The University of Turku Collegiate Council includes 30 members with personal deputy members. 10 of the members represent students.
The Collegiate Council is the largest representative body in the university. Its foremost mission is to discuss issues that are important to the whole community and act as the community’s voice. The remit of the Collegiate Council includes deciding on the number of members in the University Board, the duration of the term of the board and its members and the remuneration of the Board chair and members; electing those members that do not represent the university personnel and students in the university board; to confirm the appointment of board members of the university personnel and students; appointing university auditors; confirming the financial statement and annual report of the university and deciding on the discharge of liability to the board members and the rector.
The application period for the student member positions begins on Monday, 1st of Sep 2025. You can stand as a candidate for membership by filling in an electronic form found on the TYY website (www.tyy.fi) by Sunday, 21st of Sep 2025 at 23.59. The Student Union’s Election Committee will prepare a proposal to the Student Union Council on who is to be elected. The Student Union Council will make the decision on the student representatives in October or November.
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When selecting the student members to the Collegiate Council, attention is paid to factors such as previous experience on organizations, university administration and advocacy work, motivation and commitment to the task, balanced representation of faculties, and a balanced gender distribution for student representatives in the Collegiate Council.
According to TYY’s regulation on the election of student representatives, eligibility is limited to individuals with the right to complete a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, licentiate degree, or doctoral degree, or a specialist degree in medicine or in dentistry at the University of Turku. In addition, a prerequisite for the eligibility is that the student has registered as attending. However, persons who are full-time employees of the university as defined by the University Regulation on Elections are not eligible.
According to the aforementioned TYY regulation, the number of student representative posts in the university’s administration is limited to three posts per person. This entry is intended to ensure a balanced distribution of the posts.
TYY emphasizes transparency and equality in its activities. We hope to receive applications from many people with different backgrounds.
For more information, please contact:
Specialist in Academic Affairs, Tero Ahlgren, tyy-kopoasiantuntija@uti.fi, tel. +358 44 796 1064.