Student elections

• Anna Paepcke
• Anna Eva-Maria Junker
• Jan Moritz Mayer
• Thekla Ernst
• Svenja Heppenheimer

1st meeting 23.02.2026 from 6 pm in room 0215 in the Studihaus

For general questions about the election:

• departmental student bodies[at]asta.uni-kassel[dot]de

For specific questions or complaints about the implementation:

• studentischer.wahlausschuss[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Further information:

• Electoral Office of the University
• Statutes and regulations

1 The Student Parliament (StuPA) represents the entire student body, appoints the General Students' Committee (AStA), monitors its work and sets guidelines. The AStA in turn manages the student body's funds and conducts its business.

2. the Faculty Student Councils (FSR) represent the students of a Faculty, organize events for their students, provide support in the event of difficulties and campaign for better conditions in their Faculty.

3. the Faculty Councils (FBR) are made up of teaching staff, employees and students and organize the Faculties. Among other things, they elect the Dean's Office and develop examination regulations.

4. the University Senate is the supreme decision-making body of the university and decides on the development and structure of the university. It also elects the Presidential Board.

The election takes place as a list election. Lists are similar to parties and bring together a number of people under one name and one political stance. According to their election results, the lists receive seats in the committees, which are then filled according to the order specified in the list.

- The Stupa has 25 seats,
- The University Senate has 3 seats for students
- The student councils have between 12 and 20 seats (depending on the size of the Faculty)

If there is only one list for a committee, there is an election of persons, whereby the seats to be filled are filled according to the order of the votes received.

If a person receives a seat on a committee based on the position on the list and the election result of the list, but is unable to take up this seat (e.g. because AStA staff cannot hold a seat on the Stupa at the same time), the next place on the list moves up.

During a current legislature, no new personnel can be added to the lists, i.e. during the course of a legislature, seats may remain unfilled if an elected list has no personnel who can move up.

As part of a democratic society, universities are also democratically organized. Virtually no one in a decision-making position has not been elected to it.

Whether it's professors you like (or not), exam regulations that stress you out (or not), the design of the campus you like (or not) - it's all because people who were elected made decisions. And most of these people were either directly elected in an election like the upcoming one, or indirectly by those who were elected in it.

You could list countless things that affect you in your daily studies and whose future is also decided by the current election. Whether it's the campus garden or the dye shop, the semester ticket or the semester contribution or one of the numerous committees that regulate the many circumstances of studying - all of this can change, for better or for worse.

That's why we need your informed voice and your participation to put capable people in positions where they can vigorously represent your interests.

A list is an association of students who stand together in university elections - for example for the Student Parliament (StuPa) or the University Senate. A list usually has a common goal or topic for which it wants to campaign, similar to parties.