1986-1991 studied Economics at the Universität Hohenheim

1991-1996 research assistant for the professorship for Public Finance at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum;
Title of doctoral thesis: "Higher education institutions and financial autonomy"

Since 1996 lectureship positions at the FH Osnabrück, the Hochschule Bremen, the Universität Oldenburg, the Donau-Universität Krems and the DHV Speyer

Since 2004 professor for higher education and research management at the FH Osnabrück. Head of the Higher Education and Research Management study programme Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsmanagement at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Social Sciences

1996-2006 project manager at the non-profit making CHE Centre for Higher Education Development

2007-2008 Managing director of CHE Consult

Co-editor of the ”Wissenschaftsmanagement“ magazine

Activity focus at CHE Consult:

• Advising HEIs and funding bodies (ministries, governments) during the development of management- and target-orientated steering models as well as concrete management instruments. Focal points: strategic management, higher education funding, target agreements, controlling, organisation and governance
• Mediation of change and strategy processes at HEIs
• Development, communication and agenda setting for new models of business management steering (still adequate for the scientific system) in the higher education sector
• Communication of results, standards and best practices in higher education management as assistant and lecturer in the context of further training programmes; compilation of concepts for study offers within higher education management
• Elaboration of standards, evaluations and expert activities in all respects of higher education steering and higher education management
• Comprehensive international experience such as: in cross-European benchmarking processes, internationally comparative higher education research, world-wide training offers for higher education management, advising European HEIs and governments.

• 08/1996 - 12/2006 at CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung as project manager
• 01/2007 - 07/2008 at CHE Consult as managing director
• Since 08/2008 at CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung as managing director

• Ziegele, Frank; van Vught, Frans: "U-Multirank" und "U-Map" als Ansätze zur Schaffung von Transparenz im europäischen und globalen Hochschulsystem - Konzepte und Erfahrungen, in: Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung, München (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung 2 | 2013, München, 2013, S. 50-75
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• Ziegele, Frank: Classification of Higher Education Institutions: The European Case
  Clasificatión de las instituciones de educatión superior: el caso europeo, in: Pensamiento Educativo, Journal of Latinamerican Educational Research (PEL) - a publication of the Faculty of Education of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Volumen 50, Número 1, (2013), S. 76-95
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• Ziegele, Frank: European Trends in Performance-Oriented Funding, in: Sjur Bergan, Strasbourg; Eva Egron-Polak, Paris; Jürgen Kohler, Greifswald; Lewis Purser, Dublin (The Editorial Board); Raabe Academic Publishers, Berlin (Hrsg.): Leadership and Governance in Higher Education - Handbook for Decisiion-makers and Administrators, 1/2013, Berlin, 2013, S. 71-88
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• Ziegele, Frank: "AHELO goes Germany" - aber nur, wenn Ziele geklärt, Methoden optimiert und Risiken eingedämmt sind, in: Edith Braun, André Donk, Margret Bülow-Schramm (Hrsg.): AHELO goes Germany! - Dokumentation des GfHf - & HIS--HF-Workshops, Hannover & Hamburg, 2013, S. 41-54