Curators
| Term of office | Name | First name | Title | Life data |
|---|
| 1765-1769 | Oppel | Friedrich Wilhelm von | Oberberghauptmann | 1720-1769 |
| 1769-1785 | Ponickau | Adam Friedrich von | Oberberghauptmann | 1702-1785 |
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| 1769-1784 | Ohain | Carl Eugen Pabst von | Berghauptmann | 1718-1784 |
| 1784-1801 | Heynitz | Carl Wilhelm Benno von | Merghauptmann | 1737-1801 |
| 1801-1819 | Trebra | Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von | Oberberghauptmann | 1740-1819 |
| 1819-1821 | Gutschmid | Georg Adolf Freiherr von | Berghauptmann | 1764-1825 |
| 1821-1838 | Herder | Siegmund August Wolfgang Freiherr von | Oberberghauptmann | 1776-1838 |
| 1838-1842 | Freiesleben | Johann Carl | Berghauptmann | 1774-1846 |
| 1842-1867 | Beust | Friedrich Costantin Freiherr von | Oberberghauptmann | 1806-1891 |
| 1868 (acting) | Warnsdoff | Ernst Rudolf von | Obergrat | 1806-1871 |
Directors
(1869 - 1871 three-member board of directors, Chairman: von der Planitz)
| Term of office | Name | First name | Title | Life data |
|---|
| 1869-1871 | Edler von der Planitz | Carl Maximilian Ehregott | Obergrat | 1811-1883 |
| 1869-1871 | Scheerer | Theodor | Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil. | 1813-1875 |
| 1869-1871 | Weisbach | Julius Ludwig | Obergrat Prof. Dr.phil.h.c. | 1806-1871 |
| 1871 | Cotta | Bernhard von | Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil. | 1808-1879 |
| 1871-1875 | Zeuner | Gustav Anton | Geheimer Rat Prof. Dr.phil. Dr.h.c. Dr.-Ing.E.h. | 1828-1907 |
| 1875-1896 | Judge | Theodor Hieronymus | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil.h.c. | 1824-1898 |
| 1896-1899 | Winkler | Clemens | Geheimer Rat Prof. Dr.phil. Dr.-Ing.E.h. | 1838-1904 |
Rectors
| Term of office | Name | First name | Title | Life data |
|---|
| 1899-1901 | Ledebur | Adolf | Geheimer Bergrat Professor | 1837-1906 |
| 1901-1903 | Papperitz | Erwin | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil. | i1857-1938 |
| 1903-1905 | Ledebur | Adolf | | |
| 1905-1907 | Papperitz | Erwin | | |
| 1907-1909 | Erhard | Theodor | Geheimer Bergrat Prof.. Dr.phil. | 1839-1919 |
| 1909-1911 | Treptow | Emil | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.h. | i1854-1935 |
| 1911-1913 | Beck | Richard | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil Dr.phil.h.c. Dr.mont.h.c. | 1858-1919 |
| 1913-1915 | Kolbeck | Friedrich | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil. Dr.techn.E.h. | 1860-1943 |
| 1915-1917 | Galli | Johannes | Geheimer Bergrat Professor | 1856-1927 |
| 1917-1919 | Schiffner | Carl | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.-Ing.E.h. | 1865-1945 |
| 191919-1920 | Brunck | Otto | Geheimer Bergrat Prof. Dr.phil. | 1866-1946 |
| 1920-1922 | Fritzsche | Otto | Prof. Dr.- Ing.Ing. | i1877-1962 |
| 1922-1923 | Kolbeck | Friedrich | | |
| 1923-1924 | Papperitz | Erwin | | |
| 1924-1926 | Brion | Georg | Prof. Dr.phil. | 1873-1950 |
| 1926-1928 | Wandhoff | Erich | Prof. Dr.phil. | 1879-1934 |
| 1928-1930 | Kögler | Franz | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1882-1939 |
| 1930-1931 | Brunck | Otto | | |
| 1931-1933 | Walther | Reinhold Freiherr von | Prof. Dr.phil. | 1866-1945 |
| 1933-1935 | Schumacher | Friedrich | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1884-1975 |
| 1935-1937 | Madel | Johannes | Professor | 1887-1939 |
| 1937-1939 | Höltje | Robert | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1901-1945 |
| 1939-1944 | Brenthel | Franz | Professor | 1891-1957 |
| 1944-1945 | Uhlitzsch | Heinz | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1893-1971 |
| 1945-1946 | Regler | Friedrich | Prof. Dr.phil.habil. | 1901-1976 |
| 1946-1947 | Grüß | Gerhard | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1902-1950 |
| 1947-1949 | Diepschlag | Ernst | Professor | 1885-1953 |
| 1949-1953 | Leutwein | Friedrich | Prof. Dr.phil.nat.habil. | 1911-1974 |
| 1953-1955 | Kirchberg | Helmut | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1906-1983 |
| 1955-1957 | Meißer | Otto | Prof. Dr.phil.habil. | 1899-1966 |
| 1957-1959 | Härtig | Helmut | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1902-1997 |
| 1959-1961 | Oelsner | Oscar | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1902-1963 |
| 1961-1963 | Hollweg | Günther | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1902-1963 |
| 1963-1965 | Wrana | Joachim | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1909-1986 |
| 1965-1967 | Lüdemann | Karl-Friedrich | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | 1912-1967 |
| 1967-1970 | Köhler | Johann | Prof. Dr.oec.habil. | 1920-2007 |
| 1970-1976 | Rotter | Dietrich | Prof. Dr.sc.techn. | 1929-1984 |
| 1976-1982 | Strzodka | Klaus | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1927-2005 |
| 1982-1988 | Emons | Hans-Heinz | Prof. Dr.sc.nat. | *1930 |
| 1988-1991 | Gerhardt | Horst | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | 1935-2021 |
| 1991-1997 | Stoyan | Dietrich | Prof. Dr.rer.nat.habil. | *1940 |
| 1997-2000 | Schlegel | Ernst | Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. | *1936 |
| 2000-2008 | Unland | Georg | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | *1953 |
| 2008 (acting) | Schlömann | Michael | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. | *1957 |
| 2008-2015 | Meyer | Bernd | Prof. Dr.-Ing. | *1952 |
| 2015-today | Barbknecht | Klaus-Dieter | Prof. Dr. | *1958 |