Elections are held for the faculty board respectively of one representative and two deputy representatives for fixed term academic staff for the period 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026.
Who can nominate and vote at the election?
All eligible voters can propose candidates for the faculty board election within their own voting group. Employees with at least a half-time position at the faculty and professor II at the faculty have the right to vote.
Proposals for candidates must be signed by at least as many people as there are candidates included in the proposal. For each candidate, a campaign platform/presentation of up to one A4 page should be submitted after the candidacy has been approved by the election committee. The presentations will be made available electronically on the faculty’s website.
Proposals for candidates should be submitted via nettskjema by October 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM 6 October 12:00 PM(noon).
The Faculty Board
The faculty board has the following members:
- Dean (1) and Deputy Dean (1)
- Permanent scientific staff (1) with deputies (2)
- Temporary scientific staff (1) with deputies (2)
- Technical/administrative staff (1) with deputies (2)
- Student representatives (2) with deputies (2)
- External representatives (2)
There are requirements for gender balance for representatives and substitutes for the students and for the substitutes of each employee group.
Read about the Faculty Board's responsibilities.
Schedule for the Election
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6 October 12.00 (noon)
- Deadline for proposing candidates
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22 October 12.00 (noon)
- Announcement of the candidates on the Faculty web page
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29 October 12.00 (noon)
- Electronic election opens
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5 November 12.00 (noon)
- Electronic election closes
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6 November 15.00 pm
- Announcement of the election results
The election of representatives for the employees will be conducted as a preference vote. The University of Oslo's solution for electronic voting, eValg, will be used.
The voting period is from October 29, 2025, at 12:00 PM to November 5, 2025, at 12:00 PM.