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All enrolled students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar who are registered in the electoral register as of the deadline are eligible to vote in student elections.

Those registered in the electoral register as student assistants at the time of submitting the election proposal and on the day of the election are eligible to vote in the Assistant Council election.

Voting is done online. For this purpose, an e-mail will be sent to your university e-mail address before the first day of voting, in which you will find a link to your individual access data to the voting portal. 

Election for student self-administration

For the Faculty Staff Council election, you have five votes. Votes may be distributed among different candidates. You can also vote for the same candidate more than once.

Election for a university committee

For the Senate election, you have one vote.

For the Faculty Board election, you have two votes. Votes may be distributed among different candidates. You may also vote for the same candidate twice.

For the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board election, you have two votes. If you are a student assistant or a scientific/artistic assistant, you have three votes for the Student Employees Council election. Votes may be distributed among several candidates, or you may cast all your available votes for just one candidate.

You don’t have to use all your votes. In the spirit of democratic engagement, we hope that you take part in the election and cast your vote(s)!

The election for the 2023/2024 term is over. You can see the results here.

In the student election for a university body, all students of a faculty elect a student representative for the Senate and their two representatives for the Faculty Board of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.  

Two female student representatives – irrespective of faculty affiliation – are elected to the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board. Three assistants are to be elected to the Assistant Council, whereby only student assistants and scientific/artistic assistants who are employed as assistants in research and teaching at the university are eligible to stand for election.  

The election for the 2023/2024 term is over. As soon as the next election period begins, we will inform you here about the schedule.

Every enrolled student of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar who is registered in the electoral register as of the deadline may stand for election. You may only stand as representative of a faculty in which you are studying. 

You may only stand for election to the Student Employees Council if you belong to the voting-entitled student assistant or scientific/artistic assistant group.

The term of office for elected honorary student posts is one year. Such posts include Faculty Staff Councils, the Senate, the Faculty Board, the Student Government, the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board and the Student Employees Council. For all other volunteer student positions, you are either delegated or appointed. In such cases, the term of office is indefinite – i.e., for as long as you want to participate – or lasts until the committee is dissolved (for example, in the case of an appointment committee for a professorship).

The term of office for a Student Council committee begins with the constituent meeting approximately one week after the election.

The term of office for university committees always begins at the start of the respective upcoming winter semester on 1 October.  

Absolutely! If, for example, you would like to be on the Faculty Board, it may make sense for you to also be a member of your Faculty Staff Council. That way it would be easier to represent students’ interests in an interconnected and structured capacity. On the other hand, this is not a must; do what interests you and what you have capacity for.  

If you wish to withdraw your candidacy, you can change your mind and withdraw your nomination up until the end of the election period. Of course, you also have the option of declining your post after winning an election. In this case, you would remain listed as a substitute and could take the reins in the event that the current post holder becomes unable to continue.

For all intents and purposes, involvement in committees at university is a voluntary undertaking. Volunteering isn’t just cool – it’s also work. But with this work comes a lot of benefits: in student government, we organise events, articulate student interests and strive to ensure that precisely this voluntary post is better recognised. 

At our democratic university, the voice of students is important for ensuring that student interests are at the forefront of decisions taken by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. And even beyond this contribution, involvement in university politics is an opportunity to better understand university structures, to establish contact with other students and to hone personal skills. 

You can get an overview of committees with student participation here In addition to committee structures, you can also learn about the areas of responsibility of individual committees. 

At the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, students act in self-administration: Faculty Staff Councils and the StuKo (Student Government) are composed exclusively of students. In addition, all important committees at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar not only comprise members of the university, but also students representing students’ interests: for example, in the Senate and subcommittees of the Senate, in the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board or in the Student Employees Council. This is also true in your faculty: there are always two student representatives on the Faculty Board. 

Run for office! Once a year, several committees are elected at the same time in early summer: Faculty Staff Councils, the student members of the Senate, the Faculty Board, the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board and the Student Employees Council.

But you can also do a lot outside of the elections. Open positions are regularly published on the M18 website (the student house). The StuKo (Student Government) and Faculty Staff Councils also provide information about voluntary student posts where your involvement is needed.

Of course, some committees are more time-consuming than others. But all students involved in committees perform their committee duties alongside their studies. Some committees meet less frequently than others. Some posts can be performed well simultaneously, whilst for others this is not the case. Students who currently hold this office can help you if you are unsure about what best suits your interests and the amount of work involved. 

Even without a post, you can get involved spontaneously or temporarily as a voluntary member of the Faculty Staff Council. After all, every bit of support counts, irrespective of whether you have been elected to the committee or are available as a deputy or substitute and can be deployed if the post holder is unable to exercise his or her office. Even if you can't imagine a permanent posting at this point, that shouldn’t be an obstacle to getting involved in university politics.

Every bit of student involvement brings a great deal of value for the student body, the university and also for yourself. All skills are welcomed: organising events, text or design savvy, listening, networking or, of course, representing opinions. None of us are professionals and we are constantly learning. 

Are you motivated, like to stand up for others and want to network with new people? That’s all you need for now – you won’t just be thrown in at the deep end. Handover reports and support from former committee members will help you get started in your new posting!

Certainly! In principle, committee meetings are always open to the university public: that means you can listen in as a guest when the Senate meets, or drop in at the next meeting of your Faculty Staff Council. It isn’t always easy to find out when and where committee meetings are taking place. If you have questions about dates or current topics, or if you just want to drop by, it’s best to contact your Faculty Staff Council. You can find relevant e-mail addresses under Student Representation Contacts on the homepage.