Professor Metin Tolan is next President of the University of Göttingen

Metin Tolan Photo: University of Göttingen/Jan Vetter Senate and University Foundation Committee vote for 55-year-old physicist The physicist Professor Metin Tolan will become the next President of the University of Göttingen. The Senate of the University unanimously agreed this decision today. The University Foundation Committee also approved this proposal unanimously. Tolan succeeds Professor Reinhard Jahn, who held the office until 31 December 2020. Since that time, full-time Vice-President Dr Valérie Schüller has been Acting President of the University on an interim basis. Tolan's term of office is expected to begin in the spring. Senate spokesperson Professor Nicolai Miosge said: "Both as spokesperson of the Senate and personally, I congratulate Metin Tolan on his upcoming presidency of the University of Göttingen.