Undergraduate Student Government

This is a brief introduction to the Student Government. For more detailed information, please visit their website. The Student Government in its current form is based on the undergraduate student constitution of Jacobs, which outlines the following organs:

Parliament

The Undergraduate Student Parliament consists of undergraduate student representatives from each college. There is one Member of Parliament for every 65 students, these are elected at the beginning of each academic year in September.

The parliament is the main representative body of all undergraduate students. Among other things the parliament appoints its president, secretariat, and committees; it also manages the student government budget, and establishes student policies towards the administration.

@ | studentparliament at jacobs-university dot de

Internal Affairs Committee (IAC)

The Internal Affairs Committee is responsible for maintaining a good student life on campus. Among the three standing committees of the USG, it takes of all the Internal university matters ranging from student events or competitions to student services and IT infrastructure. The committee meets with University Administration regularly and works in close cooperation with the Campus Activities to ensure the presence of a healthy housing environment. Among the most important responsibilities, The Orientation week for the incoming freshmen is also jointly organized by Internal Affairs Committee.

Academic Affairs Committee (AAC):

The AAC is responsible for representing the interests of undergraduate students to the administration and faculty in academic affairs.Along with the Secretariat and President,they meet regularly with the university’s leadership and faculty representatives to discuss academic policies at Jacobs. The AAC also acts as a channel of communication between the students and the faculty for various course related issues and problems.

Financial Affairs Committee (FAC)

The FAC manages the student government’s budget and collaborates with the Office of Campus Activities and College Coordination to decide on the allocation of the clubs budget. Students who need money for any kind of activity benefiting the student body are encouraged to apply to them. For applications to the student government budget, the FAC can make decisions on its own for smaller sums.

Committee of Finance(CoF)

The purpose of the CoF is to represent the student body opinion and make decisions for those financial matters of the administration which concern the students (eg. Room&Board, Aramark, college funding, infrastructure).They are responsible for ensuring fair practice and providing student opinions in the university's financial matters. Regular meetings with the leadership ensures new policies, financial changes and campus-amenities.

Club Liaisons:

This committee deals with everything related to the organization, supervision and structural arrangements of clubs that belong to Jacobs University. It aims to enhance the "Jacobs experience" outside the classroom by providing an incentive to the organization of activities and clubs of all sorts. This year, the Department of Campus Activities and Intercultural Affairs have decided to work closely with the Student Parliament to give Club Liaisons a new revolutionary approach.

Internal Procedures Committee(IPC)

IPC assumed independence as a separate committee from the Internal Affairs Committee this year, the focus of the IPC was to firmly root the committee in the existent government structure. The IPC has facilitated easy access to facilities such as the Blue Lounge, Halle 3 and the BBQ for parties and events. There have been 10 successful Blue Lounge parties and 4 H3 parties over the last semester.All IPC members are well aware of all the internal issues relating to facilities on campus and also have access to a forum allowing them to voice their opinions relating to such issues.

Housing Committee (RAC)

The mandate of the Housing Committee is to allocate the rooms in the 3 residential colleges on campus. They are responsible to draft and update the policies that are followed for Room Allocation Purposes as and when changes in the university may call for such changes. Also with ongoing changes and the new college being built, there are ever new issues to be dealt with, and ever new matters to be resolved. The HoC deals with them for the students.

PR Task Force

It is the committee responsible for handling all the Public Relations work that the Parliament requires. Among many other things , this includes maintaining contacts in the Jacobs administration, publicizing events organized by the Parliament.

Student Court

All undergraduate students directly elect the Undergraduate Student Court at the same time as the Parliament. It consists of five members and accepts complaints from all members of the university community, usually related to infractions of the house rules or other conflicts between students.