election of the Doctoral Representatives' Council - 09.06.2026

Cast your vote

Online voting on 9 June 2026

Saarland University is electing its first official Doctoral Representatives' Council – and you can play an active role in shaping it! Get involved, either by casting your vote or by standing for election yourself.

 

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What is the Doctoral Representatives' Council?

The interfaculty Doctoral Representatives' Council represents the interests of all doctoral students at Saarland University. It considers matters affecting doctoral students and may submit position statements on these issues to the Senate and the Faculty Council. The Doctoral Representatives' Council consists of at most one member and one deputy member from each faculty and is elected for a term of one year.

An English version of the regulations can be found here.

 

 

Wahlausschreiben

For more information on the election process see the election announcement.

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Registration in the electoral register

All doctoral students who are enrolled or registered at Saarland University are eligible to vote and stand for election. Voter data has been compiled on 20 April 2026, 

Further information on enrolment and registration as a doctoral student can be found on the Early Career Office website.

 

Nominations

Nominations must be submitted in writing to the Electoral Office by no later than 19 May; electronic submission is also accepted. You may nominate yourself or others, provided you are eligible to vote. Contact: academic-career(at)uni-saarland.de
contact: academic-career(at)uni-saarland.de

Electoral Office

The election is being organized by the Early Career Office at Saarland University and coordinated with a group of doctoral students who have volunteered to act as members of the Electoral Office ('election officers'). Only doctoral students who are not standing as candidates themselves may act as election officers. Ideally, each faculty will put forward at least one doctoral student to serve as an election officer, as this ensures that the role remains closely connected to the doctoral community in that faculty. 

Further information will be provided in the official notice of election and on this web page.