University elections will be held at AU from 9 to 12 November. As a PhD student, you are eligible to vote for representatives to the your academic council, your PhD committee and your Board of Studies.
This year, you can vote for the candidate you want to represent you or you can stand for election yourself to:
The university elections are your chance to influence decisions regarding your PhD programme and your workplace through the university’s democratic decision-making bodies.
PhD students have the right to be represented at PhD committee meetings, which gives them voting rights. But this requires that representatives stand for election and get voted in.
New PhD students, who enroll in their PhD programmes after 1 October, should contact the Election Secretariat at valg@au.dk to be assigned voting rights.
You can cast your vote electronically at au.dk/en/elections during the election period 9 November at 9:00 – 12 November at 16:00.Log on to the system with your user ID and password for the AU self-service system (WAYF). You cannot vote by post or by paper ballot.