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Welcome to the website of the Doctoral Council!
The Doctoral Council (ProRat) of TU Bergakademie Freiberg is the representative body for doctoral candidates at TU Freiberg and was founded to represent the interests of all doctoral candidates at this university. In this function, it complements the Student Council and the Staff Council, with the interests of doctoral students taking centre stage. The ProRat is not an official body of the university, but is elected every two years as part of a general assembly of doctoral students.
On the one hand, the ProRat is a point of contact for all doctoral students who want to discuss individual questions or would like support with problems. On the other hand, it has a representative purpose and is thus integrated into the political landscape of the university. Our members represent the special interests of doctoral students in various committees and advisory boards. The ProRat is also integrated into a network of doctoral councils and other associations of mid-level academic staff.
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Fields of activity
- Supporting the networking of Freiberg doctoral students (e.g. PhD Conference, EISTalk series)
- Networking with doctoral student representatives from other universities in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia (VMPV, LAMS) and throughout Germany (Federal Association of Doctoral Students)
- Representation of doctoral students in rectorate commissions, as well as participation in senate and faculty councils
- Statements on university policy (e.g. amendment of the Saxon Higher Education Freedom Act, Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act)
- Supporting and advising doctoral students on individual questions and problems
Legal basis
Extract from the basic regulations of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
§ 14 Doctoral candidate representation
(1) The accepted doctoral candidates shall elect a doctoral candidate representation. Every accepted doctoral candidate is entitled to vote and be elected. Rights to which someone is entitled due to membership of a member group in accordance with Section 51 (1) sentence 1 SächsHSG remain unaffected. Further details shall be regulated by rules of procedure.
(2) The doctoral student representation shall consist of a minimum of five and a maximum of nine members. The details shall be regulated by rules of procedure.
(3) The Doctoral Students' Representation shall advise on matters concerning doctoral students and make recommendations to the university bodies. It also fulfils its tasks on a cross-faculty basis.
(4) A member of the Doctoral Student Representation may attend the meetings of the Senate and the Faculty Council in an advisory capacity. Beyond this, the Basic Regulations do not grant any rights of participation in the bodies of the University. The respective body decides on the rights of the doctoral student representatives to speak as guests in other bodies of the University; this does not apply to the non-public part of the meetings of these bodies. The Rectorate shall decide on the advisory participation of the doctoral student representatives in the Rectorate committees upon request. The doctoral student representatives have no voting rights.
Extract from the Sächs. Higher Education Act (SächsHSG)
§ 41 Doctorate
(10) 1The accepted doctoral candidates shall elect from among their number the members of the doctoral candidate representation of the university with the right to award doctorates. 2The Doctoral Candidates' Representation shall advise on matters concerning doctoral candidates and make recommendations to the university bodies. 3The university consults them in particular on draft doctoral regulations. 4A member of the Doctoral Candidates' Representation may attend the meetings of the Senate and the Faculty Council in an advisory capacity. 5The university regulates the details in the basic regulations. 6The Doctoral Candidate Representation may adopt its own rules of procedure.
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PromovierendenRat der TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Interessenvertretung der Promovierenden
Universitätshauptgebäude, Akademiestraße 6
09599 Freiberg
info [at] prorat.tu-freiberg.de
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