21. - 31. May 2021 | whole day | Online Voting

Where and when does voting take place?

The university elections 2021 take place from Friday, 21th May, 12:00 until Monday, 31th May, 12:00. Due to the pandemic, the voting is done online from home. Further information is sent to you via e-mail from the election office of the TU Darmstadt.

Who can vote?

All registered students at the TU Darmstadt. The simple rule is: if you have a student ID, you can vote. This includes Erasmus students as well as other international students.

Who elects who?

Elections at the central level

Universitätsversammlung/University General Assembly 

15 student representatives are elected to the University General Assembly ( UV ). This council  deals with the affairs, basically of interest to the university .The tasks, in particular are taking stances for the development at the university , teaching and research at the university 

Studierendenparlament /Student Parliament 

31 student representatives are elected to this council . Student parliament is the highest council of the student union and is elected every year. It is among other duties, responsible for the election of AStA - the executive committee of the students union and deciding the financial  budget with the  student contributions. 

At the central level, the following list are running:

Wahlen auf Dezentraler Ebene

Fachbereichsräte /Faculty councils

The student representatives in the faculty council comprising the professors and students , are also elected during the elections.This council deals with the basic issues which concern the faculty department and do not come under the purview and responsibility of the Dean. This council is the highest deciding authority for the faculty. Among other tasks , it decides the examination rules , study curriculum rules, appointment of the appointment committee and employment of new lecturers, utilisation of funds from the department including that for the personnel costs and appointment of the exams committee. 5 students are respectively elected in each faculties 1,2, 4, 7, 13 und 16 and in the faculties 3, 5, 10, 11, 15, 18 and 20 respectively 3 students each . 

Joint commission of some faculties 

Student representatives to the common council of the following faculties  are also elected . For Computational Engineering ( CE ) and Mechanical Engineering respectively 3 students are elected and for Information Systems and Mechatronics respectively 2 students are elected 

Fachschaftsräte /Student council in every faculty 

Nine student representatives in every department are elected in the faculties 1, 2, 3, 16, 18 and 20.  Seven student representatives are elected respectively in faculties 4, 13 and 15 . In the faculties of 5, 7, 10 and 11, respectively 5 student representatives and in the faculty departments CE, Mechanical engineering and Mechatronics , respectively 3 students. 

Auf dezentraler Ebene wählt ihr eure Fachschaft:

Official information about the elections 

More information about the elections , complete list of the currently elected people and the election results of last year , you find it here in the website of the election office 

Voter turnout

The voter turnout numbers can be found on the Website of the election office