How can you genuinely change your own education?

At Roskilde University, university elections are held every autumn, where students run for various councils and committees to represent their fellow students' interests in the spaces where decisions are made.

Anyone interested in influencing RUC can be a candidate for the election. Typically, a range of different organizations put forward candidates for the various councils and committees. As a student, you can contribute to the influential student democracy either by running yourself or by remembering to vote.

If you want to see who your current representatives are in the different committees and councils, you can find them here on RUC Intra.

Study

There are a total of 15 study boards at the university, but in your first year, one particular study board is especially relevant, depending on whether you are in humanities, social sciences or natural sciences. The study board has room for four students. Vote for those you believe can best represent you, as this is where you have a greater influence on the individual students in the program.

Academic council

In the Academic Council, there is room for six students. Typically, this is where the most candidates run, and during election week you can look forward to learning about all the different candidates and what they plan to do to represent the students' interests.

University board

In the University Board, there is room for two students, with the elected candidates serving for 2 years at a time. Besides the students, employees from RUC and external representatives also sit on the board. For this reason, it is especially important to elect students who are well-prepared to dare to oppose others and advocate for the students' interests.

Agate Cordero

Mille Schou Ottesen

(HumTek)

Sofie Würtz

Who can you vote for?

The academic council & university board

In the Student Council, our first priority is always student representation, which is why we select and nominate a candidate from each of RUC’s bachelor programs. Additionally, we also have an international candidate and a candidate who represents a larger group of students from a specific category, which last year was in the form of a representative for the graduate students.

When working in the Student Council, one gains a lot of experience in how RUC functions. For the University Board, we therefore nominate individuals who have worked in the Student Council for a long time and whom we know have the skills to advocate for the students' interests in an intimidating environment.

Every year, several candidates run for election, usually supported by one of the organizations here at RUC. This is unlike the study board, where there is a greater possibility for independent candidates. We, the Student Council, are a student political organization that every year runs with 6 candidates for the Academic Council and every other year runs with 2 candidates for the University Board.

Student council candidates currently in the academic council

Zofia Eriksen

(International)

Student council candidates currently in the university board

The study board

There are a total of 15 different study boards across the university, all related to specific programs. But before the new students choose their bachelor subjects, then only the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences study boards are relevant. Study boards often include independent candidates, but many candidates are also connected to subject councils. In these councils, 4 candidates are elected.

How can you become a candidate?

If you are interested in running for your local study board or find the academic council and university board appealing, then you can always contact your local subject council or us at the Student Council at contact@sr-ruc.dk. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn what the different roles entail, possibly become a candidate through the organization, or get help to register yourself as an independent candidate.

(Hum)

Samuel Kreiner

The Student Council functions as an umbrella organization for the four subject councils present on campus. We therefore have a strong collaboration with the subject councils, which typically nominate most candidates for the study boards. — The subject councils are organizations on campus that seek to represent the students' interests in the individual bachelor's programs. They organize both social and academic initiatives and events to strengthen the study environment within the various bachelor's programs. They also help organize the students who sit on their respective study boards to amplify the students' voices. If you want to learn more about your institute’s subject council, you can find more information in module 1 under the lesson "Get to know your institute."

Amir Bahloul