Overview

Meeting Date

We meet every Monday at 3:30 p.m.

The meetings are open to all students, you're welcome to stop by!

Minutes

link to the minutes

Contact

  • E-Mail: fachschaftsrat[at]hpi.de
  • Phone: +49 (0)331 5509-255

You can encrypt your emails to us via S/MIME. Our public-key is available in the attachments of this page.

Members

The members of the Student Council through February 2027 are:

  • Johann Mertens
  • Timo Neyer
  • Haruko Schmidt
  • Bela Tollkien
  • Simon Ament
  • Carlo Böttger
  • Jan Effler
  • Christina Suttrop
  • Lucan Weigel

Tasks

The FSR represents the student council, for example, in dealings with faculty members, the faculty, and the department. It also regularly exchanges ideas with other student councils at the UP through the VeFa and manages the student council’s finances.
Each FSR decides for itself what specific work it will carry out. Over time, however, certain tasks have emerged that each FSR traditionally takes on and carries out. These tasks are in addition to a wide range of informational campaigns, as well as conversations, research, discussions, and the preparation of responses to specific questions, the resolution of urgent problems, and the initiation or steering of long-term developments:

Entertainment and Networking

  • Miscellaneous
    • Pubquiz
    • Networking evenings and Get-togethers

Information from the Student Council

  • Minutes of various meetings and gatherings involving the Student Representative Group
  • Organization of Information events
    • Scholarship Information Evening: Students with scholarships present their scholarship projects
    • Study Abroad Night: Staff members and students who have studied abroad will share information about the opportunities available and their experiences
    • STUBSx: Student representatives provide an overview of the committees with student members and offer a glimpse into their work, while encouraging student involvement
  • Updating and expanding the information pages on myHPI
  • Updates to the Freshman Handbook
  • Welcome at the Start of the Semester: Students, especially freshmen, should begin the new semester well-informed
  • Information for Club Speakers: A summary of the most important information for new club speakers

Academic Studies and Teaching

  • Monitoring the course catalog: Checking the course catalog pages for completeness at the beginning of each semester so that students can enroll in courses with full knowledge of the details
  • Ensuring the publication of grades and evaluation results

Prospective Students and Starting College

  • Answering questions from prospective students directed to online mentors
  • Organizing orientation days for bachelor’s and master’s students and welcoming new students to the math prep course: All students are familiar with these events, and for the members of the Student Council, they are arguably the most demanding task of the year in many respects. Quite a few students really rise to the occasion during this time

Services

  • Operation and administration of myHPI and several other services, as well as management of the myHPI domains and the HPImgzn
  • Development of various projects:
    • myHPI
    • POS Point-of-sale system used at various FSR events
  • Renting out student council property, e.g., the TöffTöff
  • Maintenance and management of the refrigerator in the large club room
  • Organization of awards:
    • SLASH: Survey in the student council regarding distinguished individuals
    • PDF: Recognition for individuals who support the FSR’s work behind the scenes

Communication, Problem Solving, and Professional Development

  • Regular meetings with the managing director, dean, director of academic affairs, administrative staff, and the public relations department
  • Conducting the Student General Assembly
  • Overarching coordination and organization of student representatives within the Digital Engineering Student Council: Members of the student council at the faculty exchange ideas at networking meetings convened by the FSR; in addition, the FSR supports their work and passes on input from various interest groups
  • Networking with other student council representatives in the field of computer science at the Conference of Computer Science Student Councils