Walter Schultze (1 January 1894 – 16 August 1979) was a German physician and Reichsdozentenführer (Reich Leader of University Teachers) in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1943.

[1] He was involved in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, organising the getaway car.

Later, Schultze moved into politics, serving as a deputy of the Bavarian parliament between 1926 and 1931.

[1] Two years later, Schultze began the role for which he was best known, as Reich Leader of University Teachers.

[1] During his tenure, Schultze played a key part in implementing Nazi racial policies, asserting that the success of German universities depended on having "the type of the combat-ready political, National Socialist fighters who regard their 'Volk' as the supreme good".