Dr. Georg Schütte

State Secretary

26.10.1962

born in Rheine; Catholic, married, 2 children

1984-1989

Journalism studies at Dortmund University and City University of New York
Scholar of the German-American Fulbright Commission
Master of Arts, Television and Radio, City University of New York / Journalist (Diploma) (USA)

1989-1994

Research work at the DFG Special Research Programme 240 "Onscreen Media" at the University of Siegen
Visiting Fellow, Harvard University Cambridge MA/USA, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Joan Shorenstein Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation

PhD at Dortmund University

1993-1994

Research assistant and personal advisor to the Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn

1995-1998

Research assistant at the University of Siegen; teaching assignments at the universities of Siegen, Lüneburg, Mannheim and Dortmund

1998-2001

Head of Policy Matters at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn

2001-2003

Executive Director of the German-American Fulbright Commission, Berlin
Member of the Expert Group "Benchmarking Human Resources", EU Commission, Directorate General Research, Brussels (until 2002)

2004-2009

Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn

since December 2009

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research