All ordinary members are assigned to one of the eight classes of the Academy:
I. HUMANITIES / classis scientiarum philosophicarum atque historicarum
DEAN / decanus : Helmut Reinalter
II. MEDICINE / classis artis medicinae
DEAN / decanus: Ferdinand Haschke
III. ARTS / classis artium
DEAN / decanus: Peter Weibel
IV. NATURAL SCIENCES / classis scientiarum naturalium
DEAN / decanus: Heinz-Otto Peitgen
V. SOCIAL SCIENCES, LAW & ECONOMICS / classis iurisprudentiae necnon scientiarum et socialium et oeconomicarum
DEAN / decanus: Kurt Schmoller
VI. TECHNICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / classis disciplinarum technicarum et classis disciplinarum oecologicarum
DEAN / decanus: Hans Suenkel
VII. WORLD RELIGIONS / classis theologiae universalis
DEAN / decanus: Elmar Kuhn
VIII. CORPORATE & PUBLIC GOVERNANCE / classis regimen reipublicae et negotii
DEAN / decanus: Stefan Schepers