Andreas Frey (born 5 June 1967 in
Geislingen an der Steige
Geislingen an der Steige () is surrounded by the heights of the Swabian Jura, Swabian Alb and embedded in 5 valleys. It is a town in the Göppingen (district), district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The name relates ...
, Germany) is a German economical scientist
and Rector of the
Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science (HfWU) for the period 2013 – 2019.
Biography
Andreas Frey grew up in Geislingen and took „Abitur“ at the Michelberg-Gymnasium before studying at the
University of Wisconsin
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...
, USA, and at the
University of Ulm
Ulm University () is a public university in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science. With 9,891 studen ...
, where he was awarded his doctorate (Dr. rer nat.) After a post-doc at the
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Tokyo Institute of Technology () was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024.
The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a De ...
and further research activities in the same city he returned to Germany to take up a post as a systems engineer at Siemens AG.
In 2004 he was awarded the professorship of Economic Mathematics, Statistics and Informatics at the
University of Osnabrück
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...
in Germany, where he taught until 2013. He was also Dean of Education and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Science, and headed a working group on „International Strategy“. Further, he was a spokesman for the Innovation Centre for Internationalisation and representative for China, organising the German-Chinese Symposium as well as China and Japan Weeks in Osnabrueck.
In April 2013 he was elected Rector of the HfWU for a period of six years, as successor of Werner Ziegler. He took office on 1 October 2013.
Publications
Frey is author of more than 30 publications in German and English; he has been guest professor at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade and visiting scientist at
Waseda University
Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...
in Japan.
References
External links
Webpage Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science
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Living people
1967 births
People from Göppingen (district)
University of Ulm alumni
Tokyo Institute of Technology alumni
Heads of universities in Germany
German economists
Academic staff of Waseda University