Academic ceremony to bid farewell to longstanding Rector Bernhard Eitel and install Frauke Melchior as new Rector
Ruperto Carola marked the change in university leadership with an academic ceremony. As the outgoing University Rector, Bernhard Eitel installed his successor, Frauke Melchior, in her office as new Rector of Heidelberg University.
Members of the university, as well as colleagues, friends, supporters and alumni from all over the world gathered in large numbers on 7 October 2023 in the Great Hall of the New University to witness the ceremonial transfer of office. ...
