To guarantee excellent research and management structures, the Graduate School Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ) has installed an external advisory board, consisting of members from academia and industry. The advisory board supports MAINZ in general issues and, in particular, in its regular evaluation procedures. The board meets every other year to evaluate the graduate school.
The members of the MAINZ Advisory Board are:
| Research Area | Name | Institution | Function |
| Functional Polymers | Prof. Dr. Harm-Anton Klok | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland | Head of Polymers Laboratory at EPFL |
| Industrial Relations | Dr. Torsten Mau | Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany | Head of HP Supply and Global Quality |
| Hybrid Materials | Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery | University of Oldenburg, Germany | Laboratory Head and Vice President for Research |
| Model Systems and Correlated Matter | Prof. Dr. emer. Gernot Güntherodt | RWTH Aachen University, Germany | Former Director of the II. Department of Physics |
| Bio-Related Materials | Prof. Dr. Markus Deserno | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA | Associate Department Head |