Each of the Fraunhofer Institutes has a Board of Trustees to advise the management of the Institute and the Management Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. They include personalities from academic life, business and government. The members of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer IPT in the year 2025 are as follows:
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- Dr.-Ing. Stefan Nöken, Supervisory Board, Advisory Board and member of the Strategy Committee at Vaillant Group, Vorwerk Group and Hoerbiger Holding AG
 
The members of the Board of Trustees
- Dr.-Ing. Hedi Bachmann, Cerobear GmbH, Herzogenrath
 - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Bobzin, Surface Engineering Institute, RWTH Aachen University
 - Dr.-Ing. Uwe H. Böhlke, Independent Supervisory Board Member
 - Dr.-Ing. Christof Bönsch, freelance consultant
 - Hans-Dieter Franke, MPower Franke GmbH
 - Dr. rer. nat. Wiebke Lüke, WEW GmbH
 - Dr.-Ing. Rainer Martens, independent consultant
 - Hartmut Pausewang, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
 - Dr.-Ing. Walther Pelzer, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
 - Thomas Trännapp, Chancellor of the RWTH Aachen University
 - Dr.-Ing. Annika Utz, Robert Bosch GmbH