The AStA introduces itself
What is the AStA actually?
AStA stands for "Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss" (general student committee). It is the representation of the students at the university. The chair of the AStA is elected once a year by the student parliament, which in turn is elected once a year by all students. The AStA is therefore the "government" of the students. (More on this under University Politics) In addition to university political work with lectures, discussions, protest actions and readers, the AStA also offers a range of services and advice. These include, for example, the Bulli rental, the print shop, or the legal and social counseling. There are many different departments in the AStA, which deal with very different topics. For more information, take a look at our homepage www.asta.ms! www.asta.ms vorbei!
The content-related work in the AStA takes place in departments. There are autonomous units, which are elected by their own status group, and non-autonomous units, which are determined by the statutes or the coalition agreement. In this legislature, the AStA consists of the following departments:
Referat für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Kommunikation
Department for sustainibility and mobility
Referat für Kultur und Queer_Feminismus
Referat für Politische Bildung und Intersektionalität
Referat für Soziales und Wohnraum
There are ten autonomous units in the AStA. The autonomous departments are elected by their plenary assembly, i.e. by all members of the respective group. Although they receive funding from the AStA, they are only accountable to their respective status groups. Another special feature is that although new autonomous units can be founded or old ones dissolved, it is not up to the AStA to decide, as is the case with the non-autonomous units. At the moment, the following autonomous departments exist:
Department of the student council
fikuS
Referat buckS
Representation of PhD students
ASV
Assignments
Assignments support the AStA in some activities and are either advertised or were founded on the basis of unsolicited applications. Anyone with a good idea can apply to the AStA and implement it in a commission. Many of our assignments offer great events, like the Culture Corner, the Baracke or the commissions to fight anti-fascism and anti-Semitism. But also two student gardens, a feminist radio show or support for student teachers can be found in our commissions.
An overview can be found here:
