Student councils

The Student Council of the Faculty of Education is the body that brings together all student representatives in the various governing bodies (see infographic), as well as class representatives.

Functions:

  • To identify, coordinate, communicate, promote and support initiatives, suggestions and proposals, and to report and defend problems or conflicts affecting the student body before the relevant bodies.
  • To communicate useful information to the groups they represent, ensuring the optimal development of university life.
  • To participate, cooperate and intervene, where appropriate, in the processes of evaluating teaching staff.
  • To represent students in the various committees.

The Council usually meets a couple of times a year.

Spaces for Student Representation

UB students can take an active role in the governance of the University by participating in the University’s and the Faculty’s governing bodies, as well as by assuming the role of class delegate or representative (details below).

Student participation in governing bodies entitles students to credit recognition, as set out in the Regulations on the Recognition and Transfer of Credits in Official Bachelor’s Degrees at the University of Barcelona, Article 11, “Institutional activities eligible for academic recognition”.

The Regulations of the Faculty of Education set out the rules that govern the Faculty and its governing bodies, specifying all relevant information about their functioning.

Students also have the right to declare an academic strike in defence of their interests and demands. For the strike not to have internal effects, it must be communicated according to the procedure established in current regulations.

See the summary of functions and rights of student representatives.

Faculty organizational chart

  • Class representatives act on behalf of all students in a course group of a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Election

At the beginning of the academic year, each class autonomously elects its representatives and informs the Student Council by email.

Functions

  • To represent the class group and act as a liaison with teaching staff and academic coordinators on any matter affecting all or a significant part of the class.
  • To communicate suggestions, proposals and complaints from class members to teaching staff and academic coordinators.
  • To encourage class participation in cultural activities, elections, graduation ceremonies, welcome programmes for new students, and other initiatives.

Election process

  • Ideally, each class should have two representatives (bachelor’s or master’s).
  • Elections take place in class between September and October, in the presence of a professor to ensure transparency.
  • After the vote, the elected representatives must inform the Student Council by email; the Council will then notify the head of studies.
  • Representation is valid for one academic year, and representatives may stand for re‑election without limitations.
  • At any time, the class group may revoke its representatives and elect new ones by submitting a written request to the Office of the Vice-Dean for Students.

 

This role does not replace the individual right of any student to express their views, either personally or collectively, nor does it substitute institutional channels of representation and participation.

The Faculty Board is the highest collegial governing body of the Faculty and 30% of its members are student representatives from bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes.

See the functions and composition of the Faculty Board.

See the delegated committees and their tasks..

To join the Faculty Board, students must stand in the elections held every two years. 

Candidates may stand individually or as part of an association, group or student organization.

 See the UB Election Regulations.

  • Each bachelor’s degree has an academic council responsible for ensuring the proper functioning and quality of the programme, 50% of its members are student representatives.

  • See the functions and composition of the student councils for Teacher of Early Childhood Education, Teacher of Primary Education, Social Education, Education and Social Work.
  • To join an academic council, students must stand in the elections held every two years.
  • Candidates may stand individually or as part of an association, group or student organization. See the UB Election Regulations.
  • Each official university master’s degree must have a coordination committee that includes one enrolled student.
  • The master’s coordinator is responsible for organizing the election of the student representative at the beginning of the academic year.
  • See the functions of the Master’s Coordination.

  • The University Senate is the highest representative body of the University of Barcelona. Student representation is distributed proportionally across all faculties and schools and includes doctoral students, up to a total of 90 student members.

 

The Faculty of Education has representation proportional to its number of enrolled students.

  • The UB also recognises the Student Council, which is responsible for fostering debate and monitoring general University policies.

 

  • Students have the right to form and participate in associations.

  • To join an existing association or create a new one, consult the UB Student Associations website.