PhD student representation
What is the PhD student representation?
The PhD student representation represent the interests of the doctoral students at 海角直播 towards the university's bodies and committees and advise in matters concerning doctoral students.
The site is currently under construction. Further information will follow shortly.
In Kaiserslautern, the doctoral student representatives were elected for the first time in May and June 2022. One doctoral student representative and one deputy were elected for each department. From the beginning of 2023, the doctoral student representatives were provisionally completed by four doctoral student representatives from Landau and their deputies, who took over their tasks provisionally until the first joint elections.
Spokespersons and senate representatives of the PhD student representation
At its constituent meeting on 7 October 2025, the PhD student representatives elected their spokespersons and their representatives to the Senate:
For Landau:
Spokesperson: [IN1] (FB Erziehungswissenschaften)
Deputy spokesperson: Larissa Hermann (FB Natur- und Umweltwissenschaften)
Senate representation: (FB Natur- und Umweltwissenschaften)
Deputy senate representation: Constanze Kelava (FB Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften)
For Kaiserslautern:
Spokesperson: (FB Sozialwissenschaften)
Deputy spokesperson: (FB Chemie)
Senate representation: (FB Informatik)
Deputy senate representation: (FB Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik)
Election results for PhD student representation 2025
In June and July 2025 the elections for the new PhD student representatives of the 海角直播 took place in all departments of the 海角直播 (legislative period: 01.10.2025-30.09.2026). Elections were held in the individual departments as part of plenary meetings of doctoral candidates. Each department elected a member of the PhD student representatives and a deputy. The legislative period of the newly elected PhDstudent representatives began on 01.10.2024.
The following representatives were elected in the individual departments:
| Depart | Name of the elected PhD student representative | Name of the elected deputy |
| Architecture | ||
| Civil Engineering | ||
| Biology | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| Electrical Engineering and information technology | ||
| Educational studies | ||
| Information technology | ||
| Cultural and social sciences | Constanze Kelava | |
| Mechanical and process engineering | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Natural and environmental sciences | ||
| Physics | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Spatial and environmental planning | ||
| Social sciences | ||
| Business studies and Economics |
Contact: promovierendenvertretung[at]rptu.de
Electoral regulations of the PhD student representation of the 海角直播 (in German).
Promotion of young scientists at the 海角直播 through the TU-Nachwuchsring
The TU-Nachwuchsring is 海角直播's interdisciplinary institution for the support of early career researchers and offers its early career researchers comprehensive support for the development of their careers.
The aim to unite local PhD representations in a democratic umbrella organisation.
Regulations of the PhD student representation
Electoral regulations of the PhD student representation of the 海角直播 (in German)
Rules of procedure of the PhD student representation of the 海角直播 (in German)