Departments support the StudierendenKonvent of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in its work and cover topics in all areas of everyday student life. Every student at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar can apply for a department. The speakers are elected and dismissed by the StuKo. They receive their budget from the StuKo and are accountable to it. The speakers act according to the guidelines of the StuKo.