The results of the 2025 university elections are in:
All eligible voters receive a poll card, which gives information on:
All staff members of the University receive their poll card by e-mail, all students by Stud.IP.
Please check your poll card to make sure you are assigned to the correct group of voters and faculty. You can request a change of group assignment or faculty affiliation until the closing date of the electoral register.
All students exercise their voting right within the faculty that administers their degree programme.
Your existing faculty affiliation can be found on your certificate of enrolment, which you can view from the University's campus portal.
If a degree programme is administered by several faculties, the student is a member of the faculty that bears overall responsibility for the implementation of the degree programme the student is enrolled on. Students who are studying multiple degree programmes at different faculties usually choose at enrolment which faculty they wish to exercise their membership rights in. However, in these cases, students can have their existing faculty affiliation in the electoral register changed until the closing date. To do so, please submit the relevant Determination of Faculty Affiliation Form to the Elections Office – room N12 117 Nikolastrasse 12, 94032 Passau. You can download the form here.
Please note:
Under higher education law, if you are a student and at the same time employed by the University and your regular working hours exceed the threshold of 10 hours per week, you are not permitted to vote as a member of the "student" group of voters ; instead, you should then vote as part of the "staff" group. This does not apply to student assistants ("studentische Hilfskraft"): student assistants are entitled to vote as students, regardless of the number of hours worked. [NB: this exemption applies only to student assistants, not graduate assistants].
If you change your degree programme or degree subject (for instance, if you change your teaching subject(s) as a teacher education student), this can affect your faculty affiliation before the electoral register is closed.
Only those who are listed in the electoral register are eligible to vote and/or stand for election. The electoral register is prepared and maintained by the administrative units of the University of Passau. The electoral register is available for viewing at the Elections Office within the period determined by the elections officer. It is not possible to view the register by electronic means. The electoral register is closed on the 28th day before the first day of voting.
If you feel you should be, but have not been, entered on the electoral register or if your entry is erroneous, you can lodge a written appeal against the non-registration with the elections officer before the first weekday (Monday to Friday but not on Saturdays or on public holidays) after the closing date of the electoral register.
Any person entitled to vote has the right to appeal in writing against the entry of a person in the electoral register who is not entitled to vote. Again, this appeal must be submitted to the elections officer before the first weekday (Monday to Friday but not on Saturdays or on public holidays) after the closing date of the electoral register.
The decision on the entry or correction of the electoral register elections officer rests with the elections officer, who amends it when and as necessary.
