This page provides an overview of the different boards and committees where Cognitive Science students have representation and can actively participate in shaping their academic experience.

Study Commission (StuKo)

• Purpose: The Study Commission regulates and monitors teaching, ensuring the smooth running of the study program. General study rules are decided here, while exceptions affecting individual students are handled by the Examination Board. If you encounter issues with regulations (e.g., course credit transfers), contact your student representatives who will raise these concerns within the StuKo. The StuKo convenes every 2 to 3 months.
• Responsibilities:
  • Assigning courses (modules, electives, credit transfer, recommended semester)
  • Allocation of student fees
  • Amendments to study and admission regulations
• Student Representatives: 4 + x representatives, proposed by the Student Council and elected by the Department Council.
  • Placeholder (2 BSc)
  • Placeholder (8 BSc)
  • Placeholder (1 MSc)
  • Placeholder (PhD)
  • Substitute Representatives:
    • Placeholder (1 MSc)
    • Placeholder (4 BSc)
    • Placeholder (4 BSc)
    • Placeholder (6 BSc)
    • Placeholder (6 BSc)
    • Placeholder (2 MSc)

Examination Board (PrA)

• Purpose: The Examination Board ensures the proper execution of examinations. It ensures compliance with the provisions of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG) and the examination regulations. The board provides regular reports to the department concerning the development of examinations and study periods.
• Student Representatives: 1 + 1 representative, proposed by the Student Council and elected by the Department Council.
  • Placeholder (PhD)
  • Substitute Representative:
    • Placeholder (1 MSc)

Board of Directors (V)

• Purpose: The Board of Directors leads the institute, decides on the use and management of allocated resources, makes decisions about hiring and dismissal proposals for staff, and manages proposals submitted to the university leadership. Student representatives for professor appointment committees are also determined here. The board addresses all matters related to finances, research, and the institute’s direction. The institute’s director is elected from among the professors on the board.
• Current Statutes: Available in the Official Bulletin of Osnabrück University.
• More Information: Board meeting minutes are not public.
• Student Representatives: 1 + 1 representative, proposed by the Student Council and elected by the Department Council.
  • Restriction: Students must be directly involved in the work of the scientific institution (see statutes).
  • Placeholder (PhD)
  • Substitute Representative:
    • Placeholder (8 BSc)

Departmental Student Council (FSR)

• Purpose: Our FSR represents all students of the Department of Human Sciences (FB8). This includes the student councils of Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Health Sciences. Elected members form the official student body of our department externally. The FSR sends a representative to the FKK.
• Elected By: Student councils of FB8
• CogSci Members: See below.

Student Council Coordination Cooperative (FKK)

• Purpose: The FKK coordinates relationships and contacts between student councils and other student body organs, as well as among the student councils themselves. [Source: Statutes of the Student Body]
• Elected By: Department Student Council
• FKK Meeting Minutes: Available online.
• CogSci Members:
  • Placeholder (5 BSc)

Department Council (FBR)

• Purpose: The Department Council includes 2 student members with voting rights. It makes decisions on fundamental matters of research and teaching, decides on departmental regulations (particularly examination regulations), and provides opinions to the Presidential Board on the introduction, closure, and significant modifications of study programs. It determines the department’s doctoral regulations and proposes junior professorships to the Presidential Board for appointment. It can elect Equal Opportunity Officers for the department. [Source: University Osnabrück]
• Student Members Elected By: Students of FB8
• FBR Meeting Minutes: Available online.
• Student CogSci Members:
  • Placeholder (7 BSc)

General Student Committee (AStA)

• Purpose: The AStA acts as the student body’s political representative and serves as a point of contact for university management and other societal institutions. The AStA comprises eight departments with 14 representatives, covering areas like finance, social affairs, and student councils. It negotiates semester ticket prices, represents student interests externally, manages the student budget, and works to improve student affairs. [Sources: Osnabrück University, AStA]
• Elected By: Student Body
• More information: Available on the AStA website.
• CogSci Members:
  • Placeholder (5 BSc)

Student Parliament (StuPa)

• Purpose: The Student Parliament is the highest governing body of the student self-administration. It consists of 45 members elected annually from the student body. Its legislative period begins with the summer semester. Currently, eight university groups are represented in the StuPa. [Source: StuPa]
• Elected By: Student Body
• More Information: Available on the StuPa website.
• StuPa Meeting Minutes: Available online.
• CogSci Members:
  • Placeholder (7 BSc, JuSo)
  • Placeholder (5 BSc, Grüne)
  • Placeholder (5 BSc, Grüne)
  • Placeholder (5 BSc, Grüne)
  • Placeholder (3 BSc, Grüne)

Senate (S)

• Purpose: The Senate of Osnabrück University consists of 19 voting members. Ten Senate members belong to the professorial group, three members each to the staff group, the MTV group, and the student group. Senate members are elected directly by their respective groups. Their term of office begins on April 1st of a year and lasts two years, while the term for student members is one year. Members of the Presidential Board, deans, and the Women’s and Equal Opportunities Officer participate in the Senate in an advisory capacity. [Source: Osnabrück University]
• Student Members Elected By: Student Body
• More Information: Available on the University Osnabrück website.
• Public Senate Minutes: Available online.
• Student CogSci Members: See above.