The institute council is each institute's highest board. It is for instance responsible for the evaluation of the education, the structure of the course offerings, the staffing and the allocation of ressources, both on the department scale.

It consists of seven professors, 2 members of the scientific staff, two students und to members of the other staff.

• Institute council Chemistry
  
• Institute council Mathematics
  
• Institute councils Physics
  • Physics council
    
  • Institute council Solid Body Physics
  • Institute council Optics and Atomic Physics
  • Institute council Theoretical Physics