Doctoral Council

What is the Doctoral Council?

Since 2014, the Doctoral Council of the Graduate Academy (DDocs) represents the interests of the doctoral members of the GA. When the Graduate Academy was founded, the Doctoral Council was linked to GA membership, as there was no reliable information on the totality of all doctoral candidates at TU Dresden and thus no way to correctly conduct university-wide elections.

With the registration of all doctoral candidates of TU Dresden in Promovendus, the technical prerequisites are now given: All doctoral candidates at TU Dresden can be invited to the election as eligible voters. In February 2022, the Rectorate thus decided to transform the Doctoral Council of the Graduate Academy into a university-wide representation of interests of all doctoral candidates of TU Dresden.

From May 25 - 27, 2022, the Doctoral Council was elected university-wide for the first time and represents now the interests of all doctoral candidates at TU Dresden across faculties and regardless of employment or student status.

What are the tasks and rights of the Doctoral Council?

The tasks and rights of the Doctoral Council include:

the networking and interdisciplinary exchange of doctoral candidates,
the representation of the interests of the doctoral candidates of TU Dresden,
the speaker of the Doctoral Council is a member of the executive board of the GA,
the speaker of the Doctoral Council is granted guest rights with the right to speak in the public and non-public part of the Senate meetings,
the Senate and the Faculty Councils may consult a member nominated by the Doctoral Council.

How is the Doctoral Council elected?

All doctoral candidates of TU Dresden who are accepted for a doctorate and registered in Promovendus elect up to seventeen representatives from their ranks for one year at a time, who form the Doctoral Council and, if possible, broadly cover the spectrum of disciplines at TU Dresden. The election is secret and direct and takes place online via Lime Survey. The Doctoral Council elects a spokesperson from among its members, who becomes a member of the Executive Board of the Graduate Academy according to § 8 para. 1 and regularly participates in the Executive Board meetings.

Who are the members of the Doctoral Council?

In the online elections from 25th to 27th May 2021, the follwoing GA members have been elected members of the 7th Doctoral Council:

Jasmin Stein (Faculty of Psychology)
Aydin Homay (Faculty of Computer Science)
Shamini Ramkumar Thirumalasetty (Faculty of Medicine)
Nils Kretzschmar (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)
István Simon (Faculty of Economics, Deputy)
Viacheslav Markin (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
Talika Neuendorf (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)
Hifsa Pervez (Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering)
Preetam Dacha ( Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering )
Majka Hausen (Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies )
Riyan Habeeb (Faculty of Architecture)
Maren Weissig (Faculty of Architecture, Spokesperson)
Isabell Lippert (Faculty of Economics)

So you’d like to take part?

You find further information and contacts on the websites of the Doctoral Council.