The Faculty Council represents the interests of the members of the faculty. It is made up of members of the professorial staff, students and employees of a department. The core tasks of the Faculty Council include  

• the election of the chairperson member of the deanery and two further members
• helping to shape the establishment of new degree programmes and the range of courses on offer
• the adoption of study and examination regulations
• the distribution of finances for research and teaching, including for the latest laboratory equipment within the department
• the resolutions on appointment proposals for professorships and
• the coordination of research projects and focal points as well as the promotion of young scientists.

Participation in the Faculty Council offers opportunities to help shape the development of the university and provides a variety of academic insights into different areas.

Advisory Board for Gender Equality and Family Issues

The Advisory Board for Equal Opportunities and Family Affairs supports the Equal Opportunities and Family Affairs Officer in her tasks to enforce equal rights and equality for men, women and people of the third gender. Other topics include the compatibility of family and employment as well as protection against sexual harassment in the workplace.

Staff Council

The Staff Council is elected by the employees, is a part of them and their representative. It meets regularly to discuss proposals submitted or the current situation at the university and to pass resolutions. Through the Staff Council, employees are involved in internal decisions within the department. Conflicts of interest are mediated and discussed, e.g. in staff meetings. The Staff Council ensures that all protective regulations applicable to employees are complied with. The Staff Council represents the interests of all employees, mediates, helps, participates in decisions, monitors and serves as a point of contact for all official matters.

Assistants' Council

A member of the Assistants' Council has the right to attend, propose motions and speak at meetings of the Staff Council. They have the right to vote on all matters concerning assistants.

Representation of doctoral candidates

The Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences Doctoral Candidates' Representative Council represents the interests of doctoral candidates and all doctoral candidates who are working on their doctoral project at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. The Doctoral Candidate Representation facilitates an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental exchange on doctoral-related issues and thus contributes to the promotion of an interdisciplinary, cooperative and international doctoral culture at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. The work of the doctoral student representatives makes the work of doctoral students at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences visible both internally and externally. The doctoral student representatives are elected every two years and consist of up to four representatives (2 representatives per department).

The tasks include:

• Formulating and representing the interests of doctoral students at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences and making recommendations in all matters concerning them to all bodies and committees of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
• Promotion of networking and exchange between doctoral students
• Promotion of structures for professional support among doctoral candidates (e.g. writing workshop, internal colloquia)
• Support for doctoral candidates in matters relating to the doctoral procedure at the request of the doctoral candidate
• Assistance and counselling for doctoral candidates
• Promotion and networking of former doctoral students at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
• Organisation of further training courses for doctoral candidates' doctoral projects
• Regular exchange with the university's doctoral advisors