, in which the then five autonomous sub-schools of Engineering & Architecture, Business, Social Work, Design & Art and Music were united under the umbrella of the "Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts" and services were centralized.
His return to Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2012 came at a challenging time, when the public sector had to make savings and Markus Hodel had to fight for funding contributions from the six cantons of Central Switzerland. He also gradually pushed ahead with the organizational and spatial integration of the university with the involvement of the entire university management.
A search committee headed by the University of Applied Sciences Council and comprising representatives of the Concordat Council, staff, students and university management will be formed to appoint Markus Hodel's successor. The position will be advertised publicly.
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https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/hochschule-luzern/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2021/11/16/markus-hodel-gibt-die-leitung-der-hochschule-luzern-ende-2022-ab/
