Frank Bartsch was born in 1966 in Lippstadt/Westphalia and first studied economics and sports, then law at the University of Göttingen. He passed the first state examination in Göttingen in 1994 and the second state examination in Dortmund in 1996,

gaining his first professional experience after his first state examination as a legal assistant at the law firm Rödl & Partner Nuremberg within the scope of a temporary consulting assignment at Treuhandanstalt Halle a. d. Saale. Frank Bartsch was admitted to the bar between 1997 and 1998.

The first professional contact with the education market was already made during his legal internship: in October 1995, he received a teaching assignment for business law and business administration at the International Business School Lippstadt gGmbh, where he worked as an assistant to the business and study management from 1996 to December 1998. In 1999, he changed over to the state education sector as in-house counsel and representative of the head of administration of the University of Hildesheim.

In April 2001, Frank Bartsch was appointed Head of Administration of the University of Fine Arts Münster. From 2007 to 2008, he was also acting head of the administration’s office at the Robert Schumann University of Music and Media in Düsseldorf.

In addition to his work as head of administration, Frank Bartsch is a member in numerous committees and works as a lecturer. He holds various honorary offices and is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Verein zur Förderung des nationalen und internationalen Wissenschaftsrecht (Association for the Promotion of National and International Science Law).

Frank Bartsch holds the Medal of Honour of Robert Schumann University of Music and Media in Düsseldorf and has been awarded several teaching prizes by the University of Münster-Weiterbildungs-gGmbH.