Have a say, get involved, make a decision. Your vote counts!
With your vote, you give the Students’ Representatives your backing and ensure that your interests are taken into consideration when shaping FAU. Each vote strengthens our community, each vote helps shape FAU.
The university elections and the elections for the doctoral candidates’ representatives have started.
All it takes to cast your vote is just a few clicks, and voting is open until 11 am on June 23, 2026.
Anleitung zur Stimmabgabe (German) / Instructions on how to vote (English)
Further Information
Who can be elected?
This year, students at FAU will vote for their representatives in the Faculty Councils and in the Student Council. With their vote, they will also decide who will represent them in the Student Committees and in the Appointments Council for the School of Theology. The election for the doctoral candidates’ representatives will take place at the same time as the other university elections, with doctoral candidates from each faculty voting on who should represent them. The elected members form the Doctoral Candidates’ Council.
The approved nominations for the university elections and the elections for the doctoral candidates’ representatives have already been announced and are available on the Elections Office’s website.
Voting has never been easier!
All students and doctoral candidates entered in the electoral register at the time the electoral register was closed on May 19 are eligible to vote. Polling cards can be accessed in the FAU elections portal or have already been sent by post.
Votes are cast via the FAU election portal after registering with your FAU IdM login. The election portal guides you step by step through the process for casting your vote electronically. All the information and the election system itself are available in German and English.
How do I decide who to vote for?
The websites of the FAU Elections Office, the Students’ Representatives and the Doctoral Candidate’s Council give useful information about the candidates and groups as well as the members and tasks of the committees for which representatives are to be elected.
Go to hochschulwahlkompass.de to check your points of view against the positions on the lists for the Student Council.
What happens after the election?
After votes are counted, the results and the turnout for the individual committees are published on the Elections Office website. The term of office for the new members will begin on October 1, 2026 and last for one year.
Contact:
- Elections Office, Freyeslebenstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, room 03.5234
- Carolin Bautz, phone +49 9131 85-25805
- Sonja Vaask, phone +49 9131 85-25826