About Us
What exactly is AStA?
The General Student Committee (AStA) is the executive body of the student body and is elected once a year. It represents the interests of students, i.e. your interests, within the university and also takes care of your concerns in everyday university life.
Who elects the AstA?
Each winter semester, you elect various university groups to the Student Parliament (StuPa) at the University of Cologne. The StuPa then elects the AStA, which consists of a three-member executive committee and various representatives who work on specific topics together with project managers.
How the AStA operates
The executive committee and the representatives meet weekly at the AStA assembly to make all important decisions and are in constant communication with various actors in politics and the university, as well as with student groups, in order to represent your interests.
Executive committee
First chairperson
Frederick Heinz
Vice chairperson
Rike Convent, Jule Convent
Financial officers
Stefan Brackertz, Anita Gourdazi
Departments
Student Councils and Critical Studies
Thilo Schmidt, Stefan Brackertz
Politics
Lars Pieper, Philipp Bönninghaus
Culture and Public Relations
Tyla Fehervari, Senta Pineau, Jasmin Yildirim, Rasmus Metzger, Tom Rademacher, Lisa Karsten
Anti-Discrimination
Bozhidar Gushterov, Christian Köhler Pinzón, Svenja Ollenburg
Socials and Sports
Philipp Bönninghaus, Noah Ojiako, Stefan Brackertz, Adrian Moser, Viet Nguyen, Farina Noteborn
Peace and International
Peter Förster, Çağrı Yaşat, Senta Pineau
Teaching and Studies
Ruben Wenzler, Thilo Schmidt, David Urbany
Ecology, and Infrastructure
Lars Pieper, Daniel Kuttler
