{"id":156989,"date":"2023-11-16T01:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/det-skal-du-vide-om-studienaevnene-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:36:00","slug":"the-study-boards-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-study-boards-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The study boards: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elections are being held for the study boards at the University of Copenhagen. But what does a study board actually do? And can you vote for it? Here are the short answers to these questions.<\/p>\n<h3>What do the study boards do?<\/h3>\n<p>A study board is a democratically elected body at the various departments throughout the University of Copenhagen&#8217;s (UCPH) campuses. It is, in other words, a local board that represents a department&#8217;s various subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The study boards are responsible for planning and developing its study programmes. This means that the members read the students&#8217; course evaluations and approve plans for how the teaching should be organised. This involves drawing up curricula \u2013 i.e. the academic basis of the degree programme \u2013 organising exams and processing applications for credit transfer or exemptions. The study board has more subject-specific and localized authority than that of the University Board and the Academic Council.<\/p>\n<h3>Who sits on a study board?<\/h3>\n<p>A department&#8217;s study board is made up of one half researchers and one half students. The number of members on the individual study boards varies \u2013 it is the dean of the faculty that determines the number of members. There is a minimum of four members of a study board and a maximum of ten members.<\/p>\n<p>The department will have at least one student and one staff representative per study programme (unless no one has been nominated for election). The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, for example, includes representatives from the Department of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture, the Department of Art History and Visual Culture, the Department of Musicology and Dance Studies, and the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">University elections<\/p>\n<p>Elections at the University of Copenhagen are for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-study-boards-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Boards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/academic-councils-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-board-of-the-university-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of the University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-phd-committees-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PhD committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Academic staff members are elected for three years, while students are elected for one year at a time.<\/p>\n<h3>Who can I vote for on the\u00a0study board ?<\/h3>\n<p>It will typically be the various student political organizations that nominate one or more candidates for a seat on the study board on the different degree programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Many programmes nominate only one candidate for the study board \u2014 some programmes nominate no-one. If that is the case, there will be an uncontested election, and that really just means that there is nothing to vote on. You can check how many candidates are standing for election as a representative of your degree programme on the candidate list on KUnet.<\/p>\n<p>The voting takes place electronically via KUnet.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is time for elections at the university \u2013 and this includes elections to the study boards. 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Students are up for election this year, and perhaps there will be contested elections at your department.","use_post_excerpt":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":false,"contributors":[{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":5,"user_firstname":"Gry","user_lastname":"Bartroff Gaihede","nickname":"gry","user_nicename":"gry","display_name":"Gry Bartroff Gaihede","user_email":"gry.gaihede@uniavisen.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2016-12-14 12:29:26","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/772958c7278c6a2aa225a325594d9f297ad3aecc397eb592b61049c2bf57a3f8?s=96&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/772958c7278c6a2aa225a325594d9f297ad3aecc397eb592b61049c2bf57a3f8?s=192&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"},"contributor_name":"","contributor_title":"","contributor_image":false},{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":70,"user_firstname":"Anne L\u00e6rke","user_lastname":"Rasmussen","nickname":"LRasmussen","user_nicename":"lrasmussen","display_name":"Anne L\u00e6rke Rasmussen","user_email":"gjc480@alumni.ku.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-01-09 10:55:38","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a4156978e248db251d8e2f2517b02ea1ce85c04bbeebd154620bc3eca800214?s=96&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a4156978e248db251d8e2f2517b02ea1ce85c04bbeebd154620bc3eca800214?s=192&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"},"contributor_name":"","contributor_title":"","contributor_image":false}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Elections are being held for the study boards at the University of Copenhagen. But what does a study board actually do? And can you vote for it? Here are the short answers to these questions.<\/p>\n<h3>What do the study boards do?<\/h3>\n<p>A study board is a democratically elected body at the various departments throughout the University of Copenhagen&#8217;s (UCPH) campuses. It is, in other words, a local board that represents a department&#8217;s various subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The study boards are responsible for planning and developing its study programmes. This means that the members read the students&#8217; course evaluations and approve plans for how the teaching should be organised. This involves drawing up curricula \u2013 i.e. the academic basis of the degree programme \u2013 organising exams and processing applications for credit transfer or exemptions. The study board has more subject-specific and localized authority than that of the University Board and the Academic Council.<\/p>\n<h3>Who sits on a study board?<\/h3>\n<p>A department&#8217;s study board is made up of one half researchers and one half students. The number of members on the individual study boards varies \u2013 it is the dean of the faculty that determines the number of members. There is a minimum of four members of a study board and a maximum of ten members.<\/p>\n<p>The department will have at least one student and one staff representative per study programme (unless no one has been nominated for election). The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, for example, includes representatives from the Department of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture, the Department of Art History and Visual Culture, the Department of Musicology and Dance Studies, and the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">University elections<\/p>\n<p>Elections at the University of Copenhagen are for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-study-boards-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Boards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/academic-councils-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-board-of-the-university-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of the University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/the-phd-committees-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PhD committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Academic staff members are elected for three years, while students are elected for one year at a time.<\/p>\n<h3>Who can I vote for on the\u00a0study board ?<\/h3>\n<p>It will typically be the various student political organizations that nominate one or more candidates for a seat on the study board on the different degree programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Many programmes nominate only one candidate for the study board \u2014 some programmes nominate no-one. If that is the case, there will be an uncontested election, and that really just means that there is nothing to vote on. You can check how many candidates are standing for election as a representative of your degree programme on the candidate list on KUnet.<\/p>\n<p>The voting takes place electronically via KUnet.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}],"article_updated":"2025-11-24 00:00:00"},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1035,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":839,"name":"university elections","slug":"university-elections","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":839,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":18,"name":"Feature Article","slug":"feature_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":1200,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[{"term_id":5468,"name":"Optional","slug":"optional-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5468,"taxonomy":"translation_priority","description":"","parent":0,"count":672,"filter":"raw"}]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/uniavisenstudienaevntekstur-1280x854.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156989"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184554,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156989\/revisions\/184554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}