The student council - that’s you!
The term “Fachschaft” is used in several different ways:
The whole student body #
Strictly speaking, “Fachschaft” refers to all students in a faculty or academic department. In our case, that means all students in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology—namely, the degree programs in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Technical Computer Science, as well as Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Electrical Power Engineering. That includes you!
The active members #
The Fachschaftsrat (student council) handles the Fachschaft’s day-to-day affairs. It consists of up to 25 people, elected each semester after the general assembly of all students in Department 6. The council’s primary role is to represent students to the faculty and the university.
Other responsibilities include advising students on all kinds of academic issues, supporting you first-year students, and organizing events such as the Uni Cup. To do this, the council is divided into several working groups, which are described on the following pages. If you’re interested, just stop by or send us an email. In addition, the student representatives on the Faculty Council are elected each year midway through the summer semester. Any student can run for these positions, though in practice the Fachschaftsrat is usually the only group to put forward candidates. The members of the Faculty Council, in turn, appoint the members of all the other committees and boards in our faculty, such as the Examination Board.
The rooms #
“Fachschaft” also refers to the rooms on the third floor at Augustinerbach 2a, which the university provides to the Fachschaftsrat for its work. During the semester, you can drop by during office hours every day. The rooms are also where the Fachschaftsrat and its working groups hold their meetings.
So what does that mean in practice? If you stop by our office at Augustinerbach 2a, you can:
- get answers to urgent and not-so-urgent questions
- get advice on any issues related to your program
- print out student reports on oral exams
- bind loose stacks of paper with colorful spiral binding
- print course materials for 5 cents per sheet
- pick up FSET stickers or buy patches
The Fachschaftsrat #
The Fachschaftsrat usually meets on Monday evenings for a public meeting, and you’re very welcome to join us. We discuss the past week’s events, hear updates from the working groups, and share reports from faculty and university committees.