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All students enrolled at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar who are listed in the electoral register on the cut-off date are eligible to vote in student elections. The voting registry is valid for student government elections and university committee elections. 

Should you be registered to vote in the wrong faculty or with an incorrect name, please contact the Election Office within the objection period. 

For Student Employees Council elections, those registered to vote during the election proposal submission period may nominate candidates. Those registered as student employees in the voting registry on election day are eligible to vote.

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 Student 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)!

Each nominee must submit a profile. As soon as the candidates for the 2024/2025 legislative period have been confirmed, you can find them here.

In the student election for student self-administration, all students of a faculty elect twelve members who form their Student Council. 

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 Student Employees 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.  

If you wish to run in the 2024/2025 elections, you can nominate yourself from 5 to 28 April 2024*. The nomination proposal period begins on 5 April 2024 and you can submit nominations online here. You may also be nominated by someone else.

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 Student 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 Student 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 have until the end of the election period to withdraw your nomination. You also have the option of not accepting your seat within the rejection period should you be elected. In this case, you will remain listed as a deputy and may take office if the elected representative is unable to do so.

You may withdraw your nomination for the 2024/2025 legislative period up until 28 April 2024. If you have been elected and do not wish to accept your seat, you have until 26 May 2024 to decline your seat. 

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. 

Students govern themselves at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: The elected Student Council and 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 its subcommittees, in the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board or in the  Student Employees Council. This also applies in your faculty: Two students are always members of the Faculty Board. 

Run for office! Once a year, several committees are elected at the same time in early summer: Student 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 Student 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 Student 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 Student 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 Student Council. You can find relevant e-mail addresses under Student Representation Contacts on the homepage.