Candidacy for the VMU Student Parliament is extended!

Students who wish to represent the students of their academic department in the Student Parliament of Vytautas Magnus University, until October 31st at 11:59 p.m. by email valdyba@vdusa.lt must submit request apply and a motivation letter.

What is the VMU Student Parliament?
The VMU Student Parliament is highest student governing body, which consists of elected representatives from academic departments of students of all study levels. The parliament addresses problems raised by student representatives and discusses issues relevant to students.

The positions of the organization (VMU SA) on the most important issues of higher education and other issues are discussed and formed, the Chairman of the VMU Student Parliament, the President of the VMU SA, the Board and the Audit are elected or dismissed by secret ballot, the activity and financial reports of the VMU SA are discussed and approved, and new VMU SA documents are corrected or submitted.

The Student Parliament approves student representatives to the university's governing bodies. By a majority vote of all elected members, the Student Parliament may demand reconsideration of decisions made by the university's self-governing institutions on study issues.

Several thoughts VMU Students parliament members with lips:

"It was very interesting to see the very activities of the parliament from the inside. To see how problems are raised and solved. It was a fun experience to participate in such activities and have such responsibility. I liked the VMU SA reporting-election conference the most, because I had the opportunity not only to participate in such an official event, but also to elect a new VMU SA president!“". – Gabija Rumbutytė, former representative of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

"I came to the parliament in my first year of studies. It helped me a lot to get acquainted with the university structure, to understand where I could turn to for certain issues that arose. A great place to find like-minded people and gain skills in raising and solving problems. I liked the fact that we were able to elect the president of the VMU Student Representative Council and raise questions during the conference.“"- Livija Udrėnaitė, former representative of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

How are the elections?
Students of his academic department vote for each candidate, and students of all doctoral fields vote for doctoral representatives. Student Parliament elections are organized in accordance with the last meeting of the VMU Student Parliament on October 1. The provisional election procedure of the VMU Student Parliament has been approved.

For each academic department, faculty or academy (based on the number of students studying there) will be represented by the corresponding number of Members of Parliament:

Faculty of Economics and Management (EFF) - 7 representatives;
Faculty of Natural Sciences (GMF) - 4 representatives;
Faculty of Humanities (HMF) – 5 representatives;
Faculty of Informatics (IF) – 4 representatives;
Faculty of Catholic Theology (KTF) – 3 representatives; 

Faculty of Arts (FA) – 5 representatives;
Academy of Music (MA) – 3 representatives;
Faculty of Law (TF) – 4 representatives;
Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy (PMDF) – 5 representatives;
Faculty of Social Sciences (SMF) - 7 representatives;
Education Academy (ŠA) – 11 representatives;
Agricultural Academy (AA) – 10 representatives;
Doctoral students – 4 representatives.

Students wishing to become members of the Student Parliament must send a completed application form by 11:59 p.m. on October 31 to the following email address: valdyba@vdusa.lt request and a free-form cover letter.