Getting Involved

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Whether student initiatives, representatives, clubs, projects, or university-political committees and groups - TU Berlin offers its students a number of ways to participate and contribute. Students are often easily able to pursue personal commitment and involvement in addition to their studies. And it’s worth it as active participation means actively contributing to and managing university life. It is also a good opportunity to meet others and may even help open up career prospects.

Participation in university committees

A number of committees and bodies contribute to and direct TU Berlin’s internal self-management. These include the Academic Senate, Extended Academic Senate, committees of the Academic Senate, and Board of Trustees.

General Students’ Committee

The General Students’ Committee, often just referred to as AStA, represents student interests at TU Berlin. It is elected by the Student Parliament.

Representative Committees

Representative committees are volunteer student committees dedicated to student interests and concerns. These so-called “INIs” (for student initiatives) are politically active within the University, operate student cafés, and often host orientation events for new students in their respective faculties and disciplines.

Representatives and staff councils

At TU Berlin, students can get involved in different bodies representing specific interests, for example the Staff Council for Student Assistants.

Project workshops

In project workshops, students from any degree program autonomously hold courses on topics dealing with social and ecological sustainability while earning credit points for electives in the process.

Buddy Program

In this program, TU Berlin students volunteer as buddies for international exchange students. The program aims to help international students with their arrival and settling in as well as to promote intercultural and language exchange.