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The Austrian National Union of Students (. The ÖH is member of ESIB .

Membership in the ÖH is compulsory for every Student in Austria, the ÖH includes PhD students.


STRUCTURE

The statutes of the ÖH are regulated in a federal law, the "Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz" (HSG).

Biannually, there are general Elections . The Students Union is structured into:
  • ''Studienvertretung'': board of representatives for each study (or group of related studies). It consist of typically 5 members. person-based direct election.

  • ''Universitätsvertretung'': board of University students representatives. list based direct election.

  • ''Bundesvertretung'': National Board of the ÖH. It is elected (mainly) by the university boards.


The HSG also includes regulations on the funding of the ÖH and its parts and the duties and rights of the students representatives.


HISTORY

  • 1945 : foundation of the ÖH

  • 1946 : first general election

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  • 1950 : ÖH obtains the right to formally examine laws concerning education

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  • 1962 : one week strike

  • 1973 , 1975 : strengthening of the position of the ÖH by new laws

  • 1996 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 : demonstrations against various steps of loss of social benefits for students and legal restrictions of students representation.



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