Call to EEMCS Students to apply - EEMCS Student Assessor Do you, EEMCS student, want to defend the interests of all students of the faculty EEMCS for one year? Apply now!

Dear EEMCS Student, 

Do you want to defend the interests of all students of the faculty for one year? Do you want to gain experience in management and governance and learn about the ins and outs of the faculty and the university? Do you want to build up a professional network, both inside and outside of the faculty? Apply for the position of student assessor!

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is looking for a new student assessor as of September 1, 2026, to be part of the faculty board.

 What does the student assessor do?

Within the Faculty Board, the Student Assessor represents a student perspective. The Student Assessor has an advisory role in the board, is expected to actively attend board meetings, and is an important channel for enhancing its interaction with the student population. Depending on personal interest and skills, the Student Assessor can take on specific tasks in consultation with the Faculty Board. Furthermore, the accessibility of the Student Assessor enables the Student Assessor to assist on various topics like UT strategy days, internationalization, etc. The Student Assessor can also support the Office for Educational Support, as well as take part in Institutional Review Quality Assurance procedures.

  The function of a Student Assessor contains proactive and reactive components. The proactive components include attending all meetings of the Faculty Board, and the Faculty Council, suggesting agenda topics for the board meetings, actively advising on student related topics and keeping in touch with various study bodies. The reactive component includes the representative role of the Student Assessor, where they provide the student perspective e.g. at UT strategy days. Depending on personal interest and skills, the Student Assessor can take on specific tasks in consultation with the Faculty Board,

 For whom?

We are looking for an enthusiastic student who:

• Studies at one of our faculty’s bachelor or master programmes;
• Is able to maintain relationships with various stakeholders within the faculty, and university. These include the study associations, assessors from other faculties, study advisors, etc.
• Wants to defend the interest of the faculty’s students for one year;
• Knows what’s on the students’ minds and is able to advise the board on this;
• Is interested in education, student affairs and administrative processes;
• Is communicative and likes to share his/her opinion with others;
• Has a good sense of integrity and can properly deal with confidential information;

 Appointment

The appointment as a student assessor runs from September 1, 2026, to September 1, 2027. During this period, you will need to spend around 8 hours per week to fulfil all the student assessor tasks. Most of these hours can be used/planned flexibly. For your work as a student assessor, you receive a reimbursement of € 544 per month.

 Interested?

For more information or questions, you can contact the current student assessor, Matthijs Jansen op de Haar, via email at m.m.t.p.jansenopdehaar@student.utwente.nl

 Send your CV and accompanying letter of motivation to the EEMCS faculty council via facultyoffice-eemcs@utwente.nl no later than June 10, 2026.

The student members of the faculty council will nominate suitable candidates. The faculty board selects the new student assessor in July and asks the Executive Board of the UT to appoint the assessor.