Student association
A student association is generally any supra-local association of students , regardless of the purpose of the association. With regard to their composition, however, at least two basic types can be distinguished:
On the one hand there are the associations of local student bodies , which in turn in part on the compulsory membership of all students of a university based ( Student Representatives ).
On the other hand, there are the so-called student associations , which are based on the principle of voluntary individual membership. In addition to the (party) political associations, this group also includes the supra-local associations of student associations as well as the countless professional, religious or musical-cultural associations.
Finally, as a third type of association, one could consider the so-called action alliances , which are more likely to be concluded for a period of time and to pursue a specific goal and to which individual student bodies, various associations and individuals can belong.
The following structure is used to attempt an introduction to the - somewhat confusing - student association landscape:
Student representations
- free association of student bodies (fzs, Germany)
- Austrian Student Union (ÖH)
- Association of Swiss Student Unions (VSS)
- European Students' Union (European association of national representative associations)
The student representatives also include the state student representatives of the German federal states, the nationwide associations of student councils ( federal student council meetings ), the federal association of foreign students and a few others.
Historical representations:
- German student body (1919-1945)
- Association of German Student Associations (VDS, 1949–1990)
- Student Association of German Engineering Schools (SVI, 1947–1975)
- German Federal Student Association (1952–1969)
Student Associations
Political Student Associations (Germany)
- Ring of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS, CDU / CSU , founded 1951)
- Juso university groups ( SPD , 1973)
- Federal Association of Liberal University Groups (LHG, FDP , 1987)
- Campusgrün - Alliance of Green Alternative University Groups ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , 1999)
- Die Linke.SDS ( Die Linke , 2007)
Historical associations:
- Reich Association of German Democratic Students (1919–1933)
- German University Ring (1920-1933)
- German National Student Union (? -1933)
- Reich Committee of the University Groups of the German People's Party (1922–1933)
- Reich Association of German Center Students (? -1933)
- Socialist student body in Germany and Austria (1922–1933)
- Stahlhelm student ring Langemarck (1926–1933)
- National Socialist German Student Union (1926–1945)
- Socialist German Student Union (SDS, 1946–70)
- Association of Displaced German Students (VHDS, 1950–1964)
- Liberal Student Union of Germany (LSD, 1950–1969)
- Association of National Students (BNS, 1956–1961)
- Social Democratic / Socialist University Association (SHB, 1960–1992)
- National Democratic University Association (NHB, NPD 1966–1990)
- Marxist Student Union Spartakus (MSB, 1971–1990)
- Liberal University Association / Radical Democratic Student Groups (LHV / RSG, 1972–1988)
- Alliance of left and radical democratic university groups (LiRa, 1998-2006)
- Association of Marxist Students (AMS, DKP -nah, 1997-2010)
Political Student Associations (Austria)
- Action Community (AG)
- Green & Alternative Students (GRAS)
- Independent student council lists of Austria (FLÖ)
- Communist Student Association (KSV)
- Young Liberals Austria (JuLis)
- Ring of Freedom Students (RFS)
- Association of Socialist Students of Austria (VSStÖ)
Political Student Associations (Switzerland)
Student associations and their umbrella organizations
Religious Associations
- Campus for Christ Germany
- Protestant student communities
- Jewish Student Union Germany
- Association of Jewish Students in Bavaria
- Catholic student communities
- Student mission in Germany
Professionally oriented associations
- AIESEC (for students of all faculties, formerly focus on economics)
- Federal association of stock exchange associations at German universities
- Federal Association of German Student Management Consultants
- Federal Association for Security Policy at Universities
- ELSA (for legal scholars)
- IAESTE - internships abroad for students of technical and scientific fields of study
- Idaflieg - umbrella organization of research-based Akafliegs in Germany
- WINGnet - Association for the promotion of students in technical and economic fields of study
Others
- General German University Sports Association
- AEGEE European Student Forum
- Erasmus Student Network Organization to support exchange students
- Student forum in the Tönisstein district politically and denominationally independent, interdisciplinary think tank of German students
Action alliances
- Action alliance against tuition fees (ABS)
- Alliance for Political and Freedom of Expression (PM Alliance, bpm)
- Collective agreement initiative of student employees (Tarifini)
Student unions
Despite their name, the Studentenwerke and their umbrella organization, the Deutsches Studentenwerk, are (no longer) student organizations in the narrower sense. Originally founded in the 1920s as student self-help institutions, over time these were more and more separated from student self-administration and finally transferred to institutions under public law in the early 1970s . Today they see themselves as independent funding institutions for the students.