University Elections 2024 – July 9 – MW Building

How to vote

All students of TUM can vote. This year, you elect two different committees:

Student Representatives: School of Engineering and Design

The 60 elected student representatives decide on university policy issues at School level and in the 5 student councils of our School. You have four votes. You can either
♦ distribute your four votes among the candidates manually, with up to 3 votes for one candidate.
♦ Or – if several lists (“parties”) are up for election – you also have the option of voting for one of the lists. In this case, the four votes are distributed between the first four candidates of the list.
The 60 candidates with the most votes will ultimately form your student representation at School level for the 2024/25 term of office. The top four candidates will also have the right to vote in the School Council (see the following pages) and represent your interests there.

Student senators: TUM-wide

The two elected senators represent the entire student body at university level in the Senate, the highest body at TUM (see the following pages). You have two votes. You can either
♦ give your two votes to individual candidates. It is possible to give both votes to the same candidate.
♦♦ Or – if several lists are up for election – simply vote for one of the lists. In this case, your votes will again be distributed mong the two first-placed candidates.

When and where to vote

All students at the School of Engineering and Design in Garching: Tuesday, July 9, 9:00 to 17:00, Court 0 (MW building).
If you don‘t have time on July 9 or are not on campus, you can apply for voting by mail via TUM-online until June 25!

Your vote counts!

But what are university elections?

Democracies have elections – so far so clear. But you can not only cast your vote for the state parliament, the Bundestag or the European Parliament, democratic principles are also practised at the university. In the university elections, university lecturers, academic staff and doctoral students, academic support staff and, of course, you, the students, elect your respective representatives. In particular, you elect students to represent you to the university management, professors and staff, but also to other student councils.

Why vote?

You are probably wondering why you should bother to go and vote and find out about the election. The answer is simple: it‘s about what ideas we want to implement for the future of our university, what should happen with our student grants or how our degree programmes should develop. And the more of us who vote, the more support our representatives enjoy and the better they can realise the interests of the students. A high student voter turnout therefore leads to more student co-determination at our school and university – and that benefits you directly!

What to vote for

You can find an overview of the committees to be elected and their tasks on the following pages.

Any questions?

If you have any suggestions or questions for your current student representatives, you can contact them at bhg@fsmb-tum.de (Mechanical Engineering) or bhg-ed@fs.tum.de (School of Engineering and Design). Of course, you can always drop by our student council office or join our weekly student council meeting (Monday, 17:30, MW 2150) – you can also find the minutes of the student council meeting on our website www.fsmb.de.