Interested in volunteering in university politics? We are looking for you!

Sustainability & Mobility Officer wanted

Your tasks: 

• Representing the interests of students inside and outside the university
• Implementing and planning sustainable projects at our university 
• Advocating for a sustainable university and student body 

What you should bring to the table:

• General knowledge of the student body
• Interest in sustainability and mobility
• Interest in political work

AStA advisors are elected by the student parliament and receive an expense allowance. The time commitment is approximately 10 hours per week. If you are interested, please send your application to vorsitz@asta.tu-dortmund.de

We look forward to receiving your application. 🙂

Interested in volunteering in university politics? We are looking for you!

Public relations & press officer wanted

Your tasks:

– Representing the interests of students inside and outside the university
– Managing our social media channels
– Creating designs and content for social media and the website
– Managing the AStA’s public image

You should ideally have:

– A general knowledge of the student body
– Experience in design and press relations
– A willingness to work well in a team

AStA officers are elected by the student parliament and receive an expense allowance. The workload is approximately 10 hours per week. If you are interested, please send your application to vorsitz@asta.tu-dortmund.de.

We look forward to receiving your application. 🙂

We, the AStA 2025/26, have been up and running since 1 August 2025! Next week, we will be introducing ourselves and our goals on Instagram – so follow us to stay up to date with the latest news: @astatudortmund

The General Students’ Committee (AStA) of TU Dortmund is the elected political representation of students 🎓. We are the executive body of the student body and elected annually by the Student Parliament. We represent you in university committees, handle certifications, organize events, and support you with advice 🤝.

The ZHB is once again offering its writing week. Would you like support with writing your term paper, bachelor’s, or master’s thesis? Attend our Writing Week events, such as short lectures, workshops, and individual counseling sessions on academic writing, and discuss your writing project with experts from various university departments as well as with fellow students.

More information you find here.

Once again this year, we are looking for a great new design for the Ersti bags 2025 – and one of you will decide what it looks like!

In cooperation with the Studierendenwerk Dortmund, we are therefore once again organising a freshers’ bag competition. Take part now and send us your design on the theme “The fabric university dreams are made of”.

By when? 15 August 2025
Where to? presse@asta.tu-dortmund.de
(subject: bag competition 2025 surname)

Please note the following details:
– a one-sided design in black on a white background
– one colour and print ready
– no writing (not even the motto!)
– no logos (TU logo allowed on the maths tower!)
– PDF file format, preferably as vector
– not too small, as super-fine lines cannot be printed well
– TU logo and Studiwerk logo will be added by us

We will select the winners – i.e. places one to three.
1st place: Your design on the first semester bags + 250€ prize money
2nd place: 150€ prize money
3rd place: €100 prize

Any questions? Feel free to write us (presse@asta.tu-dortmund.de)
Good luck!

In cooperation with Grenzenlose Wärme and Der Paritätische Nordrhein-Westfalen, the AStA presents: “Kein Land für Niemand – Abschottung eines Einwanderungslandes”. The documentary shows the reality at the EU’s external borders: sea rescues in the Mediterranean, catastrophic camp conditions, an asylum policy that moves away from humanity – and a Germany that sets the pace in the shift to the right. The documentary gives a voice to the people who have risked everything to escape – and to those who help where politics fails. A film about fear, isolation – and hope for a better future. Free Entry! Movie in German.

Direction: May Ahrens and Maik Lüdemann

Dates

Filmnächte Dortmund
Sunday, 17.08.2025, supporting programme from 18.00, film screening from 21.00
Bülowstraße 12, 44147 Dortmund

Uni Film Club TU Dortmund
Monday, 18 August 2025 from 8 p.m.
Emil-Figge-Straße 50, Lecture Hall 1, 44227 Dortmund

From now on you can register for a daytrip to Düsseldorf. Together we will visit the art museum K21 and take a guided tour in English through the current exhibition about the painter, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and peace activist Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger. The regular K21 collection is also included – for 5€ only! So if you are down for a bit of art, culture and new connections, then come and join us at june 14th.

Registration via email: kultur@asta.tu-dortmund.de

We will meet on the 14th at 9:55 a.m. in the entrance hall of the main station in Dortmunde.

Vote now for your representatives in senate, department counsils, student parliament and autonomous foreigners department.

Lin to vote: https://www.tu-dortmund.de/online-wahlen/

you need more information about the election? No problem! Here is the link for the election newspaper:

Die Wahlzeitung

Last Tuesday, the Student Parliament (StuPa) met again. Below we present the most important topics and resolutions of the StuPa meeting.

Amendment of the Contribution Regulations

The StuPa has decided to change the student fee. This concerns the part of the semester fee that includes the Germany semester ticket, the contribution for the student body and various services (e.g. Nextbike, Theaterflat, university sports, etc.).

The biggest increase concerns the semester ticket. As this is linked to the price of the regular Deutschlandticket, the contribution will rise from €176.40 to €208.80. Furthermore, the contribution to student self-administration without student councils had to be increased from €6.50 to €8.00 in order to compensate for funding shortfalls. Due to the reduced reserves of the student body, a contribution of €1.50 was also requested to finance the relief fund.

The university sports fee will increase from €0.75 to €1.00. In return, students will have access to a free weekend offer. The cost of using the MetropolRadRuhr service will increase by €0.25 to €2.00.

The contributions for the self-administration of the student councils (€1.28), the Theater-flat (€1.50), the university radio station ElDoradio (€0.25) and the city and state library (€0.15) remain the same.

The total amount has thus risen from €178.58 to €224.88.

You can find information on using the above services and on hardship applications for students who absolutely cannot afford the student fee here:
Service
Case of Hardship Balance

Working Group Against Extension of Deregistration Deadlines for Examinations

In some faculties there is a tendency to bring forward the cancellation deadline for written examinations from one day to seven days before the examination date.

So far, this postponement has only occurred in the Department of Computer Science; however, it looks like other faculties could follow suit. In order to take joint action against the postponement, some students have agreed to set up a working group. We will inform you about future meetings here or on Instagram: @astatudortmund

The General Student Committee (AStA) is offering a permanent position as a web/system administrator as of 1st June 2025

The work of the web/system administrator essentially includes the following services

• Administration of student body websites (AStA, StuPa)
• Supporting the student councils in IT matters
• Administration of the student body’s web servers (Ubuntu, KVM virtualization)
• Cooperation with the ITMC
• Implementation of business processes with Imixs-Office-Workflow

Prerequisites are:

• Experience with CMS systems (e.g. WordPress, Joomla, TYPO3)
• Basic knowledge in the administration of web servers (Linux)
• Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Apache
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS
• Initial knowledge of DNS administration
• Basic knowledge of virtualization desired, handling KVM can be learned

Desirable are:

• Experience in dealing with Docker and Docker Compose
• Experience in the administration of the Zammad ticket system
• Experience in the digitization of business processes

The working hours are 10 hours per week. 6 of these hours are permanent. The other 4 hours are limited to one year and relate to the digitization project for the AStA. The digitization project has been extended annually since 2023. The salary is based on the collective agreement of the federal states with pay group 5. The hourly wage is currently €17.83 (with TVL-E5 in Level 1).

Your application should include a few words about yourself and your qualifications. Send your documents by 09.05.2025 including CV, e-mail address and telephone number to our managing director Lisa: lmauve@asta.tu-dortmund.de.

People with disabilities, PoC or a history of migration will be given preferential consideration for recruitment if they have the same personal and professional qualifications. In accordance with the NRW State Equal Opportunities Act, women will be given preference if they have the same qualifications.