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General students' representative body in Austria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Austrian Students' Union by statutory body (German: Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft, ÖH) is the general students' representative body in Austria and serves as the students' government by federal law. The ÖH is member of European Students' Union.
Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft | |
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Formed | 1945 | as Österreichische Hochschülerschaft
Headquarters | Taubstummengasse 7–9 Vienna |
Annual budget | ca. 15,8 million Euro (2022)[1] |
Agency executive |
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Parent department | Ministry of Education (Austria) |
Website | www |
Membership in the ÖH is compulsory for every university student in Austria, including PhD candidates.
The statutes of the ÖH are regulated in a federal law, the "Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz" (HSG).[2]
The Students Union is structured into:
Biannually, there are general elections. Turnout declined from about 70% in 1965 to 28.29% in the elections of 2007.
The HSG also includes regulations on the funding of the ÖH and its parts and the duties and rights of the students representatives.
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