--- title: Academic Committee url: "https://typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/academic" image: "https://typo3.community/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-community.jpg" date: 2025-11-21 modified: 2026-11-10 --- # Academic Committee Academic Committee ================== ![](https://typo3.community/fileadmin/_processed_/e/9/csm_AcademicCommittee2025_2_b2bf2bcfb8.webp) The TYPO3 Academic Committee is made up of TYPO3 Association members from universities that use TYPO3-CMS for their homepages. [German Version](https://typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/academic/deutsch) ***Currently, the Committee is focused on German-language regions.** The working language is German. Reports are regularly published in English.* *Save the Date: TYPO3 University Days 2026: 15./16.09.2026 at Uni Erfurt.* [*https://t3th.org/*](https://t3th.org/) Tasks ----- The Academic Committee’s tasks include: - Representing universities’ interests in the [TYPO3 Association](https://typo3.org/association) - Providing a central point of contact for the [TYPO3 Association](https://typo3.org/association) - Supporting the [TYPO3 Association](https://typo3.org/association), e.g. with technical resources - Introducing a [TYPO3 Academic Membership](https://typo3.org/association/membership/academic) - Holding regular university meetings - Establishing the TYPO3 University Community Package (T3UP) - Strengthening cooperation among universities for new features / extensions and their further development - Cooperating with the [TYPO3 Association](https://typo3.org/association) and [TYPO3 Core Team](https://typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/typo3-development) in further development of TYPO3 - Assisting the working groups Members ------- The Academic Committee members are: - Up to 10 elected, voting members from universities (max. 1 per university). Another person from the same university may stand in for each member. - Every university may be an advising member. - 1 member of the TYPO3 Association Board as a liaison Half of the voting members and 2 substitute members are elected at the annual TYPO3 University Day. Universities with TYPO3 membership are eligible to vote. The term of office is 2 years. The TYPO3 Association member is appointed by the Board. Selection and Tasks of Officers ------------------------------- From among the voting members, the Committee elects one chairperson, a first deputy chairperson, and a second deputy chairperson. The term of office for each is 2 years. The tasks of the chairpersons include: - Calling for committee meetings, directing meetings, taking minutes - Managing the mailing list Working Groups -------------- The Committee may establish working groups for specific topics. In each working group, at least one member of the Committee should be represented. The working groups may also include members other than universities (e.g. agencies). Working Platforms ----------------- **Mailing list for all university representatives:** — [Register](https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/typo3-universities) University Days ----------------- TYPO3 University Days is an annual conference for universities and academic institutions that use TYPO3 CMS (or are considering using it). It is organized by the TYPO3 Academic Committee together with a host university. [ Read more ](https://typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/academic/university-days "University Days") Happy Hour ------------ Between the T3UD there are always quite big gaps with little exchange. To fill these gaps, the TYPO3 Academic Committee (T3AC) have established a one-hour online meeting that takes place approximately once a quarter, with a short keynote speech on an… [ Read more ](https://typo3.community/contribute/teams-committees/academic/happy-hour "Happy Hour") Members ------- ##### [ Martina Ahlswede ](https://my.typo3.org/u/ahlswedem) Leader, Leibniz Universität Hannover [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/762e5e07c16cb86dbbb36ee295b1869e?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/ahlswedem) ##### [ Matthias Greiling ](https://my.typo3.org/u/m.greiling) Co-Leader, Bergische Universität Wuppertal [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e6dcd303eb7ba26dce4f40bbdb6678b2?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/m.greiling) ##### [ Volker Burggräf ](https://my.typo3.org/u/artus70) Member, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2f83e268a0e52c98a85f4bbdd6cb6378?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/artus70) ##### [ Christiane Coester ](https://my.typo3.org/u/unisaar) Member, Universität des Saarlandes [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c6058a19020b00e69fbc54948d746fbf?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/unisaar) ##### [ Raman Ganguly ](https://my.typo3.org/u/raman.g) Member, Universität Wien [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3f9b0c85da409ba554fbe37ae5570c07?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/raman.g) ##### [ Ulfried Herrmann ](https://my.typo3.org/u/ulfried.herrmann@uni-weimar.de) Member, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/02b0c52276b45abe513ff4571ae5d6f4?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/ulfried.herrmann@uni-weimar.de) ##### [ Yvonne Kneip ](https://my.typo3.org/u/kneip) Member, Hochschule Osnabrück [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4b686d2343d4b64a8a1105f38a0fd520?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/kneip) ##### [ Martin Schuhmann ](https://my.typo3.org/u/mas) Member, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e77a03496db67af55547f6da14d441a2?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/mas) ##### [ Eric Schümann ](https://my.typo3.org/u/eschuemann) Member, Universität Erfurt [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/903ff0670524208b44443564777522ee?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/eschuemann) ##### [ Susanne Schwarz ](https://my.typo3.org/u/susanne.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de) Member, Universität Leipzig [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cf506257dc1276447b6b822342a4ea64?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/susanne.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de) ##### [ Kelly Neudorfer ](https://my.typo3.org/u/kelly.neudorfer) Advising member, Universität Hohenheim [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3e425216b8dbc47f605054c01dca1130?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/kelly.neudorfer) ##### [ Frank Schubert ](https://my.typo3.org/u/f.schubert) Advising member, Hochschule Darmstadt [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/01863b912ffc2cc4384d993e5d8c432e?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/f.schubert) ##### [ Jochen Weiland ](https://my.typo3.org/u/jweiland) TYPO3 Association Board Member [ ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/02e928f4d4af9a08ece48e9de3aef96d?s=60) ](https://my.typo3.org/u/jweiland)