Honorary senators

Claus Detjen (1999)
Publisher, journalist, donor of the Viadrina Prize and a multifaceted supporter of the Viadrina

Dr Edgar Most (1999)
Managing director of Deutsche Bank, member of the board of the Viadrina Sponsors' Circle, sponsor of the Viadrina Graduate School „Capital Markets and Finance in an Enlarged Europe“

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. mult. Knut Ipsen (2011)
Founding Rector of the Viadrina

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Hans N. Weiler (2012)
First elected Rector of the Viadrina, co-initiator of the Viadrina Prize, Honorary Citizen of the City of Frankfurt (Oder)

Dr Richard Pyritz (2017 - posthumously)
Trustee of the Viadrina Sponsorship Circle, long-time supporter of the Rotary International District 1940 scholarship programme for students from Central and Eastern Europe

Dr Martin Heidenhain (2017)
Lawyer, founder of the Ludwig Heidenhain Foundation, long-standing sponsor of the scholarship programme for students from Central and Eastern Europe