General Students’ Committee (AStA)
Function
AStA is the abbreviation for “Allgemeiner Studierendenauschuss” which can be translated to General Students’ Committee. The AStA represents the student body officially. Its members are elected separately by the Student Parliament for a period of one year each.
The AStA’s mission is to support and defend the interests of UdK students inside and outside of the university, as well as managing the ongoing affairs of the student body.
Departments and responsibilities
| Department of Finance | ||
| Narges Derakhshan (Course of Studies: Communication in Social and Economic Contexts) | finanzen@asta-udk-berlin.de | Bills, contracts |
Department of Social Affairs | ||
| Annagul Beschareti (Course of studies: Fine Arts Teacher Training) | soziales@asta-udk-berlin.de | Applications for social and project funding, Counselling for BAföG-loans, housing benefits and studying with children |
Department of University Politics (Internal) | ||
| Maithu Bui (Course of studies: Fine Arts) | unipolitik@asta-udk-berlin.de | Study regulations, University Law, other laws, Academic Senate |
Department of Higher Education Politics (External) | ||
| Kolja Richard (Course of studies: Fine Arts Teacher Training) | semesterticket@asta-udk-berlin.de | Semester ticket, student workers, higher education policy, Study regulations, connection to other students bodies |
Department of Student Networking and Interdisciplinarity | ||
| Max Liebstein (Course of studies: Fine Arts) | vernetzung@asta-udk-berlin.de | Student representatives in university boards, faculty councils, student councils |
Department of Intercultural Affairs and Anti-Discrimination | ||
| Samara Hammud (Course of Studies: Visual Communication) | interkulturelles@asta-udk-berlin.de or antidis@asta-udk-berlin.de | International students, Fairness and equality, discrimination in academic contexts |
Department of Communication | ||
| Bonnie Cheng (Course of studies: Fine Arts) | kommunikation@asta-udk-berlin.de | eigenart-magazine, website, social media |
Department of Student Employees | ||
| Christine Reiß (Course of Studies: Communication in Social and Economic Contexts) | personal@asta-udk-berlin.de | Representation of student workers (tutors, "SHK", etc.) |
Contact
AStA der UdK Berlin
Hardenbergstraße 33, Room 9d
D-10623 Berlin
Telephone: +49 030 3185-2464
Facebook: facebook.com/astaudkberlin
Instagram: @asta_udk_berlin