In October 2017 Elisabeth Jäger (Schöneberg group/Wagner group) was re-elected as students' representative. Her deputy is Tomáš Suchý (Liebscher group).

All members of the IRTG elect a students’ representative among their fellow IRTG members who is also a member of the CRC board. The students’ representative is also a member of RADoc which unites the representatives of all doctoral programs at the University of Leipzig.