Organization

LIKAT is a research institution within the Leibniz Association. As an "An-Institut", an institute connected with but legally independent of another organisation (in LIKAT’s case the University of Rostock), LIKAT has the legal form of a registered association; its constituent bodies are the general meeting, the board of curators and the scientific and industrial advisory board.  On the basis of parity, it is jointly financed by its host state - Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (MV) - and the German federal government. In terms of the specialist subject matter, at host-state level the responsibility lies with the Ministry for Education, Science and Culture; at national level it lies with the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The institute’s organisational structure is presented in the organigram.