Participating parties, standpoints and candidates

Lijst Calimero focuses on the important things in your degree programme. We are committed to the quality of teaching and the value of your future diploma. We advocate for small-scale teaching, student wellbeing, and better employability.

SOG represents a community in which active students — whether on a committee, a board, or at a sports association — can feel supported. By advocating for development inside and outside the classroom, we stress the importance of your teaching as well as providing a platform for your future career, in an inclusive, sustainable, and future-proof university.

De Vrije Student wants a university where students have the freedom and opportunities to develop as a person alongside their studies. We stress the importance of freedom in the curriculum for a student to participate in extracurricular activities and social networking. In short, we wish to provide students with a professional and personal university experience.

List Stronger Voice for Students (SVS). More information will follow.

The Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij (VSP) is the student party for academic freedom at the University of Groningen! The university should be a place for open debate, critical thinking, and honest conversations—without fear of saying the “wrong” thing. Everyone should be free to ask questions, explore bold ideas, and challenge dominant narratives.

Characteristic of our Personnel Faction - with nine members the largest faction in the university council - is the diversity of its members, scientific staff as well as support staff and Phds working in many different Faculties and Departments. Therefore we can combine our knowledge and experience and represent all layers of our organization. There is ample opportunity for a diversity of opinions but on a common base.

The Science Faction fights for the interests of the academic community in Groningen: to reduce bureaucracy, to distribute resources more fairly, to improve working conditions, to combat power abuse, and to protect the privacy of employees. We urgently need your support to prevent our administration from irresponsibly cutting the budget for research and education and driving away our international colleagues.

Check out our website, follow us on Bluesky and Linkedin.

From March 27 until April 9, 2025, candidates can fill their candidate profiles. They can use the blue button "Candidate: update profile" on this page.

In this period List submitters can update their party's information with the blue button " Submitter: Update Party Information"

The list of candidates for the elections will be determined on March 26, 2025.

The list of participating parties and candidates can be found in

Further information about the elections themselves can be found in