Current elections 2025
- Publication of Electoral Rolls: 4 -10 April
- Start and end of Election Nomination Submissions: 4 -25 April
- Online-Election: 19 -25 May
3-year term of office: 1 October 2025 -30 September 2028
1-year term of office for students/ students employees: 1 October 2025 -30 September 2026
Details on the election procedure, the form for submitting nominations, the Electoral Roll with all eligible voters listed, the profiles created by the approved candidates and the link to the election portal with further information can be found here.
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Eligible voters, mandates and terms of office
Senate
| Who can vote? | Number of Mandates | Number of Seats | Term of Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professors and Junior Professors (Hochschullehrer*innen) | In the Senate with equal representation: 1 Representative per faculty In the Extended Senate: 2 Representatives per faculty, as well as 1 additional representative in the faculty with the largest constituency | In the Senate with equal representation: 4 Seats In the Extended Senate: 9 Seats | 3 Years |
Academic Employees In the Faculty of Art and Design, the academic employees form a joint constituency with the university administration and services scientific employees. | 1 Representative per faculty | 4 Seats | 3 Years |
| Students | 1 Representative per faculty | 4 Seats | 1 Year |
| Technical and Administrative Staff and Trainees Over the Age of 18 | 4 Representatives | 4 Seats | 3 Years |
Faculty Boards of the Individual Faculties
| Who can vote? | Number of Mandates | Term of Office |
|---|---|---|
| Professors and Junior Professors (Hochschullehrer*innen) | In the Faculty Board with equal representation: 2 Representatives per faculty In the Extended Faculty Board: 5 Representatives per faculty | 3 Years |
| Academic Employees | 2 Representatives | 3 Years |
| Students | 2 Representatives | 1 Year |
| Technical and Administrative Staff | 2 Representatives | 3 Years |
Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
| Who is eligible to nominate and vote? | All members regardless of their group and constituency | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is eligible to be elected? | All female members at the university | |
| Who is elected for which term of office? | - 1 Equal Opportunity Officer per faculty | 3 Years 3 Years 1 Year |
| Who makes up a constituency? | - Each faculty - The University Administration and Services group - Students |
Student Employees Council
| Who can vote? | How many seats are up for election? | What is the term in office? |
|---|---|---|
| Student, artistic and research assistants who have research and teaching support responsibilities | 3 Representatives | 1 Year |
Doctoral Council
| Who can vote? | How many seats are up for election? | What is the term in office? | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral candidates accepted by the faculty Graduate Admissions Committees |
| 2 Years |
DFG-Review Board Elections
| Who can vote? | Who can be elected? | What is the term in office? |
|---|---|---|
| Professors, junior professors and post-doctoral academic staff members | in the DFG-specified field and allocated number of seats per subject | 4 Years |
Admission
Election organization
Election Board
The members of the Election Board are:
- Prof. Dr. Silvio Beier - Chair (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Melzner (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Deputy
for the Professors and Junior Professors (Hochschullehrer) group - Christina Kleffel - Deputy Chair (University Library)
Christiane Lewe (Faculty of Media), 1st Deputy
Jannis Leuther (Faculty of Media), 2nd Deputy
for the Scientific Employees group - Oskar Wienecke (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism)
Yihang Guo (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism), Deputy
for Student group - Konstanze Bleul (Research Operations Office)
Damaris Schneider (Research Operations Office), Deputy
Technology and Administration Employees group
Election Board Duties:
The Election Board is responsible for preparing and implementing the elections. The members must carry out their tasks impartially and conscientiously.
Election Review Committee
The members of the Election Review Committee are:
- Dr. Steffi Heine (Legal Adviser), Chair
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Carsten Könke (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering) for the Professors and Junior Professors (Hochschullehrer) group
- Dr. Martin Kästner (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Dr. Thomas Haupt (Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Deputy for the Scientific Employees group - Lara Hoppestock (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism), Deputy for Student group
- Yvonne Puschatzki (University Communications)
Uta Winkler (Research Operations Office), Deputy for the Technology and Administration Employees group
Election Review Committee Duties:
The Election Review Committee is responsible for reviewing all election-related activities in accordance with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar election regulations. The Committee is responsible for making decisions on any objections to Election Board resolutions, objections to the assignment to a faculty, decisions based on objections made by the Election Officer, and decisions regarding election challenges in the context of an election audit.
The members must carry out their tasks impartially and conscientiously.
Election Committees
The university administration and services and each of the faculties has an election committee. The committee members are appointed by the respective dean or the Chancellor.
The four faculties have one student election committee. The members of the student election committee are appointed by the StuKo (Student Government) Board.
The election committees of the respective faculties consist of:
- one representative from:
the Professors and Junior Professors (Hochschullehrer)group
the Scientific Employees group
the Technology and Administration Employees group
the Student group
The university administration and services election committee consists of:
- two representatives from:
the Scientific Employees group
the Technology and Administration Employees group
The student election committee consists of:
- two representatives from each faculty
from the Student group
Election Committee Duties:
The election committee supports the Election Board with preparing for and implementing elections, in particular by helping to secure a sufficient number of candidates and, if necessary, through publicly presenting candidates and tallying votes. The Election Board may assign duties to the student election committee during the course of elections. The members must carry out their tasks impartially and conscientiously.
Online Election Portal Information
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar committees online elections are conducted with the support of POLYAS GmbH. POLYAS provides election software to the university for this purpose. The election software is individually customised for committee elections at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and operated in compliance with data protection regulations and allows simple, reliable and transparent online elections. Data of those entitled to vote are stored at the university and not passed on to POLYAS GmbH. This excludes the data of candidates running for election. POLYAS functions as a processor in accordance with university directives operates in collaboration with trusted partners. POLYAS GmbH is obligated to maintain confidentiality in their processing of data and is contractually bound to the agreed upon and legally prescribed data security measures.
Election Office Duties
The Election Office reports to the Chancellor as Election Officer and is responsible for organising the following committee elections:
• Senate
• Faculty Board
• Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
The Election Office assists with the organisation and implementation of the following elections:
• Student Employees Council
• Doctoral Council
• Student Council
• DFG Review Boards
The Election Office is the Administrative Office of the:
• Election Officer
• Election Board
• Election Review Committee
Legal principles
- Thüringer Hochschulgesetz
- Grundordnung der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Wahlordnung der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 1. Änderung
- Wahlordnung des Assistentenrats
- Satzung des Promovierendenrats
- Satzung der Studierendenschaft der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Wahlordnung der Studierendenschaft der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 1. Änderung
- Wahlordnung für die Wahl der Mitglieder der Fachkollegien der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
IT Security
Data Protection Information in Accordance with Art. 13 and 14 of the EU-GDPR
The protection of your personal data is important to us.
Our Data Protection Policy provides information on our how the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar stores and forwards personal data of voters and candidates in order to carry out the election, as well as information on your rights regarding your personal data.